Meet the world’s animals.

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• Nilgiri Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor

  

  The Nilgiri Flowerpecker occurs in the Western Ghats of southwestern India and feeds on nectar and fruit in forest canopies.

• Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima

  The Tibetan Lark occurs on the Tibetan Plateau and was first documented in northwestern Nepal in 2015. Flocks have been observed in high-elevation grassland.

• Rufous-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis wagleri

  A loud, long-tailed chachalaca of western Mexico. It occurs in tropical forest and forest edges, often in small groups, and forages on the ground and in trees for fruit.

• Bronze-tailed Peacock Pheasant Polyplectron chalcurum

  The bronze-tailed peacock-pheasant is mostly brown, with blue-green edges on the male's tail feathers. Pairs search among forest-floor leaves for fruit and invertebrates.

• Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea

  The Flame Robin is a small bird whose male has a bright orange-red breast. It breeds in high country in spring and summer, then moves to lower, more open areas in the cooler season.

• Ochre-lored Flatbill Tolmomyias flaviventris

  This small flycatcher has an olive back, yellow wing-bars, and yellow throat and belly. It ranges from Central America into northern South America.

• Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons

  A brown goose with a white patch at the bill. It occurs across the Northern Hemisphere and gathers in wetlands and fields in winter.

• Banded Barbet Lybius undatus

  The Banded Barbet has a red forehead and a black head and breast. It occurs in Eritrea and Ethiopia, feeds mainly on fruit—especially figs—and also catches flying insects.

• Philippine Trogon Harpactes ardens

  This trogon is endemic to the Philippines. The male has red underparts, while the female has orange-brown underparts; it lives in moist lowland and montane forest.

• Andean Coot Fulica ardesiaca

  A coot of high Andean lakes and ponds. Bill and frontal-shield colors vary by region, and birds feed on open water, often in flocks.

• Russet-throated Puffbird Hypnelus ruficollis

  Nominate adults have pale cheeks and a russet throat and chest. They wait quietly on open branches and dart out after prey.

• African Lemon Dove Columba larvata

  The Lemon Dove lives in African forests. It searches for food among leaf litter on the forest floor and eats seeds, fruit, insects, and other foods.

• Malia Malia grata

  Malia is endemic to Sulawesi. It is olive above and greenish yellow below and associated with montane forest.

• Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea

  A large, conspicuous tit that joins mixed-species flocks in lowland forest canopies.

• Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris

  The Northern Fantail searches for insects in forests and along forest edges in northern Australia. A regional field guide describes a gray bird with a fine pale eyebrow and white throat, and notes that its tail is less fanned than that of other fantails.

• Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea

  A small heron of wetlands and estuaries in the southeastern United States. Some birds breeding inland migrate to Central and South America and the Caribbean.

• Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata

  This large owl has white markings around its eyes that look like spectacles. It is active at night and nests in tree cavities.

• Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata

  This tanager lives in mountain forests from Mexico to Panama. Adult males are orange-red and females are yellow, and the birds search for food in the canopy.

• Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea

  The Taiwan Blue Magpie is a corvid of Taiwan's forests and mountains, notable for its long blue tail and red bill.

• Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula

  The Common Grackle is a North American bird with a long tail and glossy plumage. It searches for food on lawns and fields and sometimes gathers high in trees.

• Muisca Antpitta Grallaria rufula

  This antpitta ranges from Colombia's eastern Andes into western Venezuela. It uses bamboo in moist montane forest, secondary growth, and nearby disturbed areas, and is seen on or near the ground.

• Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer

  This sunbird is recorded in wooded and tall-scrub habitats in southern Africa. A 1997 atlas describes the male as having a broader red breast band and a heavier bill than the smaller related species.

• Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens

  The Brown Woodland Warbler has a brown-olive back, pale underside, and searches for insects in trees.

• Yellow-eared Barbet Psilopogon australis

  The Yellow-eared Barbet lives in forest on Java and Bali, is active by day, and eats fruit.