Meet the world’s animals.

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• Blue-streaked Lory Eos reticulata

  

  This lory has a red body streaked with blue. It lives on islands in eastern Indonesia and eats fruit, seeds, and other plant foods.

• Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon Ducula rosacea

  The Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon is an island pigeon with pale pink on its head and upper neck. It feeds on fruit in forests of the Lesser Sunda Islands.

• Sunda Owlet Taenioptynx sylvaticus

  The Sunda Owlet is a very small owl of hill and montane forest on Sumatra and Borneo. In 2021, the eBird taxonomy separated it from the widespread Collared Owlet based on voice and plumage.

• Galapagos Crake Laterallus spilonota

  The Galapagos Crake is a ground-living bird endemic to the islands and now found in the highlands of the major islands. It turns leaf litter for insects and seeds and is a poor flier.

• Southern White-fringed Antwren Formicivora grisea

  This antbird forages in scrub and hedgerows left among pastureland. In Peru, the Aves de Perú account reports records from Pampa del Heath and Pampa Juliaca in Puno.

• Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus

  The Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle is a large South American raptor whose broad wings and short tail form a triangular silhouette. It searches for prey over grasslands and rocky slopes.

• Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus

  The Greater Flameback is a large woodpecker ranging across South and Southeast Asia. In part of its range, it is strongly associated with mangroves.

• Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus

  A cuckoo whose males have glossy green plumage; it forages in the tree canopy for insects such as caterpillars and ants.

• Sombre Kingfisher Todiramphus funebris

  This large kingfisher lives on Halmahera. Its dark back and white facial stripe stand out, and it catches small animals in forests and mangroves.

• Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi

  A cisticola of tropical African highlands. It occurs in grassy openings and forest edges, often in pairs or small groups, and gives a scratchy, rapidly changing song.

• Dusky-throated Hermit Phaethornis squalidus

  This small hermit hummingbird is endemic to southeastern Brazil, where it inhabits Atlantic Forest. It visits low flowers for nectar and also takes small insects on short flights.

• Reunion Bulbul Hypsipetes borbonicus

  The Reunion Bulbul is a forest bird endemic to Réunion. Its gray-black plumage contrasts with a bright orange bill and legs, and it has a crest. It eats fruit and insects.

• Golden-backed Mountain Tanager Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis

  This large tanager is recorded in humid montane forest of Peru's eastern Andes at about 3,000–3,600 m. Its blue crown and golden back and underparts stand out.

• Worthen's Sparrow Spizella wortheni

  This small sparrow is restricted to dry upland grasslands in northeastern Mexico. It keeps low among short shrubs and feeds mostly on seeds in winter.

• American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla

  This small bird hops among branches to catch insects. It breeds in North American woods and migrates south for winter.

• Malay Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron malacense

  The Malay Peacock-pheasant is a pheasant whose male has a showy crest and eye-like markings on its wings. It lives in damp forests of the Malay Peninsula.

• Bronze-winged Duck Speculanas specularis

  The Bronze-winged Duck has a chocolate-brown head and neck, a white throat and facial patch, and a violet wing marking. The Argentine SIB lists the Andean-Patagonian region and Chile as its range.

• Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus

  The Brown-headed Gull develops a brown head in breeding plumage. It moves between its breeding range and wintering areas with the seasons.

• Bahia Spinetail Synallaxis cinerea

  The Bahia Spinetail is a small bird of a restricted area of eastern Brazil. It searches for insects in the forest understory, sometimes moving with mixed flocks in pairs or family groups.

• Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis

  The Brown-backed Solitaire is a thrush of mountain forests from Mexico into northern Central America. It is brown with gray markings and eats mostly fruit in forests near water.

• Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua

  The Black-headed Greenfinch is a small finch found in parts of the Indomalayan region. It feeds on plant seeds in open woodland, fields, and scrub.

• Spectacled Tyrannulet Zimmerius improbus

  This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. It uses mid-elevation forest and edges and searches for food in the middle to upper canopy.

• Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater

  The Brown-headed Cowbird feeds on the ground in open habitats. Females do not build their own nests; they lay eggs in the nests of other birds.

• Giant Laughingthrush Ianthocincla maxima

  This large laughingthrush is found in China. It uses mountain scrub along forest edges, rhododendron thickets, and meadows.