Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sulphur-billed Nuthatch Sitta oenochlamys

  

  This Philippine endemic nuthatch has violet-blue upperparts and pale orange underparts. It searches trees for insects and spiders.

• Yucatan Jay Cyanocorax yucatanicus

  A conspicuous jay of woodland and forest edges on the Yucatan Peninsula, usually seen in groups of about 5–25. Young birds pass through a brief pale plumage before acquiring adult colors.

• Tasmanian Boobook Ninox leucopsis

  A small owl centred on Tasmania, with dark eye markings and white spots. It is active at night and uses wooded habitats; some occur in southern Victoria in winter.

• Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus

  The Long-billed Plover has black bands on its head and breast. It searches for insects while running over river gravel or walking through shallows.

• White-banded Mockingbird Mimus triurus

  The White-banded Mockingbird is marked by a white wing band and a cinnamon-colored rump. It walks through dry scrub and grassland in Argentina while searching for insects and other small prey.

• Indian Black-lored Tit Machlolophus aplonotus

  The Indian Black-lored Tit inhabits wooded hills of peninsular India. It has a black face, yellow cheeks and eyebrow, yellow-green back and white-spotted wings.

• Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus

  This scimitar babbler is endemic to Sri Lanka. It has a long yellow bill, white eyebrow, black face, and reddish-brown upperparts, and forages in forest undergrowth and on the ground.

• Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii

  The Maroon Oriole lives in moist deciduous and evergreen forests. The nominate male is black and maroon, while the female has a grey back and a pale, streaked belly.

• Blue Manakin Chiroxiphia caudata

  Males have blue bodies, black heads and wings, red crowns, and long central tail feathers. Females are green, and the species lives in humid forests.

• Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta

  The Restless Flycatcher catches insects over open woodland and farmland. When hawking prey, it can appear to hover with its head pointing down.

• Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis

  This leaf-warbler occurs in the East African highlands. It has olive upperparts, yellow underparts, a long tail, and a slender bill. It moves through low vegetation in montane forest and high-altitude scrub.

• Black-and-gold Cotinga Lipaugus ater

  The Black-and-gold Cotinga lives in mountain forests of southeastern Brazil and feeds in the canopy. Males are black with yellow patches on the wings.

• Giant Coot Fulica gigantea

  The giant coot has a red bill and legs and a yellow frontal shield. It lives on high Andean lakes and builds a large nest platform from aquatic plants.

• Hoary Puffleg Haplophaedia lugens

  The Hoary Puffleg is a hummingbird of humid forests on the eastern Andes. It seeks nectar in the lower forest and along its edges.

• Dark Batis Batis crypta

  The Dark Batis occurs in evergreen upland forest from the mountains of eastern Tanzania to northwestern Malawi. Males have a black facial pattern and broad chest band, plus a white wing stripe.

• Ochre-rumped Antbird Drymophila ochropyga

  An antbird of humid forest in Brazil. Males and females differ in head and breast markings.

• Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii

  The Somali Bee-eater is a small bee-eater with green upperparts and a blue rump. In dry scrub and open grassland, it makes short flights from low perches to catch small insects in the air.

• Dunlin Calidris alpina

  A visiting shorebird of tidal flats and other watersides that sometimes gathers in large flocks.

• Blue-fronted Lorikeet Charmosynopsis toxopei

  A small lorikeet confined to Buru Island in Indonesia, it remains poorly known in the wild.

• Eyrean Grasswren Amytornis goyderi

  This grasswren occurs in Australia's inland dune country. A 2021–2022 study reported records outside its previously known range and persistence at sites without Sandhill Canegrass.

• Bamboo Foliage-gleaner Anabazenops dorsalis

  The Bamboo Foliage-gleaner is associated with bamboo and cane thickets. Its account highlights bamboo stands in southeastern Peru.

• Bridled Honeyeater Bolemoreus frenatus

  This honeyeater occurs in the upland rainforests of northern Queensland. Its overall plumage is sooty grey, with a bright yellow base to the bill.

• Buff-throated Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis

  The Buff-throated Warbler is a small leaf warbler with an olive-brown back and pale buff eyebrow and throat. It breeds in the mountains of China and moves to lowlands as far south as northern Indochina for winter.

• Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus

  In Argentina, the Short-tailed Nighthawk is recorded flying above forest canopy and nearby open areas. The national account covers only a regional part of the species' range.