Meet the world’s animals.

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• Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla

  

  A pale sand-colored sparrow-like bird of sparsely vegetated hills and rocky valleys; it also eats insects during breeding.

• Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae

  The Rosy-throated Longclaw is a shy bird of wet grassland with striking pink underparts.

• Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra

  A 2024 taxonomic study places the nominate form from southern Somalia through Kenya to north-eastern Tanzania, and subspecies gallarum in Ethiopia. It cautions that range boundaries remain uncertain and separates the Kidepo form as another species.

• Keel-billed toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus

  A toucan of Central America and nearby regions, with a black body, yellow throat and cheeks, and a large multicoloured bill.

• Black Tinamou Tinamus osgoodi

  This ground-dwelling tinamou lives in humid foothill forest along the eastern Andes. Its known populations are separated, and Colombia also has a recorded population whose classification remains unresolved.

• Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli

  This shrike occurs in dry scrub and savanna in East Africa. It moves in small groups and watches for prey from exposed perches.

• Spangled Kookaburra Dacelo tyro

  This large kingfisher lives in woodland and forest on the Aru Islands and southern New Guinea. It watches for prey from low branches.

• Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis

  The Striped Crake is a rail with white streaks on its back and reddish underparts. It searches among seasonally flooded grassland and marsh edges, including shallow water and mud.

• Goliath Heron Ardea goliath

  A large heron that waits for fish in shallow water. Its grey body contrasts with its chestnut head, neck, and belly.

• Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus

  This small plover lives around Australian coasts and wetlands. An adult male has a reddish-brown head and neck, and the species searches for small shellfish and crustaceans on mudflats and beaches.

• Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons

  The Scaly-feathered Weaver is a small bird with bold black-and-white head markings. It forages in groups on seeds in dry open woodland and grass patches of southern Africa.

• Olive Oropendola Psarocolius bifasciatus

  This large oropendola occurs in the Peruvian Amazon canopy; its red bill tip and pink cheek patch are distinctive.

• Madagascar Blue Vanga Cyanolanius madagascarinus

  The Madagascar Blue Vanga lives in forests on Madagascar. Males have a blue head and back, a black stripe through the eye, and white throat and underparts. Females are duller. It searches among leaves for insects and sometimes eats berries.

• Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia

  The Fluttering Shearwater is a small shearwater with dark brown upperparts, white throat and belly, and a partial dark collar.

• Grey-collared Oriole Oriolus forsteni

  The Grey-collared Oriole is endemic to Seram in Indonesia’s southern Moluccan Islands. It uses primary forest from lowlands to mountains, foraging from the canopy to the middle storey.

• Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus

  The black crown and white eyebrow stand out on this tchagra, which occurs widely across sub-Saharan Africa. It uses dry thorn woodland, miombo woodland, and some gardens.

• White-whiskered Laughingthrush Trochalopteron morrisonianum

  This large laughingthrush lives in Taiwan's central mountains, using scrub, bamboo and forest edges. Winter records occur at lower elevations.

• American White Ibis Eudocimus albus

  This wading bird has a white body, long red bill, and red legs. It probes shallow water and mud for small animals.

• Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus

  Gartered Trogons use forest edges, lighter woodland, and clearings with large trees in lowlands and foothills. Males are green and violet-blue, while females are mostly grey above and on the throat and chest; both have orange-yellow lower underparts. They eat insects and fruit.

• Yap Monarch Monarcha godeffroyi

  The Yap Monarch is a monarch flycatcher endemic to Yap in Micronesia. It uses lowland forest, mangroves, and coastal scrub, moving slowly as it searches leaves and branches for food.

• Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

  A small yellow-olive warbler that eats insects. In Britain and Ireland it breeds in deciduous woodland, scrub, and similar habitats.

• Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans

  The Yellow-throated Bunting is an East Asian bunting. The male has a striking black-and-yellow head, and a tracking study recorded males migrating to China.

• Gray Thrasher Toxostoma cinereum

  This large thrasher is endemic to Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. Its long tail and spotted breast stand out, and it forages mainly on the ground in cactus desert.

• Red-capped Coua Coua ruficeps

  A ground-walking cuckoo of northwestern Madagascar, it is recognizable by its red crown and searches the forest floor for insects and fruit.