Meet the world’s animals.

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• Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo

  

  This small batis occurs in dry parts of East Africa. It uses acacia scrub, woodland, and wooded grassland.

• Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis

  The Winter Wren is a tiny, rounded brown bird that often holds its tail upright. It hops among fallen logs and roots while searching for insects.

• Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata

  The Striolated Bunting is a small bunting of dry rocky ground and wadis. Its reddish wings and fine markings across the face and chest help distinguish it.

• Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus

  The Loggerhead Shrike hunts in open brushy country. It scans from exposed perches and may impale captured prey on thorns or barbed wire.

• Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus

  A black shrike with a white wing stripe and vivid red underparts, it lives in dry scrub and savanna of southern Africa, where pairs defend territories.

• San Blas Jay Cyanocorax sanblasianus

  The San Blas Jay lives along Mexico's southwestern Pacific coast and uses dry woodland and scrub. A study near Acapulco recorded year-round groups in the southern population.

• Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata

  A small warbler that breeds in northern North American forests and migrates south across the ocean in fall. Breeding males have a distinctive black cap.

• European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula

  Its breeding range extends from the Iberian Peninsula across North Africa and the Middle East to northwestern South Asia. Northern populations migrate, while those in the south are mainly resident.

• Keel-billed toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus

  A toucan of Central America and nearby regions, with a black body, yellow throat and cheeks, and a large multicoloured bill.

• Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus

  The Fire-breasted Flowerpecker is a small bird whose male has a scarlet chest patch and a fine black stripe down the belly. In Taiwan it is one of the birds described as dispersing mistletoe seeds.

• Inland Dotterel Peltohyas australis

  This sandy, mottled plover blends into open plains. It forages in small flocks by day and alone or in pairs at night.

• Sooty Barbet Caloramphus hayii

  Recorded in forests and forest edges of Peninsular Malaysia, this barbet is dark-backed with a rusty orange head and breast.

• Yellow-billed Nunbird Monasa flavirostris

  The Yellow-billed Nunbird lives in upper Amazonian forests east of the Andes. Its yellow bill and white shoulder marks stand out, and it catches insects in short flights from branches.

• Thick-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera crassirostris

  The Thick-billed Spiderhunter is a forest bird with a notably thick bill. Its range extends from the Thai-Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and Borneo.

• Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea

  Menetries's Warbler is a small migrant that breeds in scrub in Southwest Asia. In breeding plumage, the male has a dark head while the female is brownish gray.

• Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax

  The Little Bustard lives in dry grassland and pasture. During the breeding season, a male courts a female with stamping and leaps.

• Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias cinereifrons

  This bird lives in the rainforests of northeastern Australia. Adults have a gray head, white throat, and rufous back, and search leaf litter for insects and larvae.

• Orange-breasted Bunting Passerina leclancherii

  The Orange-breasted Bunting forages for seeds in dry scrub and rural areas on Mexico’s Pacific slope. Males show blue, green, orange, and yellow; females are grey-green and pale yellow.

• Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla

  The Senegal Eremomela is recorded in open woodland and savanna in northern Ghana. A field study described it searching foliage and the ground for insects.

• Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus

  The Ancient Murrelet is a North Pacific seabird. Its breeding range extends from the Sea of Japan to the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia, where it nests in burrows on islands.

• Forbes-Watson's Swift Apus berliozi

  Forbes-Watson's Swift has a pale throat patch with fine streaks. Its breeding range includes Socotra, Somalia, and the southern Arabian Peninsula.

• Arafura Fantail Rhipidura dryas

  The Arafura Fantail occurs along the northern coast of Australia and in southern New Guinea. It uses rainforest and mangroves.

• Crescent-faced Antpitta Grallaricula lineifrons

  The Crescent-faced Antpitta lives in humid montane forest in Colombia and Ecuador. Few localities are known, and it quietly forages near the forest floor.

• Tschudi's Nightjar Systellura decussata

  This nightjar uses dry open country, where its sandy plumage blends with the ground and sparse vegetation.