Meet the world’s animals.

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• Band-tailed Gull Larus belcheri

  

  The Band-tailed Gull is a large gull of the Pacific coast of South America, marked by a black tail band and a red-and-black bill tip.

• Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos

  The black-faced waxbill has a black face and red rump and flanks. The southern African form lives in Acacia thornveld and eats grass seeds and insects.

• White-throated Rail Dryolimnas cuvieri

  The White-throated Rail has a white throat and chestnut breast. The Aldabra subspecies has short wings and is flightless.

• Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena

  The Slaty-tailed Trogon is a forest bird with different plumage in males and females. In the Costa Rican account, the male has a green head and back with a red breast and belly, while the female is mostly dark gray.

• Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus

  The Lemon-rumped Warbler changes elevation through the year in the Himalayas. It breeds in high forests in summer and descends to lower wooded foothills in winter.

• Black-backed Barbet Lybius minor

  It has a red forehead, whitish underparts washed pink, and black thighs. It is recorded in riverine woodland, forest edges, and near cultivation.

• Black-thighed Grosbeak Pheucticus tibialis

  This large finch occurs in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama. Males show a strong yellow-and-black pattern, while females and young birds are more olive. It searches for fruit, seeds, and insects in forest canopies and edges.

• Guianan Schiffornis Schiffornis olivacea

  This bird lives in humid forest from eastern Venezuela through the Guianas to northern Brazil. It is olive brown and often perches low.

• Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata

  A medium-sized eagle. Adults have dark brown upperparts and a white, dark-streaked underside; juveniles are much paler.

• Spotted Wood Quail Odontophorus guttatus

  The Spotted Wood Quail lives in forests from southeastern Mexico into Central America. It walks on the ground searching for seeds and insects.

• Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis

  A small bird that walks across the high grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau. It spends much of its time on the ground and nests in burrows.

• Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana

  The Great-billed Heron is a large heron with a massive bill. It lives around coastal rocks and shallow water near mangroves.

• Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola

  The Yellow-breasted Bunting is a bunting whose plumage changes with the season. A breeding-plumaged male has a striking black head and yellow breast; the species is recorded in Hong Kong during migration and winter.

• Red Knot Calidris canutus

  A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and travels to distant coasts during migration. Its belly turns orange-red in breeding plumage.

• Rufous-capped Lark Calandrella eremica

  This small lark occurs in southwestern Arabia and the northern Horn of Africa. Its crown is rufous and is sometimes raised into a small crest.

• Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis

  This green bird is marked by a blue throat and long tail streamers. It watches from a perch and catches flying insects in the air.

• Yunnan Nuthatch Sitta yunnanensis

  The Yunnan Nuthatch is a small bird with a blue-grey back and a bold black eyestripe. In mature pine forest in southern China, it searches for insects among pine needles.

• Tapajos Hermit Phaethornis aethopygus

  Phaethornis aethopygus is a hermit hummingbird recorded along the Tapajós River in Brazil. The study examined specimens and field records from the river’s eastern bank.

• Scarlet-collared Flowerpecker Dicaeum retrocinctum

  A flowerpecker distributed in the Philippines. The account’s photograph is from near Sablayan on Mindoro.

• Castelnau's Antshrike Thamnophilus cryptoleucus

  This antshrike inhabits the Amazon basin along major rivers. It mainly forages in dense understory on river-created islands, and male and female wing markings differ.

• Grey-flanked Cinclodes Cinclodes oustaleti

  Cinclodes oustaleti lives near Andean streams and lakes. It is dark brown, with a white eyebrow and throat, a pale-flecked dark breast, and a cinnamon wing-bar. It moves to lower elevations in winter.

• Green-breasted Pitta Pitta reichenowi

  This large pitta has a green breast. It searches for invertebrates on the ground and lives in tropical forests and related habitats.

• Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps

  This bushshrike inhabits dry lowland scrub. Its underparts are whitish and its hindcrown and nape are chestnut; it searches for insects low in bushes and on the ground.

• Grey-faced Tit-Babbler Mixornis kelleyi

  This small babbler lives in broadleaf evergreen forest and some secondary forest in Vietnam, Laos, and eastern Cambodia. The account records it up to 1,165 m.