Meet the world’s animals.

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• Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus

  

  This small owl lives in North American forests. It hunts small mammals at night and hides in dense conifers by day.

• Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster

  This grosbeak has a black face, yellow head and breast, and olive upperparts. In Central American lowland forest it eats insects, fruit, and seeds.

• Hispaniolan Palm Crow Corvus palmarum

  The Hispaniolan Palm Crow is a small, all-black crow found on Hispaniola. It eats fruit and invertebrates and often comes down to the ground to feed.

• Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta

  This grassland bird is known for a black V on its yellow breast and a flutelike song. It searches the ground for seeds and insects.

• Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus

  This antpitta lives in moist lowland forest from Central America to Colombia and Ecuador. Broad black streaks mark its white to buffy breast.

• Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii

  Reichenbach's Sunbird has an iridescent blue-green face, neck and breast above an olive-brown mantle. A field record placed it at a forest edge and small lakes near Kinshasa, DRC.

• Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps

  A bird of the subspecies sinensis was recorded foraging in broad-leaved deciduous forest in southwest Hebei, China, in 2012. That individual had a chestnut crown and yellow wing-bars.

• Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus

  The Crimson-fronted Barbet is a small forest barbet in Sri Lanka. A male of the nominate subspecies has a red forehead and orange-golden throat, and visits fruiting trees.

• Javan White-eye Zosterops flavus

  A small white-eye of coastal Java and Madura, it also has an isolated coastal population in southern Borneo. It uses habitats such as wetlands, mangroves and coastal scrub.

• Rufous-headed Woodpecker Celeus spectabilis

  This woodpecker often uses bamboo stands in western Amazonian lowland forest. One observation records it feeding in a non-bamboo tree.

• Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris

  The Pale-billed Hornbill has sex-specific bill and casque colors and searches for food among trees.

• Red-capped Forest-warbler Artisornis metopias

  This small bird occurs in montane areas of Tanzania and Mozambique. Its head and neck are rufous, and it feeds mostly on insects.

• Amami Thrush Zoothera major

  A large thrush found on Amami-Oshima, with records also from nearby Kakeroma Island. It searches for animal prey and fruit in mature evergreen forest around humid valleys.

• Ethiopian Siskin Serinus nigriceps

  The Ethiopian Siskin is a small finch of the Ethiopian highlands. The male is notable for its black hood and yellow body.

• Black-browed Triller Lalage atrovirens

  The Black-browed Triller occurs in northern New Guinea and nearby islands. Males are boldly black and white; females are duller, and the species uses forest edges and middle to upper canopy.

• Rufous-browed Flycatcher Anthipes solitaris

  This flycatcher lives in montane forest in Malaysia. The MyBIS account includes a record from Fraser's Hill in Pahang.

• Spectacled Parrotbill Suthora conspicillata

  A small bird of the mountains of central China, it has white rings around the eyes that look like spectacles. Small groups search among shrubs and forest edges.

• Dwarf Vireo Vireo nelsoni

  The Dwarf Vireo is endemic to Mexico's highlands, from Guanajuato south to northern Oaxaca.

• Black-chested Sparrow Peucaea humeralis

  This sparrow is locally distributed in inland southwestern Mexico. It moves in pairs or small groups through dry scrub on slopes and in valleys.

• Willard's Sooty Boubou Laniarius willardi

  Willard’s Sooty Boubou was described from a small series of specimens from the western Albertine Rift. The description reports collection localities in Uganda and Burundi, but the few specimens do not establish a complete range.

• Rothschild's Swift Cypseloides rothschildi

  Rothschild's Swift is a dark, sooty swift. It occurs above humid forests on the eastern side of the Andes, from Bolivia to northwestern Argentina.

• Chestnut-throated Huet-huet Pteroptochos castaneus

  This ground-dwelling bird lives in temperate forest in central and southern Chile. Its chestnut plumage and large feet are distinctive.

• Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus

  The Lizard Buzzard is a small raptor of sub-Saharan Africa. Its grey head and back contrast with a black stripe down its white throat.

• Black-necklaced Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys erythrocnemis

  Endemic to Taiwan, this scimitar babbler has olive-brown upperparts, rufous-brown face and flanks, and white throat and belly. Dark marks on the upper breast help distinguish it.