Meet the world’s animals.

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• Everett's Thrush Zoothera everetti

  

  A Bornean mountain thrush of mossy forest and track edges, with olive-brown upperparts, a reddish tail and pale orange, scaly-looking underparts.

• Buffy-fronted Seedeater Sporophila frontalis

  This finch of the Atlantic Forest region of southeastern South America moves in response to bamboo seed crops. Many records are from southeastern Brazil, where birds may gather when bamboo flowers.

• Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps

  The Olive-headed Weaver lives in montane miombo woodland in southern Tanzania and nearby regions. Males have a bright yellow crown and rusty breast.

• Flat-billed Vireo Vireo nanus

  This small vireo is endemic to Hispaniola. With a broad, flattened bill, it moves low through scrub and thickets in limestone dry forest while looking for fruit and insects.

• Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii

  Males show a strong contrast between a red cap and breast and a black face. They drop from a perch to search the ground for insects and other prey.

• Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul

  The Chestnut-backed Antbird is described as an understory bird of lowland tropical forest from Honduras to Ecuador. The committee page describes five subspecies in two broad groups distinguished in part by white wing spots.

• Arabian Golden Sparrow Passer euchlorus

  Male Arabian Golden Sparrows are golden, while females are sandy brown. They search for seeds in small flocks and may gather in large groups outside the breeding season.

• Stripe-throated Jery Neomixis striatigula

  The Stripe-throated Jery is endemic to Madagascar, from eastern forest to dry southwestern scrub. It gleans insects from vegetation and is often seen singing from a high perch.

• Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius

  This small tyrant flycatcher ranges from Mexico through much of South America. It uses forest edges and open or cultivated places with tall trees, often staying high in the canopy.

• Sandy Gallito Teledromas fuscus

  The Sandy Gallito lives in the Monte Desert of western Argentina. It walks on the ground and among low vegetation while searching for food.

• Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata

  A flocking pigeon of western North American forests. Its pale gray plumage, white neck crescent, and broad pale tail band help identify it.

• Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus

  The Scarce Swift occurs patchily in African highlands and gorges. Its long, deeply forked tail is distinctive, and it catches insects in flight.

• White-chested Puffbird Malacoptila fusca

  This puffbird inhabits lowland evergreen forest in northwestern Amazonia and nearby regions. Its streaked plumage, small white collar, and orange bill base stand out; it feeds on spiders and caterpillars in the understory.

• Falcated Duck Mareca falcata

  The male stands out with a green and copper sheen on its head and long, curved ornamental feathers.

• Bornean Crested Fireback Lophura ignita

  The male has glossy blue-black plumage and a crest, while the female is brown. It forages on the forest floor alone or in small groups.

• Green Aracari Pteroglossus viridis

  The Green Aracari lives in humid lowland forests of South America. Its large-looking bill is light, and the bird helps spread seeds when it eats fruit.

• Banded Kestrel Falco zoniventris

  The Banded Kestrel is a diurnal falcon found only in Madagascar. It has horizontal barring from the throat to the belly and hunts small reptiles and insects.

• Madagascar Ibis Lophotibis cristata

  This ibis lives only in the forests of Madagascar. Its white wings and crest stand out, and it probes the forest floor for food with a long bill.

• Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys

  An East Asian bunting that moves seasonally. Males are marked by a yellow eyebrow, and the species is recorded in Hong Kong during passage.

• 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-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus

  The Yellow-billed Shrike lives in shrubby habitats across tropical Africa. It has a long tail and yellow bill, and members of a group may help raise the young.

• Pilotbird Pycnoptilus floccosus

  The Pilotbird forages among leaf litter in wet forests of southeastern Australia. It is reddish brown overall, with scaled-looking breast and belly feathers and a red eye. The source describes two subspecies whose back color and belly scalloping differ in brightness.

• Rosy Starling Pastor roseus

  Adults have a pale pink body with a glossy black head, wings, and tail. They breed in grasslands and winter in India.

• Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer

  The Western Rock Nuthatch forages on cliffs and rock faces and builds a mud nest in a crevice.