Meet the world’s animals.

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• Aberdare Cisticola Cisticola aberdare

  

  This small cisticola lives in Kenya’s highland grassland and moorland. It builds a ball-shaped nest among grass tussocks.

• Pale thrush Turdus pallidus

  A thrush mainly seen in Japan in winter. It favors dim woodland with undergrowth and forages on the ground.

• Gould's Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera

  The nominate subspecies of Gould's Petrel is a small seabird that breeds on islands off New South Wales.

• Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus

  A white-eye that breeds in northeastern China and southeastern Russia and winters from southern China to northern Southeast Asia. It can gather in huge flocks during migration.

• Green-chinned Euphonia Euphonia chalybea

  This small bird has a thick bill. Males have a yellow band on the forehead, while females are olive above and grey below.

• Paradise Riflebird Ptiloris paradiseus

  The Paradise Riflebird lives in forests of eastern Australia. Males court by displaying glossy black plumage, while females are brown and patterned.

• Brown Tinamou Crypturellus obsoletus

  This tinamou has reddish-brown plumage. In the eastern Andes of Peru it uses the undergrowth of humid montane forest and is reported to eat mainly seeds.

• Killdeer Charadrius vociferus

  A North American plover of open ground. It runs, pauses, and searches the ground for insects.

• Sulawesi Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus exarhatus

  This Sulawesi hornbill has a pale, yellow-stained face in males and black plumage in females. Fruit is its main food.

• Blue-backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola

  The Blue-backed Manakin lives in forests of northern South America. Males have a black body, blue back, and red crown, and perform courtship dances on low perches.

• Shelley's Rufous-sparrow Passer shelleyi

  This sparrow was documented in Ruma National Park, south-west Kenya, in 2017. Males show a white cheek and a black line behind the eye; the report also describes a nest in an acacia tree.

• Pitt Shag Phalacrocorax featherstoni

  The Pitt Shag is a gray cormorant of the Chatham Islands, with yellow feet. It dives for fish and marine invertebrates.

• Gray-hooded Bush Tanager Cnemoscopus rubrirostris

  A tanager of Andean montane forest from Colombia through Peru, with a grey hood, olive upperparts and yellow underparts.

• Black-headed Whistler Pachycephala monacha

  The Black-headed Whistler feeds on invertebrates in forest and semi-open habitat. In a local Mt. Wilhelm survey, several birds were seen at 600–700 m, and an active nest was reported at about 850 m.

• Bates's Nightjar Caprimulgus batesi

  Bates's Nightjar is a forest bird of western and central Africa. Its dark mottled plumage blends into its surroundings, and it hunts insects in dim light.

• Crested Gallito Rhinocrypta lanceolata

  The Crested Gallito has a reddish crest and flanks with a black tail, and it runs frequently on the ground.

• Puff-backed Honeyeater Meliphaga aruensis

  This honeyeater has an olive back and yellow ear patches. A fluffy white patch sits above the tail, and it feeds on fruit and other foods in forest.

• Choco Warbler Myiothlypis chlorophrys

  The Choco Warbler inhabits forest and scrub in western Colombia and western Ecuador. This population responds differently to songs from the eastern Peru population and is treated as a separate species.

• Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina striata

  This cuckooshrike lives in the humid forests and mangroves of parts of Southeast Asia. Males are grey, while females show bars on the underparts.

• Taita Falcon Falco fasciinucha

  A small, compact falcon with white cheeks and rufous underparts. It hunts small birds around wooded mountains and deep valleys with cliffs.

• Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi

  This starling lives in dry bushland and wooded country in East Africa. Its recorded breeding and non-breeding areas differ, and it forages in small flocks in trees and bushes.

• San Andres Vireo Vireo caribaeus

  This small vireo is confined to San Andrés Island. It has an olive back and pale underparts; a field study recorded dry scrub as a commonly used nesting habitat.

• Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis

  This antpitta has dark rufous-brown plumage, a gray head, and a scaled pattern on its back. In Peru, it is recorded foraging on the forest floor.

• Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons

  The Yellow-fronted Barbet is often seen high in forest trees. Its blue face and throat and yellow forehead stand out against a green body.