Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black Bee-eater Merops gularis

  

  This African bee-eater lives in forests and at forest edges. It can look black from a distance, but red and blue stand out in good light.

• Society Kingfisher Todiramphus veneratus

  It occurs on Tahiti and Moorea in the Society Islands. The eBird account describes different male plumage forms on the two islands.

• Orange-crowned Fairywren Clytomyias insignis

  This small bird has an orange crown. It moves in small groups through mountain-forest thickets on New Guinea and gleans invertebrates from leaf undersides.

• Purplish-backed Quail-Dove Zentrygon lawrencii

  The Purplish-backed Quail-Dove is a plump gray ground dove. Its purple iridescent back, pale face with a dark moustache stripe, and reddish legs help identify it.

• Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola

  A waxbill widespread from western to eastern Africa. It searches grassy savanna for seeds and is marked by a red bill and rump with a fawn breast.

• Magnificent Riflebird Ptiloris magnificus

  Males have black plumage with a blue-green sheen, while females are brown. Males display from branches and the birds eat fruit, insects, and small animals.

• Roseate spoonbill Platalea ajaja

  A pink waterbird with a large spoon-shaped bill.

• African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis

  The African Snipe probes soft, wet mud with its long bill. Its striped plumage helps it blend into wetlands and flooded grassland, where it feeds on invertebrates and other small prey.

• Emperor Goose Anser canagicus

  A goose with a striking white head and gray body. It feeds on coastal plants and shellfish; Alaska’s Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta is one part of its breeding range.

• Brown-and-yellow Marshbird Pseudoleistes virescens

  The Argentine biodiversity record lists the Brown-and-yellow Marshbird as native in Argentina. A university field account describes its brown-and-yellow plumage and ground foraging.

• Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus

  The Sharp-tailed Grouse lives in North American grasslands and shrublands. In spring, males inflate their throat sacs and stamp their feet during courtship.

• 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.

• Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus

  The Pale-headed Rosella is a medium-sized parrot with a pale head, blue-and-white cheeks, a blue belly, and red under the tail. Females are slightly duller, and plumage varies by region.

• Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus

  The Papuan Hornbill has a black body and white tail. Males have a rufous head and neck, while females are black. It feeds mainly on rainforest fruit and flies high between fruiting trees.

• Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya

  This flycatcher inhabits dry, open country in western North America. Cinnamon tones wash across its underside, and it sallies from low perches to catch insects.

• Tuamotu Reed Warbler Acrocephalus atyphus

  The Tuamotu Reed Warbler is a reed-warbler of the Tuamotu Islands. Plumage and body form vary among islands, and it feeds on small insects.

• Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor

  The Dusky Crag Martin is a small swallow with a dark brown back and paler underside. It catches insects in flight around cliffs and buildings.

• Gray-collared Becard Pachyramphus major

  The Gray-collared Becard is described from semi-open forests in Mexico and Guatemala. Males have a black cap and back with a pale grey nape and underside; females have a brown crown and back.

• Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa carbonaria

  This flowerpiercer occurs in Bolivia. Its slender bill ends in a prominent hook used to pierce flowers for nectar. A 2021 field study recorded new observation sites in Potosí Department.

• Cinereous Bulbul Hemixos cinereus

  This bulbul occurs in Southeast Asian mountain forests. It eats fruit, seeds, and insects; the Bornean subspecies is described with a yellow undertail.

• Ecuadorian Trogon Trogon mesurus

  Oiseaux.net gives the range as Ecuador and northwestern Peru and describes dry forest and lowland tropical forest habitat. It says the bird is usually around 800 m, with records to 2,000 m in southwestern Ecuador.

• Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis

  A gray bird with a black cap and rusty feathers beneath the tail. It lives in dense thickets and weaves other birds' sounds into long songs.

• McGregor's Cuckooshrike Coracina mcgregori

  It lives in montane forest above 1,000 m on Mindanao and appears in small or mixed-species groups in the canopy. It has a black throat and white wing patch.

• Elegant Crested Tinamou Eudromia elegans

  The Elegant Crested Tinamou has a long backward-swept crest and dark streaks on gray plumage. It searches the ground for seeds, fruit, and small animals.