Meet the world’s animals.

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• Coastal Cisticola Cisticola haematocephalus

  

  A cisticola of East African wetlands and moist grassland. It has a streaked back and a relatively long tail.

• Great-billed Hermit Phaethornis malaris

  The Great-billed Hermit lives in lowland forest across much of northern South America. Its long, curved bill and elongated central tail feathers are distinctive.

• Puff-backed Bulbul Euptilotus eutilotus

  The Puff-backed Bulbul is a bulbul with a fluffy-looking back and a bold pale eye-ring.

• Red-capped Cardinal Paroaria gularis

  The Red-capped Cardinal ranges from southeastern Colombia through Venezuela and the Guianas to Peru, Amazonian Brazil and northern Bolivia. It uses wetlands and waterside habitats and forages on the ground.

• Bay-crowned Brush Finch Atlapetes seebohmi

  The Bay-crowned Brush Finch occurs along the western Andes of southern Ecuador and north-western Peru. Its grey plumage is marked by a rufous crown and pale throat; it forages in montane scrub, dwarf forest, and forest edges.

• White-rimmed Warbler Myiothlypis leucoblephara

  This warbler has a white eyebrow and white markings around the eye. In a diet study in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, ants and beetles made up more than 70% of the recorded food items.

• Buff-throated Partridge Tetraophasis szechenyii

  The Buff-throated Partridge is a high-mountain pheasant relative in which males and females have similar plumage. A study in western Sichuan found that its preferred woodland changed by season.

• White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis

  The White-cheeked Pintail is a duck with conspicuous white cheeks and orange at the base of its bill. It uses coastal lagoons and mangroves.

• Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia

  This small North American gull breeds in northern forests in summer and winters farther south along coasts, lakes, and rivers.

• Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina

  This woodcreeper lives in Central American forest. Tawny flight feathers and a rufous tail stand out, and it may forage near army-ant swarms.

• Black Thrush Turdus infuscatus

  This thrush ranges from eastern and southern Mexico into Central America. Males are dark, while females are browner and differ in appearance.

• Eurasian siskin Spinus spinus

  A yellow-and-brown bird that feeds on seeds of trees and grasses.

• Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum

  The Common Tody-Flycatcher is a small bird. In Bolivia, records place it in lowland woodland and scrub, where it searches leaves for small animals.

• Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela

  A social bird widely distributed from Central to South America. It has glossy black plumage with yellow patches on the wings and rump.

• Mount Victoria Babax Pterorhinus woodi

  A babbler recorded from northeastern India and western Myanmar. Its 1902 original description is of one specimen from Kanpetlet, and the authors were cautious about distinguishing it without comparative specimens.

• White-browed Shama Copsychus luzoniensis

  The White-browed Shama is a Philippine forest bird. A male of the nominate subspecies was observed on Mount Makiling, Luzon; the account describes the species in low thickets and vines near the ground.

• Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens

  This starling has glossy blue-green plumage. In the Zambia regional account, it is found in a range of habitats, including savannas and dry areas.

• Torresian Crow Corvus orru

  The Torresian Crow is distinguished by glossy black plumage and a white eye.

• Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia

  It has a grey head, olive back, and bright red rump. It clings to grass stalks and flower heads while searching for seeds and small insects.

• Gray-headed Honeyeater Ptilotula keartlandi

  Parks Australia's Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park account describes a bird with a gray head and yellow belly that eats mostly insects. Groups of five or more are often seen in mulga gorges and rocky riverbeds.

• Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus

  A small sunbird of African forests and their edges. The male has green and blue-purple iridescence with a red breast band; the female is olive-brown above with a pale eyebrow.

• Blaze-winged Parakeet Pyrrhura devillei

  Adult Blaze-winged Parakeets are mostly green, with a gray-brown crown and red feathers at the bend of the wing. Wild birds eat fruit and other plant foods, including seeds, nuts, and flowers.

• Jonquil Parrot Aprosmictus jonquillaceus

  The Jonquil Parrot comprises two subspecies on Timor, Roti, and Wetar. A male of the nominate subspecies is green with a blue rump and red wing patches, and the species uses woodland and Acacia savanna.

• Nicobar pigeon Caloenas nicobarica

  A pigeon with long neck feathers and gleaming blue-green plumage.