Meet the world’s animals.

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• Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus

  

  The Crested Quetzal is a trogon of Andean forests. Males have a green crest and back, a crimson breast, and violet-tinged wings.

• Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris

  This vireo lives on islands around the Bahamas and Cuba. It can be difficult to see in scrubby thickets.

• Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus

  A coastal cormorant that dives for fish; white patches appear on its face and thighs during breeding season.

• Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi

  This ibis lives in Andean wetlands. Breeding adults have a chestnut head through upper breast and a black body with greenish iridescence.

• Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala

  Males have noticeable red plumage, while females are mostly brown. Their plumage differs by sex.

• White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica

  The White-necked Heron is a large heron with a white head and long neck marked by black spots. It walks in shallow water to find fish and other prey.

• Stripe-breasted Starthroat Heliomaster squamosus

  This hummingbird occurs in eastern Brazil. Males have a bright breeding plumage and a duller post-breeding plumage.

• Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii

  A small sparrow, about 16 cm long, found in highlands and near human settlements. It feeds mainly on plant seeds on the ground and is sedentary.

• Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi

  This stocky leaf warbler has a pale eyebrow. It breeds in southeastern Siberia and winters in southern China and Southeast Asia.

• Thekla Lark Galerida theklae

  A lark with a rounded crest and dark streaks on the chest. Its food changes with the season, and it searches the ground for seeds and insects.

• Mulga Parrot Psephotellus varius

  The Mulga Parrot is an Australian parrot whose male has striking yellow and red head markings. It searches for seeds on the ground and in low plants, and nests in tree hollows.

• White-browed Purpletuft Iodopleura isabellae

  A small cotinga of the upper canopy in northern Amazonian and Andean foothill forests. The male's purple breast tufts may be hidden at rest.

• Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides

  The Burmese Shrike has a blue-grey head and upper back, with chestnut across the rest of the upperparts. Yunnan records also describe it taking insects and small animals such as lizards.

• Chestnut-bellied Mountain Tanager Dubusia castaneoventris

  This tanager ranges in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia. Its blue upperparts contrast with a chestnut belly, and it forages in the canopy of mountain forest.

• Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola

  The Streak-throated Swallow has a glossy blue-black back and brown streaks on the throat and breast. It gathers near water and catches small insects in flight.

• African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp

  Adults are black and white with large white wing patches. They run along the ground to catch insects and wag their tails.

• Lorentz's Whistler Pachycephala lorentzi

  Lorentz's Whistler is a small whistler of the central New Guinea highlands. Its grey breast band and mottled white throat are distinctive, and it searches for insects in damp highland scrub.

• Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis

  Chuck-will's-widow is a nocturnal bird whose mottled brown plumage blends into woodland. It catches flying insects at night, breeding in North America and moving south for winter.

• Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris

  This sparrowhawk occurs in fragmented parts of eastern Africa from Ethiopia to South Africa. In southern Africa, slate-grey upperparts and plain rufous underparts are distinctive.

• Ecuadorian Cacique Cacicus sclateri

  A black cacique recorded in the northwestern Amazon. Its blue iris and pale yellow bill stand out against its dark plumage.

• Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii

  The Sooty Gull lives along coasts around the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Breeding adults have dark, sooty gray-brown plumage and search the shore for fish and other food.

• Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin Neopelma pallescens

  This manakin occurs in Brazil and reaches northeastern Bolivia. It has a yellow patch at the center of the crown and feeds mainly on insects, with some fruit.

• Summer Tanager Piranga rubra

  The Summer Tanager is a stout bird that searches for insects high in the forest canopy. Adult males are red, while females and young males are yellow to yellow-green.

• Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis

  The Western Orphean Warbler is a migratory warbler that breeds around the Mediterranean. The male has a gray head and back, a white throat, and pale pinkish underparts.