Meet the world’s animals.

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• Carolinian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus syrinx

  

  The Carolinian Reed Warbler is native to the Federated States of Micronesia. It uses dry grassland, gardens, and tropical mountain forest, searching for small animals on the ground and among trees.

• Lesser Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea minor

  The Lesser Bird of Paradise lives in forests of northwestern New Guinea. Males court females with vivid colors and long ornamental plumes.

• White-tailed Swallow Hirundo megaensis

  A swallow restricted to southern Ethiopia's Acacia–Commiphora woodland. A study recorded many nests in homes occupied by villagers.

• Wrentit Chamaea fasciata

  The Wrentit is a small bird of the shrubs along the western coast of the United States. It has a gray-brown body and a long tail, and searches dense brush for insects and fruit.

• Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus

  The Painted Francolin has a rufous face and throat and conspicuous white-spotted feathers. In India it lives in pairs or family groups around grassland and cultivated areas.

• Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria

  The Alexandrine Parakeet is a large parakeet native to parts of South and Southeast Asia, including wooded and cultivated areas.

• Northern Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva

  Setophaga aestiva is the migratory northern form of the Yellow Warbler. It breeds in North America and moves to Central and South America for winter; the resident mangrove form is now treated separately.

• Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis

  The Rufous-necked Snowfinch lives in highlands such as the Tibetan Plateau and has a rufous patch on the side of the neck.

• Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris

  The Ultramarine Flycatcher breeds in high country around the Himalayas and moves to lower southern regions for winter.

• Spotted Crake Porzana porzana

  The Spotted Crake is marked by dense white spots on its gray breast. It searches among plants in shallow freshwater wetlands for small aquatic animals and plants.

• East Coast Boubou Laniarius sublacteus

  A bushshrike with glossy blue-black upperparts and a white underside. It uses dense forest cover along eastern Africa's coast and rivers.

• Black-streaked Puffbird Malacoptila fulvogularis

  An Andean bird of humid forests that sallies from a perch to catch invertebrates.

• Gosling's Bunting Emberiza goslingi

  This bunting was formerly included in the Cinnamon-breasted Bunting. This entry follows the species-level account of Emberiza goslingi and describes that taxon alone.

• Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis

  The Scarlet-chested Sunbird is notable for the red chest and iridescent head of the male in nuptial plumage. It feeds on nectar and small animals.

• Undulated Antpitta Grallaria squamigera

  The Undulated Antpitta lives in humid Andean forest and searches the ground for invertebrates.

• Henderson Petrel Pterodroma atrata

  This seabird breeds on Henderson Island in the South Pacific. It is grey-brown and paler below; a study placed nests on the island's interior plateau and tracked a breeding bird far out to sea.

• Hill Prinia Prinia superciliaris

  This brown bird has a long tail. A Vietnam photo archive records a white eyebrow and throat and seasonal variation in breast streaking; its broader range and habitat come from a separate species account.

• Pale-rumped Swift Chaetura egregia

  The Pale-rumped Swift is marked by pale rump and upper-tail coverts that contrast with its dark back and tail. It flies over continuous Amazonian forest.

• Great Snipe Gallinago media

  The Great Snipe is a medium-sized wader that breeds from northern Europe east into Russia and winters in tropical Africa.

• Flame-eared Honeyeater Lichmera flavicans

  This honeyeater has greenish-olive upperparts and a bill that curves downward at the tip. In Timor woodlands it searches near flowers for insects and nectar.

• River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis

  The River Warbler is a small bird with fine streaks on its breast and flanks. It stays hidden in waterside vegetation and searches for insects and other small invertebrates.

• Brown-capped Rosy Finch Leucosticte australis

  The Brown-capped Rosy-Finch breeds high in the central Rocky Mountains and descends to nearby lower elevations in winter to find seeds and insects. Males show pinkish markings on the wings and rump that are less evident in females.

• Agami Heron Agamia agami

  The Agami Heron is a tropical heron with a long neck and bill and a chestnut belly. During breeding, blue crest and back plumes grow longer, and the bird hunts fish at the water's edge.

• Cape Crow Corvus capensis

  The Cape Crow is a glossy black crow. It usually lives as a territorial pair and searches the ground for food in grasslands and dry savannas.