Meet the world’s animals.

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• Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera

  

  The Andean Goose has a white body set off by black wings and tail. It grazes near high-Andean wetlands on grasses and aquatic plants, moving to lower elevations in winter.

• Chestnut-headed Chachalaca Ortalis ruficeps

  This chachalaca occurs south of the Amazon River in Brazil. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of O. motmot, O. m. ruficeps; a 2020 paper presents evidence for species status. It is found mostly in riverine habitats.

• Sulphur-breasted Parakeet Aratinga maculata

  The Sulphur-breasted Parakeet is recorded in northern Brazil. Its 2005 description used the name Aratinga pintoi; a later taxonomic paper explains that name as a synonym of Aratinga maculata.

• Black-chinned Whistler Pachycephala mentalis

  The Black-chinned Whistler is a whistler of the North Maluku islands. This account is limited to the subspecies Pachycephala mentalis obiensis, described from Obi and Bisa islands in Indonesia.

• Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca

  A small warbler with dark cheeks contrasting with a pale throat. Wild birds in the UK mainly eat insects in spring and summer, then berries in autumn.

• Yellow-browed Seedeater Crithagra whytii

  This canary occurs from Tanzania west to Zambia and northern Malawi. It has a long, slightly notched tail and feeds on small seeds and other foods along woodland edges and in open country.

• Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata

  A small warbler that breeds in northern North American forests and migrates south across the ocean in fall. Breeding males have a distinctive black cap.

• Rarotonga Starling Aplonis cinerascens

  This starling is endemic to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. It feeds in the forest canopy on fruit, insects and nectar; one study records it visiting flowers of native Fitchia.

• Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis

  A small waxbill with striking red and black tail and bill colours. It feeds mainly on grass seeds and lives along woodland edges and in scrub in southern Africa.

• Graceful Pitta Erythropitta venusta

  A pitta of Sumatra's forests. Adults have a dark head, blue-green eyebrow, and red belly, and search for food on the forest floor.

• Red-billed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps

  The Red-billed Scimitar Babbler is a forest bird with a long, curved red bill and a prominent white eyebrow.

• Regal Sunbird Cinnyris regius

  This sunbird is found in and around mountain forest in the Albertine Rift. Males have green, yellow, and red plumage, while females are dull brown; the species also uses high-elevation scrub.

• Spotted Bamboowren Psilorhamphus guttatus

  This tapaculo lives in bamboo and secondary forest in southeastern Brazil. Males are bluish grey, females browner, and both have white spots.

• Wire-tailed Manakin Pipra filicauda

  Males court with long, wire-like tail feathers. Male breeding behavior has been studied in lowland Amazonian forest in southern Venezuela.

• Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica

  A large pigeon of Pacific islands, it has a pale gray to pinkish head and underside and darker gray wings and back. It feeds on fruit.

• Nightingale Wren Microcerculus philomela

  This wren lives on the forest floor in wet evergreen forests from southeastern Mexico to Costa Rica. It is hard to see in dense cover, but its song can reveal its presence.

• Red-faced Cormorant Urile urile

  The Red-faced Cormorant lives along remote North Pacific coasts. In breeding plumage, its red face and white flank patch stand out against its dark body.

• Samoan Fantail Rhipidura nebulosa

  The Samoan Fantail is a small bird described with dusky plumage, a pale throat, and white feathers under the tail. Its life account here is limited to an 1848 observation in Samoa.

• Ihering's Antwren Myrmotherula iheringi

  This small antwren occurs in lowland eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and the southern Amazonian region of Brazil. Males have dark breasts and white wing spots, while females are lighter grey above with yellowish-brown underparts. It searches leaves and vines for insects in the forest understory.

• Yellow-bridled Finch Melanodera xanthogramma

  This finch inhabits Andean rocky ground and high-altitude grassland. Males are yellow and olive, while females and young birds are brown and streaked; it searches for seeds on the ground.

• Varied Honeyeater Gavicalis versicolor

  The Varied Honeyeater lives in scrub, wetlands, and gardens in New Guinea and northeastern Australia. It eats nectar, insects, and fruit, and has striking black and yellow lines beside the eye.

• Rufous-capped Nunlet Nonnula ruficapilla

  This nunlet is recognized by its rufous cap and grey sides of the head. It occurs in humid lowland forest and may remain motionless on a branch for long periods.

• Black-and-white Triller Lalage melanoleuca

  A triller of the Philippines. The source's detailed color description is specifically for a male of the nominate subspecies.

• Grey-eyed Greenlet Hylophilus amaurocephalus

  This vireo relative lives in forest and scrub in eastern Brazil. Its gray iris and rufous crown stand out, and it searches for insects in trees.