Meet the world’s animals.

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• Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens

  

  A grey-brown eagle with a large head, marked in flight by a white band across its short tail.

• Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus

  This woodpecker is recorded in Yunnan and nearby areas. It has black-and-white barring; males have a red crown while females have a black crown.

• Green Aracari Pteroglossus viridis

  The Green Aracari lives in humid lowland forests of South America. Its large-looking bill is light, and the bird helps spread seeds when it eats fruit.

• Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris

  A long-tailed cuckoo of southern India and Sri Lanka, found from lowlands to foothills and often in thorn scrub or second growth.

• Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala

  The Black-headed Heron is a large heron with a black head and gray-and-white body. The sexes look alike, though some birds have little or no white on the front of the neck.

• Teardrop White-eye Rukia ruki

  The Teardrop White-eye is recorded on four islands in the Faichuk group of Chuuk Lagoon, Federated States of Micronesia. It has been observed in old native forest and secondary forest, where it gleans insects from foliage.

• Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla

  The Chestnut-crowned Antpitta forages near the ground in Andean forest. Its chestnut-colored head and olive upperparts contrast with a white throat.

• Italian Sparrow Passer italiae

  The Italian Sparrow occurs in towns and rural areas in Italy and uses places close to people. Males and females differ in head markings, and the birds nest in gaps in buildings and similar sites.

• Celestial Monarch Hypothymis coelestis

  The male's blue plumage and drooping crest stand out on this Philippine monarch flycatcher. BirdLife's 2001 account describes it in forest canopy and midstory, at forest edges, and in second growth.

• Silvery Kingfisher Ceyx argentatus

  This small kingfisher lives along forest streams and ponds. Its dark blue back has a silvery-blue stripe, with white throat and belly markings and bright red legs.

• Black-backed Cisticola Cisticola eximius

  The Black-backed Cisticola occurs in African grasslands. It uses dry open grassland and savanna, and forages mainly for invertebrates on the ground.

• Scaled Metaltail Metallura aeneocauda

  This small hummingbird lives in humid highland forest on the eastern Andes. Adult males and females differ in tail and throat color.

• Brown-eared bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis

  A bird found among trees in Japanese woods and towns. A brown area behind the eye and across the cheek is a useful identifying feature.

• Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis

  This bushshrike has a pale eyebrow and rufous wings. It searches for insects near the ground in scrub and open woodland.

• Black-eared Hemispingus Sphenopsis melanotis

  The Peru account places this tanager in Andean montane forest and describes several forms with variable plumage. It forages in dense foliage from the understory into the middle story.

• White-winged Brush Finch Atlapetes leucopterus

  The White-winged Brush Finch is a medium-sized brushfinch of the western Andes of Ecuador and northern Peru. It has a black mask, olive back, golden crest, and white underparts.

• Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis

  The Northern Waterthrush is a streaked bird that walks along wetland edges in search of small aquatic animals.

• Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum melanozanthum

  A small bird of forests from the Himalayas into northern Southeast Asia. The male has a dark head and back with a yellow belly, and the species moves with elevation.

• Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides

  This shrike breeds in Central Asia and migrates to Africa for winter. The adult male is marked by a reddish-brown back and tail, a black facial mask, and a white eyebrow.

• Booted Warbler Iduna caligata

  The Booted Warbler breeds from central Russia to western China and moves to the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka for winter. It often uses low bushes and scrub.

• White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis

  A bird of the middle and lower forest strata in Central America. Males have pale facial speckles and conspicuous white tufts along the cheeks.

• Caucasian Black Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi

  The Caucasian Black Grouse inhabits meadows near the forest line in the Caucasus Mountains. Males and females differ in plumage and tail shape.

• Black-crowned Pitta Erythropitta ussheri

  This pitta is endemic to Borneo. It has a black crown and richly coloured body plumage, and searches for invertebrates on the forest floor.

• Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris

  The Tawny Pipit walks through dry, open country and searches for food on the ground.