Meet the world’s animals.

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• Rufous-bellied Swallow Cecropis badia

  

  A swallow with rich rufous, unstreaked underparts that uses open habitats such as grassland and feeds on invertebrates.

• Cinnabar Boobook Ninox ios

  The Cinnabar Boobook is an owl found on Sulawesi. One bird observed in a North Sulawesi reserve caught insects in the upper forest canopy.

• Henderson Crake Zapornia atra

  The Henderson Crake is a small rail of Henderson Island's forest floor. A 1992 study recorded it searching for small land animals by moving leaf litter.

• Sooty Antbird Hafferia fortis

  The Sooty Antbird lives in Amazonian forest understory and sometimes forages near columns of army ants.

• Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria

  The Solitary Sandpiper has a prominent white eye-ring and a black-and-white tail. It walks in shallow water, frequently bobbing the rear of its body.

• Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus

  It is a hawk found from the southern United States through Mexico and Central America. In the southern United States, it uses forests along rivers.

• Yellow-browed Woodpecker Piculus aurulentus

  The Yellow-browed Woodpecker has a yellow line above the eye. At one nest in southeastern Brazil's Atlantic Forest, both parents took turns excavating the cavity and caring for the young.

• Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae

  The Channel-billed Cuckoo is a large cuckoo with a massive pale, down-curved bill. It migrates to Australia from New Guinea and Indonesia and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.

• Black-capped White-eye Zosterops atricapilla

  This white-eye lives in montane forest. In 2025, a pair was observed taking nectar from flowers near a nest at Kinabalu Park, Malaysia.

• 'Elepaio Chasiempis sandwichensis

  This forest bird is endemic to Hawaiʻi Island. Adults are dark brown above and white below, and the throat differs between males and females. It searches foliage for small arthropods and also catches prey in flight.

• Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti

  A kingfisher that perches in open African woodland and scrub to look for prey on the ground. Fine stripes mark its head and body.

• Philippine Tailorbird Orthotomus castaneiceps

  This tailorbird occurs in the Visayan Islands. A 1971 Philippine bird account treated castaneiceps as a subspecies and recorded a gray upper back and white underparts.

• Violet-crowned Hummingbird Leucolia violiceps

  This hummingbird occurs in western Mexico and reaches southeastern Arizona. It uses mid-elevation canyons and streamside woodland, feeding on nectar and small insects.

• Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris

  A bulbul found across parts of western, central, and eastern Africa. It is about 17 cm long and is described as a very plain-looking greenbul.

• Green-capped Tanager Stilpnia meyerdeschauenseei

  This small tanager has a thick bill, a small black mask, and blue-green wings and tail.

• Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus

  The Green-tailed Towhee is marked by a green tail, rusty crown, and gray face and breast. It breeds in western U.S. shrublands and moves south to the southern United States and Mexico for winter.

• Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus

  The Slate-throated Whitestart lives in mountain forests and is marked by white edges on the tail and a reddish crown patch. Crown and belly colors vary by region.

• Hainan Hill Partridge Arborophila ardens

  The Hainan Hill Partridge is a pheasant-family bird found only on Hainan Island, where it lives in remaining mountain evergreen forests.

• Auckland Islands Teal Anas aucklandica

  The Auckland Island teal is a flightless duck found only in the Auckland Islands south of New Zealand. Both sexes are brown, with differences in plumage.

• Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex

  Its long yellow bill and black cap stand out. It lives mainly along rivers and lakes in South America.

• Ruddy Spinetail Synallaxis rutilans

  This Amazonian spinetail has chestnut-rufous head and underparts with a black throat. It forages in the forest understory and appears associated with thick growth near treefall gaps.

• Black-faced Solitaire Myadestes melanops

  This thrush has a slate-grey body, black face and chin, and a broad orange bill. It lives in mountain forests of Costa Rica and western Panama.

• Bronze-green Euphonia Euphonia mesochrysa

  This small bird inhabits humid montane forest on the eastern Andes from Colombia through Bolivia. It feeds mainly on fruit, including mistletoe berries.

• Cocos Tyrannulet Nesotriccus ridgwayi

  This small tyrant flycatcher is endemic to Cocos Island off Costa Rica. It has greyish olive plumage and a relatively long bill, and forages in the rainforest canopy and subcanopy. A breeding study recorded hidden nests on outer branch tips.