Meet the world’s animals.

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• Silver-eared Laughingthrush Trochalopteron melanostigma

  

  This laughingthrush occurs in northern mainland Southeast Asia. It uses evergreen forest understory and bamboo, and searches for food near the ground in pairs or small groups.

• Sooty Myzomela Myzomela tristrami

  The Sooty Myzomela is a small honeyeater about 11–12 cm long. It is active in forest by day and feeds mainly on nectar, also taking small insects and fruit.

• Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta

  This petrel has a bulky body and long pointed wings, with plumage ranging from pale to wholly dark. It breeds on islands including those in the South Pacific and ranges widely at sea.

• Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale

  A bird that searches near the ground in dry scrub and desert washes, it has a long downcurved bill and cinnamon under the tail.

• White-bellied Robin-Chat Cossyphicula roberti

  This small Old World flycatcher is about 13 cm long. In southwestern Cameroon, it was recorded in primary and secondary forest at 1,100–1,300 m.

• Olive-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum nigrilore

  This flowerpecker is recorded in the mountains of Mindanao in the Philippines. The Mt. Kitanglad survey also records the colors of the eyes, bill, and legs in males.

• Little Raven Corvus mellori

  The Little Raven is a black raven with a blue-green to blue-purple sheen and white eyes. It occurs in southeastern Australia and uses places with abundant food, including farms and pastures.

• New Caledonian Whistler Pachycephala caledonica

  In the nominate subspecies described by Province Sud, the male has a dark gray head, white throat, black collar, and yellow belly. The female is brown, with a white throat and pale brown belly.

• Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus

  The Red-fronted Rosefinch is about 20 cm long and eats plant seeds on rocky, shrub-covered high slopes by day. Call-recording sites in western China, including Qinghai and Sichuan, show only part of its range.

• Indian Grassbird Graminicola bengalensis

  The Indian Grassbird is a ground-dwelling bird of freshwater wetlands and tall grass. It has a reddish-brown back and rump and a long tail with a white tip.

• Churring Cisticola Cisticola njombe

  This cisticola inhabits high-altitude grassland. A record from Kitulo in Tanzania's southern highlands includes a bird identified as njombe.

• Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii

  This small bird has gray-and-yellow plumage. It breeds in young jack-pine forests and winters in scrubby parts of the Bahamas.

• Thrush-like Antpitta Myrmothera campanisona

  This ground antbird lives near the forest floor. In eastern Ecuador, adults were observed incubating two eggs in a nest built low among grasses.

• Diard's Trogon Harpactes diardii

  Diard's Trogon lives in Southeast Asian forests. Males have a black head and breast with a red belly, while females are mainly brown.

• Giant Coua Coua gigas

  This large ground-dwelling bird lives in forests of western and southern Madagascar. The bare blue skin around its eyes is conspicuous, and it forages on the forest floor.

• American Woodcock Scolopax minor

  This shorebird walks on the forest floor and probes the soil with its long bill for earthworms.

• Solitary Tinamou Tinamus solitarius

  It walks quietly on the ground in the Atlantic Forest, with gray-brown barring and a pale stripe on the side of the neck. It is secretive, so its whistled song can help reveal its presence.

• Black-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda charmosyna

  This small waxbill occurs in dry scrub from Ethiopia to Tanzania. It feeds on grass seeds and other small foods near the ground.

• Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius

  A large cormorant found from Australia's coasts to inland wetlands. It dives for fish and often spreads its wings to dry after fishing.

• White-naped Tit Machlolophus nuchalis

  This small tit is 12–13 cm long. It has records in Kutch, western India, and searches for insects in dry Acacia scrub.

• King of Saxony Bird-of-paradise Pteridophora alberti

  This bird-of-paradise lives in the forests of New Guinea’s central mountains. The male raises its long head plumes and displays them during courtship.

• Painted Tiger Parrot Psittacella picta

  The Painted Tiger Parrot lives in the mountains of New Guinea. Its mainly green plumage has yellow and red markings that vary by sex and among regional populations.

• Rose-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus regina

  The Rose-crowned Fruit Dove has a pink crown and green back and feeds on fruit. It swallows fruit whole in the canopy, where it may be detected by its call or by fruit dropping below.

• White-cheeked Barbet Psilopogon viridis

  A barbet of the Western Ghats and nearby peninsular India. Kerala observations found a fruit-rich diet that also included flowers.