Meet the world’s animals.

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• Eared Pitta Hydrornis phayrei

  

  The Eared Pitta lives close to the forest floor, where it searches among leaf litter for small prey.

• Long-legged Pipit Anthus pallidiventris

  The Long-legged Pipit walks on open ground in dry grassland and farmland, searching for small invertebrates.

• Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior

  The Stout-billed Cinclodes is a ground-dwelling bird of the high Andes. Its thick, down-curved bill and scaled pattern across the throat and upper chest are distinctive.

• Jerdon's Bush Chat Saxicola jerdoni

  This bush chat lives in grassland and other semi-open habitats. It is active by day and takes invertebrates from the ground.

• Emerald Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta finschii

  This tiny parrot feeds upside down on lichens and fungi on tree trunks. Plumage and colour patterns vary among subspecies and between sexes.

• Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps

  A bird of the subspecies sinensis was recorded foraging in broad-leaved deciduous forest in southwest Hebei, China, in 2012. That individual had a chestnut crown and yellow wing-bars.

• Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa

  This African barbet is marked by a yellow eye and spotted flanks. In damp highland woodland of eastern Africa, it feeds on figs, berries, and insects.

• Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosum

  It has a bluish-black body, a chestnut lower belly, white tail tips, a red bill and legs, and a crest. It searches for fallen fruit on the forest floor.

• Three-banded Rosefinch Carpodacus trifasciatus

  The Three-banded Rosefinch is a long-tailed finch with white wing markings. The male is dark pink, while the female is mainly brown.

• Red-fronted Macaw Ara rubrogenys

  This large parrot has red on its forehead, shoulders, and thighs, with blue on its wings. It occurs in central Bolivia and uses dry woodland and thorn scrub.

• Sapphire-vented Puffleg Eriocnemis luciani

  The Sapphire-vented Puffleg is a hummingbird with white feathered leg puffs and a long, forked blue-purple tail. It lives in Andean cloud forest and may visit hummingbird feeders where they are available.

• Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi

  The Bridled Titmouse lives in forests of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico. It joins mixed flocks and searches for food among tree branches.

• Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus

  This African cuckoo stands out for its heavy yellow bill and greenish-blue back and tail. It searches the forest for insects and small animals.

• Chami Antpitta Grallaria alvarezi

  The eBird/Merlin account places the Chami Antpitta in high-elevation cloud forest in Colombia’s western Andes. It also notes that the species was once treated as one form within the broader Rufous Antpitta group.

• Timor Friarbird Philemon inornatus

  This honeyeater occurs on Timor. A study in West Timor recorded it taking nectar at forest edges in the morning.

• Goliath Heron Ardea goliath

  A large heron that waits for fish in shallow water. Its grey body contrasts with its chestnut head, neck, and belly.

• Jungle Boobook Ninox theomacha

  The Jungle Boobook is a small-to-medium owl found on New Guinea and nearby islands. It has no ear-tufts.

• Spotted Nothura Nothura maculosa

  The Spotted Nothura lives in South American grasslands. It eats mostly plant matter and is also described as omnivorous.

• Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex

  Its long yellow bill and black cap stand out. It lives mainly along rivers and lakes in South America.

• Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi

  A small sunbird of tropical Africa. The male has metallic green on the head and back.

• Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis

  Male Shiny Cowbirds are glossy deep purple, while females are brown. They are brood parasites, laying eggs in other birds’ nests and leaving the hosts to raise the young.

• Five-striped Sparrow Amphispizopsis quinquestriata

  The Five-striped Sparrow lives on dry hillsides with dense thorny vegetation in northwestern Mexico and southeastern Arizona. Its black breast spot and striped head and throat are distinctive.

• Taiwan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus musicus

  The Taiwan Scimitar Babbler is endemic to Taiwan. It has a pale face marked with dark head stripes and uses its long, downcurved bill to search low vegetation and forest edges.

• Giant Coot Fulica gigantea

  The giant coot has a red bill and legs and a yellow frontal shield. It lives on high Andean lakes and builds a large nest platform from aquatic plants.