Meet the world’s animals.

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• Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum

  

  A small owl of northern Eurasian coniferous forests. It hunts small birds and mammals around dusk and before sunrise.

• Rothschild's Grosbeak Cyanocompsa rothschildii

  Rothschild's Grosbeak occurs in western Amazonian forest. The male is deep blue and the female chestnut; both are associated with the leafy forest understory.

• Racket-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia

  The Racket-tailed Treepie is a slender corvid with green sheen on its dark plumage and a long tail that spreads at the tip. In Thailand it searches shrubs in pairs or small groups along forest edges and in bamboo woodland.

• Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis

  This black oriole with a yellow shoulder mark is recorded in the Peruvian Amazon.

• Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis

  This antpitta occurs in the Andes from Colombia through Ecuador to northern Peru. Under the current treatment, Boyacá Antpitta and Atuen Antpitta, formerly included here, are separate species.

• Souimanga Sunbird Cinnyris sovimanga

  A small sunbird found on Madagascar and nearby western Indian Ocean islands. Males are metallic green, while females are much duller brown and yellow.

• White-browed Nuthatch Sitta victoriae

  A small nuthatch marked by a white eyebrow and chestnut flanks, known from highlands around Mount Victoria in Myanmar.

• White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens

  The White-bellied Drongo has glossy, bluish-black plumage and a forked tail. The extent of white on its belly varies among regional forms.

• Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis

  The Arctic Warbler is a small bird with a pale eyebrow. It searches among leaves for insects, and the population breeding in Alaska migrates to Southeast Asia in autumn.

• Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus

  The Lineated Barbet eats fruit and excavates nesting holes in dead trees. In Singapore, an introduced population occurs in parks and along woodland edges.

• Kikuyu White-eye Zosterops kikuyuensis

  This white-eye occurs on mountains in central Kenya. Its recorded habitats include highland forest and forest edge, bamboo stands, wooded gardens, eucalyptus and conifer woods.

• Bar-breasted Piculet Picumnus aurifrons

  The Bar-breasted Piculet is a small woodpecker of the Amazon forest canopy. Males have an orange forehead, which females lack.

• Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris

  The Oriental Pied Hornbill is marked by black-and-white plumage and a large pale yellow bill. During breeding, the female stays in a tree cavity while the male brings food from outside.

• Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana

  This very small cisticola occurs in dry scrub and grassland in East Africa. It is about 9–10 cm long and feeds on small invertebrates near the ground.

• Ashy Thrush Geokichla cinerea

  This thrush has a grey head and back, white wing bars, and spotted underparts. It occurs in montane forest on Luzon and Mindoro in the Philippines.

• Arabian Serin Crithagra rothschildi

  The Arabian Serin has an olive rump and a thick, down-curved bill. It feeds by day on seeds and shrub buds.

• Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti

  This cuckooshrike inhabits forests, woodland, forest edges, and mangroves in western and eastern Africa. Males are black with a large yellow gape; females are barred yellow and black. The species account classifies its feeding niche as arboreal invertebrate gleaning.

• Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi

  This flycatcher was recorded in the Korup area of southwestern Cameroon. The 1994 study reports it in treefall gaps and small forest clearings, alone or in pairs.

• Great Parrotbill Paradoxornis aemodius

  This large parrotbill occurs in the eastern Himalaya and neighboring regions. A bird photographed at Sela Pass, Arunachal Pradesh, in 2024 showed a robust body and large curved bill.

• Dusky-capped Greenlet Hylophilus hypoxanthus

  This small bird forages in the canopy and subcanopy of Amazonian forest, often with mixed-species flocks. Its range spans several countries.

• Slate-colored Fox Sparrow Passerella schistacea

  Passerella schistacea is also described as the Slate-colored group within Fox Sparrow. It breeds in dense riparian scrub in the western interior and moves toward the Pacific Coast in winter.

• Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps

  This bushshrike inhabits dry lowland scrub. Its underparts are whitish and its hindcrown and nape are chestnut; it searches for insects low in bushes and on the ground.

• White-chested Swift Cypseloides lemosi

  The White-chested Swift is a small swift with a black body and a white triangular breast patch. Its full range remains poorly understood.

• Diademed Tapaculo Scytalopus schulenbergi

  This tapaculo occurs on the eastern Andean slope. Adults are gray, with a pale forehead and variable rufous on the flanks and rump. It feeds near the ground in humid montane forest, scrub, and Polylepis woodland.