Meet the world’s animals.

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• Chestnut-crowned Becard Pachyramphus castaneus

  

  This brown becard uses humid forest edges and floodplain forest. It feeds on fruit and insects.

• Maroon-breasted Philentoma Philentoma velata

  This small bird lives in Borneo's forests, from lowland dipterocarp, peat-swamp and kerangas forest to lower montane forest.

• Mangrove Fantail Rhipidura phasiana

  This small bird is restricted to mangroves in northern Australia. It fans its tail while hopping among branches and the ground to find small insects.

• Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea

  The Indigo Bunting is a small bird that breeds in eastern North America and migrates toward Central America for winter. Breeding males are bright blue.

• Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia

  This lark inhabits dry plains of eastern Africa. The male has white cheeks and black markings; the account lists semi-desert and stony plains as habitat.

• Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus

  The Yellow-throated Bulbul is a breeding endemic of India and is about 20 cm long. It uses scrub and open forest on rocky hills.

• Marquesan Reed Warbler Acrocephalus mendanae

  This reed warbler lives in the Marquesas Islands. It has an olive-yellow back and yellow underside and uses gardens and scrub as well as woodland.

• Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps

  A forest starling with a glossy purple head and chest and a blue-green body.

• Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens

  The Southern White-crowned Shrike lives in open acacia and riverine woodland in southern Africa. It searches the ground for invertebrates; a South African field report also describes small groups.

• San Andres Vireo Vireo caribaeus

  This small vireo is confined to San Andrés Island. It has an olive back and pale underparts; a field study recorded dry scrub as a commonly used nesting habitat.

• Yemen Warbler Curruca buryi

  The Yemen Warbler is a small warbler found in the highlands of Yemen. It feeds on insects and other invertebrates.

• Ivory-breasted Pitta Pitta maxima

  The Ivory-breasted Pitta lives in forests of the North Maluku Islands. Its dark upperparts contrast with blue-green wings and ivory underparts.

• Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguus

  The Great Green Macaw has a yellow-green body, a red forehead, and a blue-tipped red-orange tail. Pairs and small groups forage in the canopy for seeds, nuts, and other plant foods.

• Gorgeted Woodstar Chaetocercus heliodor

  A small hummingbird of the Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes; males have a long pink-violet gorget.

• Himalayan Woodpecker Dendrocopos himalayensis

  A white shoulder patch stands out against this woodpecker's black back. Males have a red crown, and it searches tree trunks for food.

• Grey Grasswren Amytornis barbatus

  This account follows the Bulloo subspecies described by the New South Wales government. Records along the lower Bulloo River are associated with wetlands of dense tall vegetation.

• Eastern yellow robin Eopsaltria australis

  A bird of eastern and southeastern mainland Australia. It pounces from low perches onto insects on the ground.

• Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus

  The Venezuelan Troupial is a large bird with black and bright orange plumage and a long wedge-shaped tail. It lives mainly in Venezuela and northern Colombia, in dry woodland and savanna.

• White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus

  The White-necked Puffbird occurs in Costa Rican tropical forest, including edges and clearings. It has a short rounded body and a thick, straight bill; its black cap and breast band stand out against white markings. It waits quietly on a perch before taking insects or small lizards.

• Great Eared Nightjar Lyncornis macrotis

  The Great Eared Nightjar is a nocturnal bird of forests and forest edges in the Indo-Malay region. Its ear-like tufts and upright resting posture are distinctive.

• Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis

  The Black-winged Oriole lives in forests of western and central Africa. Adults are conspicuous in black, yellow, and olive tones, with differences in color and size among the western subspecies.

• Rufous Songlark Megalurus mathewsi

  The Rufous Songlark occurs in open grassland, open woodland, and farmland in Australia. It moves south to breed in summer and returns north in colder months.

• Rusty-backed Spinetail Cranioleuca vulpina

  The Rusty-backed Spinetail is a furnariid associated with Amazonian waterside woodland. Its rufous back, tail, and crown contrast with a pale eyebrow. PeruAves describes it feeding in pairs or small groups in flooded-forest understory and overhanging vegetation beside lakes or slow streams.

• Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca

  This swallow flies over open habitats in South America and beyond. Its back is glossy dark blue and its belly white; in Argentina it catches insects over forests and water.