Meet the world’s animals.

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• Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

  

  A small bird that moves through woodland in flocks; males show orange and females yellow.

• Dwarf Vireo Vireo nelsoni

  The Dwarf Vireo is endemic to Mexico's highlands, from Guanajuato south to northern Oaxaca.

• Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus

  The Western Bearded Greenbul has conspicuous yellow throat feathers. In West African forest it moves in pairs or small groups and attends ant columns.

• Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs

  A large bird with a black crest and pale brow. In Saudi Arabia, small groups use rocky areas and wadis.

• Spot-throated Woodcreeper Certhiasomus stictolaemus

  This woodcreeper forages low in humid Amazonian forest. Its head and body are olive brown, its wings and tail chestnut-rufous, and pale spots mark the throat and breast.

• Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus

  The Crimson-fronted Barbet is a small forest barbet in Sri Lanka. A male of the nominate subspecies has a red forehead and orange-golden throat, and visits fruiting trees.

• Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus

  A small snipe that hides in wet grassland and visits Britain for the winter, from autumn into spring.

• Red Kite Milvus milvus

  Adults have a reddish-brown body and a deeply forked tail. They glide through the air and mainly feed on carrion.

• Rufous-browed Flycatcher Anthipes solitaris

  This flycatcher lives in montane forest in Malaysia. The MyBIS account includes a record from Fraser's Hill in Pahang.

• Green Thorntail Discosura conversii

  This small hummingbird occurs from Central America into western South America. Males are iridescent green with elongated pointed tail feathers; females have shorter tails and a white moustachial stripe.

• Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris

  This flycatcher ranges broadly across South America and uses forest habitat. Three wing bars can help distinguish it from the similar White-crested Elaenia.

• White-naped Lory Lorius albidinucha

  This lory occurs on New Ireland and nearby islands of Papua New Guinea's Bismarck Archipelago. It feeds on fruit and flowers of wild oil palms in deciduous forest.

• Ferruginous Babbler Pellorneum bicolor

  The Ferruginous Babbler has rich rufous-brown plumage that blends into the forest floor. It searches for insects low in the understory of lowland and swamp forest.

• Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis

  The Red-throated Wryneck is a woodpecker relative with a patchy sub-Saharan African range. It searches for ants on the ground and elsewhere, and its subspecies differ in chest markings and plumage.

• White-shouldered Fairywren Malurus alboscapulatus

  The White-shouldered Fairywren is a bird of New Guinea that lives in open habitats such as grassland and marshes.

• Spotted Scrubwren Sericornis maculatus

  The Spotted Scrubwren lives in south-western Australian forest and searches leaf litter for insects and seeds. The appearance and life details below are limited to the subspecies described in that region.

• Príncipe Speirops Zosterops leucophaeus

  This species occurs on Príncipe, where it joins mixed flocks in forests and plantations. Its pale head and underside help distinguish it from the darker Príncipe White-eye.

• Bar-backed Hill Partridge Arborophila brunneopectus

  A hill partridge of evergreen forest and bamboo. The nominate subspecies recorded in China has a barred back and chestnut breast.

• Sumba Hornbill Rhyticeros everetti

  The Sumba Hornbill is endemic to Sumba Island in Indonesia. It feeds at fruiting trees and is often seen in pairs.

• Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps

  A small bird with a white eyebrow and a dark line above it, breeding in reed and silver-grass meadows.

• Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps

  The Rufous-crowned Sparrow is marked by reddish upperparts and a gray underside. It walks beneath low shrubs and grasses on dry, rocky hillsides to forage.

• Tepui Antpitta Myrmothera simplex

  An antpitta of the tepui region. It is dark brown above and white on the throat and belly; the breast band and flanks vary from cinnamon to gray among subspecies.

• Crinkle-collared Manucode Manucodia chalybatus

  This bird-of-paradise lives in forests on New Guinea and Misool. Its blue-black plumage has a blue-green sheen, and the feathers on the throat and upper breast look crinkled.

• Gray Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis

  Long wings and gray-brown plumage identify this swiftlet. It glides through the air and builds a nest using moss.