Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black-capped White-eye Zosterops atricapilla

  

  This white-eye lives in montane forest. In 2025, a pair was observed taking nectar from flowers near a nest at Kinabalu Park, Malaysia.

• Ocellated Thrasher Toxostoma ocellatum

  This large thrasher is endemic to Mexico, with records from Guanajuato south to Oaxaca. It forages on the ground in dry montane forest and scrub.

• Pale-legged Warbler Myiothlypis signata

  The Pale-legged Warbler searches for food in the lower growth and edges of mountain forest on the eastern Andes, including bamboo thickets.

• Blue Bird-of-paradise Paradisornis rudolphi

  The male has blue wings and long ornamental plumes, while the female has brown underparts. It lives in montane forest of central and eastern New Guinea and feeds mostly on fruit.

• Black-necked Wattle-eye Platysteira chalybea

  This forest bird occurs in west-central Africa. Males are glossy greenish black, while females are duller and have a smaller blue-green eye wattle.

• White-tipped Swift Aeronautes montivagus

  The White-tipped Swift occurs on northern South American tepuis and along the Andes. It flies over humid forest and feeds in small flocks.

• White-streaked Friarbird Melitograis gilolensis

  The White-streaked Friarbird occurs in the North Moluccas. Fine white streaks mark its throat and breast; it feeds on nectar, arthropods and small fruit.

• Socotra Bunting Emberiza socotrana

  The Socotra Bunting is restricted to Socotra Island. Adults show a black-and-white striped head, chestnut wing coverts, and a richer cinnamon breast in breeding plumage.

• Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus

  This thrush lives in dry East African scrub and other open habitats. Gray, rufous, and white plumage is set off by an orange bill and bare skin around the eye.

• Lovely Sunbird Aethopyga shelleyi

  This sunbird lives in forests on Palawan and nearby islands. Males show iridescent purple and crimson, while females have more subdued olive coloring.

• Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris

  A historical Himalayan account describes this nuthatch with a cinnamon belly and records nests in decayed bamboo and roadside walls.

• Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti

  It lives in forests and parks in northern and eastern Australia and gathers at fruiting trees. Flocks eat soft fruit and berries, and also take insects.

• European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

  The European Pied Flycatcher is a woodland migrant. In British breeding areas, males are black and white with two white marks on the forehead; females are more subdued brown and white.

• Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus

  The Southern Emu-wren is a small bird of low scrub in southern Australia. Males have blue on the throat, and the fine tail feathers look loose and wispy.

• Blue-headed Fantail Rhipidura cyaniceps

  A fantail of forest understory on Luzon and Catanduanes in the Philippines. It catches insects in the forest and sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.

• Plumbeous-crowned Tyrannulet Phyllomyias plumbeiceps

  This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in the Andes from Colombia through Ecuador to southern Peru. It searches forest vegetation for small invertebrates.

• Red-throated Barbet Psilopogon mystacophanos

  The Red-throated Barbet lives in moist forests of Southeast Asia and feeds mainly on fruit, especially figs. Males have a red throat and crown with blue cheeks; females have a green head.

• West Mexican Chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala

  The West Mexican Chachalaca inhabits forests and scrub on Mexico's Pacific slope and eats fruit, flowers, leaves, and seeds. The sexes look similar.

• Tinian Monarch Monarcha takatsukasae

  This forest bird is endemic to Tinian. Juveniles have a yellow bill base and buff tips on the wing bars and rump, which distinguish them from adults.

• Green-billed Toucan Ramphastos dicolorus

  This toucan has a green bill, eats mostly fruit, and also takes insects and small birds.

• Seychelles Fody Foudia sechellarum

  This small bird occurs in the Seychelles. Breeding males show yellow feathers on the crown and chin, unlike females, nonbreeding males, and juveniles.

• Shore Dotterel Thinornis novaeseelandiae

  It is a coastal plover native to New Zealand’s Chatham Islands. Males have a black face and throat with white underparts.

• Silver-eared Laughingthrush Trochalopteron melanostigma

  This laughingthrush occurs in northern mainland Southeast Asia. It uses evergreen forest understory and bamboo, and searches for food near the ground in pairs or small groups.

• Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus

  The Red-necked Phalarope breeds in Arctic wetlands and often spends winter at sea. Females have brighter breeding plumage, while males incubate and care for the young.