Meet the world’s animals.

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• Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus

  

  A small woodpecker with a gray head that searches bark and branches for insects. It uses habitats with trees, from woodland to gardens.

• Forest Canary Crithagra scotops

  The Forest Canary is a canary of southeastern Africa with a thick, conical bill and a yellow eyebrow stripe. Its upperparts are olive-yellow, with streaks on the breast and flanks.

• Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni

  This bulbul ranges across central and southern Indochina and the Malay Peninsula. It is mostly brown with olive-yellow wings and tail and distinctive yellow stripes on the face and upper throat.

• Black-fronted Piping Guan Pipile jacutinga

  The Black-fronted Piping Guan lives mainly in trees in the Atlantic Forest and feeds on fruit. White spots on its crown and wing tips and its red throat are distinctive.

• Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes

  This white waterbird has a yellow face, spatulate bill, and yellow legs. In shallow water it sweeps its bill from side to side, searching mainly for aquatic insects.

• Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus

  The Bank Cormorant is a dark coastal cormorant of Namibia and western South Africa. It dives for food in nearshore marine waters.

• Saxaul Sparrow Passer ammodendri

  The saxaul sparrow uses desert saxaul groves and wooded areas near water. A Kazakhstan regional account lists seeds and insects as foods.

• Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae

  The Tibetan Partridge is a pheasant-family bird of the Tibetan Plateau and nearby highlands. It walks through open mountain country and nests on the ground.

• Rufous-headed Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus waldeni

  The Rufous-headed Hornbill is a large hornbill of island forests. Males with rufous heads look different from black-headed females.

• Red Bishop Euplectes orix

  The Red Bishop is a southern African bird whose breeding males turn red and black. It gathers in grassland and waterside reed beds and feeds on seeds and insects.

• Tropical Scrubwren Sericornis beccarii

  The Tropical Scrubwren inhabits dense rainforest and forages in the lower canopy and on the ground. The page records female birds of subspecies minimus in north-eastern Queensland.

• Black-headed Sibia Heterophasia desgodinsi

  This mountain forest bird occurs from southwestern and central-southern China through Myanmar, northern Thailand and parts of Indochina. It is arboreal and searches for food in trees.

• Tawny-tufted Toucanet Selenidera nattereri

  The male is a small toucanet with a black head and neck and a golden ear tuft. It feeds on fruit in the canopy of humid forest, alone or in pairs.

• Yemen Thrush Turdus menachensis

  The Yemen Thrush is marked by an olive-toned back, a stout orange-yellow bill, and a bright orange patch under the wing in flight. It also lives in the highlands of Saudi Arabia.

• Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus

  A small falcon whose males and females have different plumage. It breeds in eastern Europe and Central Asia, then migrates to southern Africa, where it may roost in flocks.

• White-capped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii

  The White-capped Fruit Dove is endemic to the Marquesas Islands. Head and chest colors vary among islands, and it feeds mainly on fruit.

• Jamaican Becard Pachyramphus niger

  A becard found on Jamaica. It searches below the forest canopy and along forest edges for insects and fruit.

• Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus

  The Fire-breasted Flowerpecker is a small bird whose male has a scarlet chest patch and a fine black stripe down the belly. In Taiwan it is one of the birds described as dispersing mistletoe seeds.

• Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus

  The Red-shouldered Hawk hunts from trees in forests and wetlands. Adult plumage varies by region, and juveniles have a different pattern.

• Jelski's Black Tyrant Knipolegus signatus

  This tyrant flycatcher is recorded on the eastern Andean slope of Peru, foraging along humid montane forest edges and in scrub at 1,800–2,700 m.

• Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris

  The Brown-hooded Kingfisher has a blue back and red bill and hunts insects from low branches.

• Black-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris

  This bird of northeastern India is recognized by its thick bill and black breast.

• White-fronted Nunbird Monasa morphoeus

  The White-fronted Nunbird is a dark forest bird found from southern Central America across parts of northern and eastern South America. Its white forehead and throat contrast with its red bill.

• Red-tailed Vanga Calicalicus madagascariensis

  The Red-tailed Vanga is about 13–14 cm long. By day it uses forest, second growth, and brushland in Madagascar and eats invertebrates.