Meet the world’s animals.
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- Black Solitaire Entomodestes coracinus
Photo: Hector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0 The Black Solitaire occurs in humid forests of the Chocó region of Colombia and Ecuador. Its black plumage contrasts with white cheek and breast tufts and red eyes.
- Barau's Petrel Pterodroma baraui
Barau’s Petrel spends most of its life at sea and breeds in the highlands of Réunion.
- Chestnut-crested Yuhina Yuhina everetti
This bird lives in Borneo's forests. The Wildlife of Borneo account uses the name Staphida everetti, while the pool name is Yuhina everetti. It has a chestnut crest and streaked underparts.
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
This finch flashes yellow and green in flight. In the UK it visits gardens and eats seeds and insects.
- Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana
The Raggiana Bird-of-paradise has strongly different male and female plumage. Males display red flank plumes in courtship, while females care for the nest and young.
- Patagonian Tinamou Tinamotis ingoufi
A ground-dwelling bird of Patagonia in Argentina and Chile. In southern Chile, a study described its nest and feeding ecology in dry steppe and shrubland.
- White-faced Plover Charadrius dealbatus
It is a plover with extensive white on the face that breeds in East Asia and winters along Southeast Asian coasts.
- 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.
- White-bibbed Manakin Corapipo leucorrhoa
This manakin lives in humid foothill forest in Colombia and Venezuela. Males perform courtship displays on fallen trunks low in the forest.
- Plain-backed Snowfinch Pyrgilauda blanfordi
This small sparrow-family bird lives in dry highlands of Tibet and the Himalayas. It searches for food on the ground.
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
A dark waterbird widespread around lakes and coasts in North America. It dives for fish and is often seen spreading its wings to dry them.
- Black-capped Hemispingus Kleinothraupis atropileus
It occurs in northern Andean mountain forest, from south-western Venezuela through Colombia and Ecuador to far northern Peru. It is recorded at 2,300–3,200 m.
- Bare-throated Whistler Pachycephala nudigula
The Bare-throated Whistler lives in forests and mountains on Sumbawa and Flores in Indonesia. Males have a bare red patch low on the throat.
- Little Nightjar Setopagis parvula
This nightjar has been recorded in rocky grassland and nearby habitat in northeastern Argentina. Argentina’s protected-area information lists low woodland and steppe among its habitats.
- Jalca Tapaculo Scytalopus frankeae
Aves de Peru describes the Jalca Tapaculo as endemic to two separated areas in Peru: Huánuco and Pasco in the north, and Junín farther south. Records include remaining dwarf-forest patches, rocky ground, shrubs and tall grass.
- White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata
This honeyeater lives in woodland and forest on mainland Australia. A white neck plume is its key mark, and it feeds in tree crowns and shrubs.
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
Townsend's Warbler searches for small insects high in conifers, where its yellow and black plumage stands out among the foliage. In winter it also occurs in Mexico, Central America, and along the Pacific coast of the United States.
- Buru Cuckooshrike Coracina fortis
The Buru Cuckooshrike is a grey forest bird from Buru Island, with black markings around the eye and on the chin.
- Spotted Kestrel Falco moluccensis
This small falcon hunts in open grassland and farmland in Indonesia. Its prey includes insects, small birds, lizards, and small mammals.
- Principe Starling Lamprotornis ornatus
This starling is endemic to Príncipe Island. A 1990 survey recorded it in plantations, regenerating forest, and primary forest, with groups high in the canopy.
- Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii
The Cuban Vireo is a small, slow-moving bird of shrubby forest edges. It has a yellow spot in front of the eye and a white crescent behind it; a Macaulay Library record documents it at Viñales, Cuba.
- Panao Antpitta Grallaria oneilli
This antpitta occurs on the eastern slope of the central Peruvian Andes. It is dark reddish brown, with a whitish center to the belly; at least one recorded bird ate insects and similar invertebrates.
- Turquoise-throated Barbet Psilopogon chersonesus
This barbet occurs in montane forest on the southern part of Thailand's peninsula. A bold dark line beside the eye is a notable feature.
- Canary-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus
The Canary-winged Parakeet has a pale green body and a white wing band that is conspicuous in flight. It is native to South America and has become feral in parts of North America.