Meet the world’s animals.

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• Tiny Tyrant-Manakin Tyranneutes virescens

  

  This small manakin lives in moist lowland forest on the Guianan Shield. It has dull grey-green upperparts, yellowish underparts, and fine grey streaks on the throat and upper breast.

• Arfak Astrapia Astrapia nigra

  The Arfak Astrapia is a bird-of-paradise of montane forest in western New Guinea. The male has iridescent plumage and a long tail; the female is smaller and darker.

• Sooty-capped Hermit Phaethornis augusti

  The Sooty-capped Hermit has olive plumage, strong white facial lines, and a distinctive orange-rufous rump. In Venezuela it uses forest edges and undergrowth, with records of nesting in buildings.

• Northern Silvery Kingfisher Ceyx flumenicola

  This kingfisher is endemic to Bohol, Leyte and Samar in the central Philippines. It uses forested streams and river edges, where a low perch gives it a view of the water.

• Bar-winged Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucoptera

  The Bar-winged Wood-Wren is a small bird with rufous upperparts and two white wing bars. It forages alone or in pairs in scrub on mountain ridges and is often heard before it is seen.

• Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii

  The Somali Starling occurs in northeastern Africa and on Socotra, using rocky hills and cliffs. The male is glossy black-purple with orange in the wings, while the female has a grey head and breast.

• Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius

  A migratory bird with a dark cap and sandy plumage that travels between Central Asia and regions including South Asia.

• Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus thoracicus

  The male has a black head with a small red crown patch and a yellowish-green back. In peat-swamp and heath forests, at edges, and in coastal vegetation, it eats fruit, insects, and spiders.

• Short-clawed Lark Certhilauda chuana

  This ground-dwelling lark occupies semi-arid savanna in Botswana and South Africa. It feeds on insects and seeds on the ground in open areas with low bushes.

• Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata

  The Speckled Chachalaca has reddish-brown plumage with pale spots on the front of its neck and chest. It eats fruit and uses both trees and the ground.

• Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui

  The Coqui Francolin lives on the ground in woodland and savanna. When alarmed it may freeze in cover, and it is often found in pairs.

• Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus

  This 18–21 cm bee-eater has a green crown and back, a black eye stripe, and a dark throat patch. It catches flying insects over damp grassland and reedbeds.

• Canary Flyrobin Microeca papuana

  This small flyrobin lives in New Guinea’s mountain forests. The research paper calls it the Papuan Flyrobin, while the pool name is Canary Flyrobin. The main reported elevation band is 1,800–2,500 m, with records beyond it.

• Minas Gerais Tyrannulet Phylloscartes roquettei

  A small tyrannulet recorded in Minas Gerais, Brazil. In the study, birds used dry and gallery forests and searched for arthropods in tall trees.

• Common Scoter Melanitta nigra

  The Common Scoter is a sea duck whose males and females differ in color. It breeds in northern European wetlands and moves to coastal waters for winter.

• Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii

  Whyte's Barbet is a barbet about 19 cm long. It uses trees in forests and near water, and may catch insects in the air.

• Citreoline Trogon Trogon citreolus

  The Citreoline Trogon has a yellow belly and pale eyes. It searches for food from branches in forests of western Mexico.

• Aztec Rail Rallus tenuirostris

  The Aztec Rail is a rail of Mexico’s highland freshwater marshes. A 2014 taxonomic proposal describes that population as bright rufous below, with diffuse barring on the flanks.

• Brown-banded Puffbird Notharchus ordii

  It is black and white, with a dark brown-black band between the white throat and belly. It is patchily distributed in Amazonian lowlands and is described as generally rare in forest on poor soils such as sandy patches.

• White-bibbed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus rivoli

  The male's white crescent-shaped breast patch helps identify this fruit-eating pigeon. It lives mainly in mountain forests and feeds on fruit in the canopy.

• Fan-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola brevirostris

  This bird occurs in tall grassland south of the Sahara. It has a broad tail and short, rounded wings, and may remain hidden low in dense grass.

• Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus

  The Cinereous Tit has white cheeks and a black band from the chest down the belly. The Japanese account records it from towns to mountain areas and says it uses moss and animal hair in its nest.

• New Caledonian Streaked Fantail Rhipidura verreauxi

  This small bird often fans its long tail. It has an observation record from Mont Koghi, New Caledonia, and lives in forest and forest edge.

• Purple Heron Ardea purpurea

  A heron with a buff head and neck, black cap, gray back, and deep chestnut shoulder patch. It favors dense plants beside shallow water.