Meet the world’s animals.

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• Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita

  

  Adults have a red bare face and a crest extending from the back of the head down the neck. Their black feathers can shine green or purple, and they live in groups.

• Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans

  The Yellow-throated Bunting is an East Asian bunting. The male has a striking black-and-yellow head, and a tracking study recorded males migrating to China.

• Forest Thrush Turdus lherminieri

  The Forest Thrush has russet upperparts, a yellow bill and legs, and a scaly-looking breast. It searches leaf litter for small prey and also eats fruit.

• New Guinea Thornbill Acanthiza murina

  This small bird is about 10 cm long and weighs around 8 g. It lives in New Guinea moss forest in mountains above 2,150 m and searches for small invertebrates in trees.

• Helmeted Curassow Pauxi pauxi

  This large black bird bears a blue-gray helmet-like casque on its forehead. Pairs and small groups walk the floor of mature mountain forest in search of fruit and seeds.

• Riverbank Warbler Myiothlypis rivularis

  The Riverbank Warbler lives in lowland forests and wet places along South American rivers. It has a dark crown, white eyebrow, green upperparts, and a pale underside.

• Golden Parrotbill Suthora verreauxi

  The Golden Parrotbill is a small bird, about 11 cm long, with a distinctive head and neck. It uses bamboo patches in pairs or small groups and eats insect larvae, small beetles and seeds.

• Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra

  The Tawny-bellied Babbler searches for food among grass and fallen leaves. Plumage on its throat and belly varies among subspecies.

• Chestnut-tipped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus derbianus

  This green toucanet occurs in Andean mountain forest. The male has chestnut tips on the central tail feathers, and the birds may move in small groups high in the forest.

• Snow-capped Manakin Lepidothrix nattereri

  The Snow-capped Manakin lives in lowland humid forest in Brazil and Bolivia. Males are marked by white on the crown, nape, and rump.

• Guianan Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis cantator

  This small antbird, about 12 cm long, occurs on the Guiana Shield. It searches for insects around vine tangles and forest edges.

• Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons

  This helmetshrike lives in forests and woodland from eastern to southeastern Africa and is seen in small to medium-sized flocks.

• Trilling Tapaculo Scytalopus parvirostris

  This tapaculo forages in the understory of humid Andean forest and bamboo patches. Adult males are dark gray; females have rufous-brown and black bars on the lower back, rump, and vent.

• Trumpet Manucode Phonygammus keraudrenii

  The Trumpet Manucode is a bird-of-paradise of tropical forests around New Guinea. It has glossy blue-black plumage and elongated feathers around the neck and nape.

• Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker Prionochilus xanthopygius

  This small flowerpecker inhabits lowland forest on Borneo. Males are strongly blue and yellow, while females are mainly gray and olive.

• Hardhead Aythya australis

  The Hardhead is an Australian diving duck with a dark brown body and white belly.

• Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius

  This colorful parrot has a red head, white cheeks, and blue shoulders. It feeds on the ground in open woodland and grassland in southeastern Australia, eating seeds and fruits among other foods.

• Dark Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx bocki

  The Dark Hawk-Cuckoo is a large, long-tailed cuckoo with a hawk-like shape, found in montane and foothill forests of Borneo.

• Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor

  The Barred Becard is about 10.5–11 cm long and has fine barring underneath. It is rare or uncommon in humid cloud forest on the eastern slope of Bolivia’s northern Andes. Alone or in pairs, it gleans arthropods and also eats fruit.

• Blue-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron squamatum

  The Blue-winged Laughingthrush uses forest undergrowth and bamboo in the Himalayas, from Nepal to southern China and nearby areas. Records are mainly from 900–2,440 m.

• Summer Tanager Piranga rubra

  The Summer Tanager is a stout bird that searches for insects high in the forest canopy. Adult males are red, while females and young males are yellow to yellow-green.

• Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura

  The Short-tailed Swift has broad wings, an extremely short tail, and a pale beige rump. In the Brazilian Amazon, it catches insects while flying.

• Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus

  The Green-backed Tit is a small bird found in mountain forests in northern India. Its green back, yellow underside, and black head with white cheeks stand out as it searches branches and trunks for food.

• African fish eagle Icthyophaga vocifer

  A large eagle of African waterways that catches fish near the surface.