Meet the world’s animals.

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• Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus

  

  This small southern African coastal cormorant forages for benthic prey in inshore kelp beds.

• American White Ibis Eudocimus albus

  This wading bird has a white body, long red bill, and red legs. It probes shallow water and mud for small animals.

• Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri

  The male has a red throat stripe and a chestnut breast dotted with white. This small bird stays near grass and shrubs and hops along the ground searching for seeds and small insects.

• Purple Heron Ardea purpurea

  A heron with a buff head and neck, black cap, gray back, and deep chestnut shoulder patch. It favors dense plants beside shallow water.

• Bronze-tailed Thornbill Chalcostigma heteropogon

  The Bronze-tailed Thornbill occurs in the high Andes of Colombia and western Venezuela. The male has a green throat and a pink-purple breast spot, and the bird feeds on nectar.

• Abd al-Kuri Sparrow Passer hemileucus

  This sparrow is endemic to Abd al-Kuri Island. A 2008 study documents plumage differences from the related Socotra sparrow, while noting that published information on its habits is sparse.

• Hainan Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus hainanus

  This leaf-warbler occurs only on Hainan Island, China. Its deep yellow underparts and white outer tail feathers are described in the species paper.

• Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis

  The Asian Short-toed Lark is a small lark with streaks on its breast and back. It favors open, dry ground with sparse vegetation, and its appearance and range vary by region.

• Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii

  The Superb Parrot uses woodlands and grasslands in southeastern Australia. Males have yellow foreheads and throats and a red crescent between the throat and breast.

• Cryptic Becard Pachyramphus salvini

  Once included in the Black-and-white Becard, it was separated after genetic, morphological, and vocal comparisons. Its main range spans western Colombia, western Ecuador, north-western Peru, and the Marañón drainage.

• Mountain Shrike Lanius validirostris

  It has a gray head and back, a black facial band, a white breast, and rufous-brown flanks. In the Philippine mountains, it watches for insects from exposed perches.

• Chestnut-breasted Mountain Finch Poospizopsis caesar

  This finch-like tanager occurs in the southern Peruvian Andes. It forages in semi-humid scrub, and its white throat and eyebrow contrast with a chestnut breast.

• Andean Swallow Orochelidon andecola

  An Andean swallow that searches for food over high grasslands. Its dark blue back, gray rump, and pale underside are useful marks.

• Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris

  The Striped Pipit has a patchy range east and south of the equatorial rainforest belt. Bold streaks below and pale lemon edges on the wings and tail help identify it.

• Vogelkop Whistler Pachycephala meyeri

  This whistler is recorded from the Vogelkop mountains of western New Guinea. It occurs in lower montane forest.

• Plain-tailed Nighthawk Nyctiprogne vielliardi

  This nighthawk has been recorded along the São Francisco River. It roosts by day in riverside brush and flies low over water near dusk.

• Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis

  A raptor with a long crest and white wing markings. It hunts small mammals in open country with trees.

• Orange Oriole Icterus auratus

  The Orange Oriole occurs on the Yucatán Peninsula and in northern Belize. It uses waterside forest edges and open woodland; males show orange and black plumage with white wing bars.

• Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii

  A tern that breeds on islands in eastern North America and the Caribbean. It flies offshore to catch small fish. Aspects of its nonbreeding life in South America and elsewhere remain poorly known.

• Crimson-hooded Manakin Pipra aureola

  The Crimson-hooded Manakin uses lowland wet forest and swampy woodland and feeds on fruit. One male collected in Suriname was recorded with green plumage and a few red feathers.

• Rothschild's Grosbeak Cyanocompsa rothschildii

  Rothschild's Grosbeak occurs in western Amazonian forest. The male is deep blue and the female chestnut; both are associated with the leafy forest understory.

• Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler Macronus ptilosus

  The Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler is a dark brown babbler with a chestnut crown, black throat, and bluish skin around the eyes. It searches low vegetation for insects and is usually seen in pairs.

• Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris

  The Oriental Pied Hornbill is marked by black-and-white plumage and a large pale yellow bill. During breeding, the female stays in a tree cavity while the male brings food from outside.

• Rufous-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula leymebambae

  A small antpitta of Andean forests. Its back is brown, with rufous coloring across the chest and sides.