Meet the world’s animals.

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• Hawaiian Duck Anas wyvilliana

  

  The Hawaiian Duck is a brown-speckled native duck of Hawaiʻi. It forages in shallow freshwater wetlands; this description excludes birds hybridized with Mallards.

• Brown-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis

  This gull is recorded across Argentina around rivers, lakes, and wetlands. In breeding plumage its brown hood contrasts with the bright red bill and legs.

• Firewood-gatherer Anumbius annumbi

  A small brown bird of the Pampas. It builds a large stick nest, and males decorate the outside with fur, feathers, and other objects.

• Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina

  A thrush that breeds in forests of eastern North America and winters in lowland forests of Central America.

• Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla

  The Black-capped Vireo is a small bird that moves between breeding and wintering areas. Adult males have black caps, while females have olive-colored heads; both forage for insects and spiders among leaves.

• Striated Caracara Phalcoboenus australis

  The Striated Caracara is a raptor of southern South America and nearby islands. It uses coastal and grassland habitats, scavenges carcasses, and may turn stones while searching for food.

• Indian Gray Hornbill Ocyceros birostris

  The Indian Gray Hornbill is a grayish-brown hornbill with a casque above the bill. The male's casque is larger than the female's.

• Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica

  This small, social finch has a bright yellow face and belly set off by black lines on its head. In its native African range, it forages in flocks.

• Rusty-capped Fulvetta Schoeniparus dubius

  The Rusty-capped Fulvetta occurs in Chinese forest and bamboo habitats. It has brown upperparts and flanks, a rusty cap, and a long white eyebrow edged in black.

• Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys

  An East Asian bunting that moves seasonally. Males are marked by a yellow eyebrow, and the species is recorded in Hong Kong during passage.

• Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax

  The Greater Pewee occurs widely in Mexico and breeds in mountain forests in Arizona and locally in western New Mexico. In the U.S. it is mainly a summer bird.

• Red-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius assimilis

  This blackbird occurs in western Cuba and the Isle of Youth. Adult males have red and yellow patches on the shoulders.

• Masked Trogon Trogon personatus

  Several subspecies occur in Central and South American mountains. Plumage varies by sex and region; the adult male is used as an example.

• Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatus

  This cotinga ranges through the Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia. It has a grey body, dark head, wings, and tail, a brown crest that it rarely raises, bright red eyes, and a white tail band visible in flight.

• Spot-breasted Laughingthrush Garrulax merulinus

  This laughingthrush uses forest understory and bamboo in parts of mainland Southeast Asia. It is dark brown, with black spots on a pale throat and breast and a white line behind the eye. It forages near the ground.

• White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus

  It lives around wetlands in Central Asia and the Middle East, with pale sandy plumage and long yellow legs. In flight its wings show brown, black and white, and the tail is white. It is a very rare vagrant to Britain.

• Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis

  This ocean-going petrel has dark gray and white plumage and breeds on subantarctic islands. New Zealand's only known breeding population is on the Antipodes Islands.

• Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki

  The Mugimaki Flycatcher breeds in East Asia and migrates to Southeast Asia. In Japan it is seen during spring and autumn passage.

• Visayan Blue Fantail Rhipidura samarensis

  A Philippine fantail recorded on Bohol, Leyte and Samar, where it occurs in moist lowland forest. Its head and upperparts are blue, with paler blue underparts.

• Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus

  The Pyrrhuloxia lives in dry scrub from the southwestern United States into northern Mexico. Its reddish plumage and stout bill are distinctive, and it searches the ground for seeds and cactus fruit.

• Black-headed Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera

  Males have a black head and wings with a grey body; females have a grey head and black-and-white underparts. In Bangladesh, it searches foliage for insects and berries in forests and secondary growth.

• Black-winged Myna Acridotheres melanopterus

  The Black-winged Myna is a black-and-white starling.

• Blue-and-white Mockingbird Melanotis hypoleucus

  This resident bird ranges through mountain areas from southeastern Mexico into northern Central America. Its slate-blue upperparts, black facial mask, and white underparts form a clear contrast.

• Eastern Long-billed Lark Certhilauda semitorquata

  This lark inhabits grasslands in eastern South Africa, Lesotho, and western Eswatini. It searches the ground for arthropods, seeds, and corms. This entry follows the species split from the Long-billed Lark complex.