Meet the world’s animals.

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• Maghreb Lark Galerida macrorhyncha

  

  This lark was treated as a distinct Maghreb form in a field study. Moroccan observations described a larger, longer bill than in Crested Larks and records from breeding sites with less vegetation cover.

• Black-chinned Whistler Pachycephala mentalis

  The Black-chinned Whistler is a whistler of the North Maluku islands. This account is limited to the subspecies Pachycephala mentalis obiensis, described from Obi and Bisa islands in Indonesia.

• Fan-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola brevirostris

  This bird occurs in tall grassland south of the Sahara. It has a broad tail and short, rounded wings, and may remain hidden low in dense grass.

• Planalto Tapaculo Scytalopus pachecoi

  A small ground-dwelling bird of humid forest in southern Brazil and northeastern Argentina, recorded in woodland with bamboo and scrub.

• Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor

  The Barred Becard is about 10.5–11 cm long and has fine barring underneath. It is rare or uncommon in humid cloud forest on the eastern slope of Bolivia’s northern Andes. Alone or in pairs, it gleans arthropods and also eats fruit.

• Asir Magpie Pica asirensis

  This long-tailed magpie is restricted to the mountains of southwestern Arabia and has white patches on its belly and sides.

• Tricolored Parrot-Finch Erythrura tricolor

  A small finch of forests and woodland edges in the Lesser Sundas. It has a green back, blue body, and red tail; females are duller than males.

• Cave Swiftlet Collocalia linchi

  The Cave Swiftlet is a small swiftlet found on islands including Java. Its green gloss and square-ended tail are useful field marks.

• Vogelkop Honeyeater Melidectes leucostephes

  This honeyeater is restricted to western New Guinea. It occurs in the mountains of the Vogelkop Peninsula and also in the Fakfak and Kumawa ranges of the Bomberai Peninsula.

• Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita

  Adults have a red bare face and a crest extending from the back of the head down the neck. Their black feathers can shine green or purple, and they live in groups.

• Green-headed Oriole Oriolus chlorocephalus

  The Green-headed Oriole has green across its head, throat, upper breast, and lower mantle. A forest survey in Tanzania often recorded pairs feeding on fruit high in the trees.

• Short-tailed Parrotbill Suthora davidiana

  The Short-tailed Parrotbill has a very short tail and a deep-based bill. It moves quickly through bamboo and forest edges, feeding on small larvae and plant matter.

• Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus

  This skilled diver pursues fish in the Pacific waters of North America. In breeding plumage it shows a blue throat patch and wispy white head feathers.

• Blue-throated Piping Guan Pipile cumanensis

  The Blue-throated Piping Guan is a large galliform bird of northern South American forests. It has a long crest and a blue-violet wattle on the throat.

• Black-streaked Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys gravivox

  This scimitar babbler lacks a pale eyebrow and has brown cheeks; most subspecies show black breast spots or streaks. It uses open woodland, edges, scrub and bamboo.

• Andean Tinamou Nothoprocta pentlandii

  This bird forages in Andean scrub, grassland, and other open habitats. Its upperparts have intricate dark markings and pale streaks, with a fine dark line behind the eye.

• Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne

  This bird lives in moist grassland. The breeding male has a long tail, while females and males outside the breeding season are brown and streaked.

• Hispaniolan Nightjar Antrostomus ekmani

  A nocturnal nightjar recorded on Hispaniola. Information is limited, and most records are from pine forest.

• Apo Sunbird Aethopyga boltoni

  The Apo Sunbird occurs in mountain forest on Mindanao in the Philippines. Males have a dark grey head and olive-green upperparts.

• Gray-cheeked Parakeet Brotogeris pyrrhoptera

  This small parakeet occurs in southeastern Ecuador and northwestern Peru. It uses dry woodland and is also recorded on farmland where large trees remain.

• Black-capped Lory Lorius lory

  The Black-capped Lory is a parrot that visits flowering trees in forests to feed on nectar and fruit. It moves in pairs or small groups.

• Enggano Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia cinnamomea

  This cuckoo-dove occurs on Enggano Island southwest of Sumatra. It has reddish-brown, scaly plumage and uses the middle and lower levels of forest.

• Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus

  It lives in open lowland and foothill woodland and searches shrubs and other vegetation for invertebrates, including spiders. Its flask-shaped nest has a long entrance that slopes downward.

• Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans

  The Eastern Subalpine Warbler is a small warbler that breeds around the Mediterranean and moves to the Sahara region for winter. Males are grey and brick-red, while females are brownish.