Meet the world’s animals.

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• White-headed Wren Campylorhynchus albobrunneus

  

  The White-headed Wren is about 18 cm long. Records come from Panama and Colombia, where it searches foliage for small invertebrates in forest edges and secondary growth.

• Sulawesi Heleia Lophozosterops squamiceps

  The Sulawesi Heleia is an island-endemic white-eye from Sulawesi. Its head has many fine white streaks, and it feeds on fruit in montane forest and secondary growth.

• Blue Mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens

  This mockingbird occurs mainly in Mexico. In a study of three riparian sites in Jalisco, abundance was higher where shrub cover was greater, and breeding took place from April to August.

• Adelaide's Warbler Setophaga adelaidae

  This small warbler is endemic to Puerto Rico. A 2016 paper also reports observations on St. Thomas and St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

• Short-tailed Paradigalla Paradigalla brevicauda

  The Short-tailed Paradigalla is a bird-of-paradise from New Guinea's mountain forests. It has a stocky black body and bright yellow bare skin on the forehead and face.

• House Swift Apus nipalensis

  The House Swift is a swift with a dark body, a white throat patch, and a broad white rump band. It catches insects in flight and forages over forests and towns.

• Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii

  This honeyeater lives in forests of eastern Australia. Its dark greenish-gray body has large yellow crescent-shaped ear patches, and it feeds mostly on fruit.

• Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla

  The Little Bunting is a small bunting that visits Britain from Russia. In Britain, most records are in autumn, and some birds are found in winter flocks of buntings.

• Blacksmith Thrush Turdus subalaris

  The Blacksmith Thrush was recorded in Paraguay’s Atlantic Forest in October. A 2017 specimen account treated three birds under the older name Turdus nigriceps and assigned them to the eastern form subalaris.

• Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi

  This African sunbird visits flowering trees in damp highland forest. A historical account records metallic green breeding plumage and a vivid red breast band in the adult male.

• Japanese robin Erithacus akahige

  A bird of dense mountain undergrowth that hops over the ground searching for small animals.

• Rusty-bellied Fantail Rhipidura teysmanni

  This fantail lives on Sulawesi. An old specimen account describes one unsexed individual with a cinnamon-brown forehead, back, rump, and basal tail, and an olive-brown head and neck. It searches for invertebrates in forest and thickets.

• Piura Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca piurae

  The Piura Chat-Tyrant occurs on the western Andean slope of northwestern Peru. It has a brown back, broad white eyebrow, and rufous wing bars.

• Bearded Guan Penelope barbata

  The Bearded Guan is a large forest bird with a small red throat wattle and gray speckles. It lives in montane forests of southern Ecuador and northwestern Peru and feeds mainly on fruit.

• Moluccan Flycatcher Myiagra galeata

  The Moluccan Flycatcher is a small bird of wooded habitats and coastal scrub in the Moluccas. Males are grey and white; females have a pale rufous wash on the throat and breast.

• Black-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus

  The Yellow-throated Toucan has a yellow face and chest and a long, two-colored bill. It forages for fruit in the canopy and nests in cavities in decaying trees.

• Sakalava Weaver Ploceus sakalava

  The Sakalava Weaver occurs in northern, western, and southern Madagascar. It is a roughly 15 cm granivore that forms groups and forages on the ground and in trees. It uses open disturbed areas, village and crop edges, sparse savanna, and dry spiny scrub.

• Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

  A small plover that winters in Hong Kong. Breeding males show black markings on the head.

• Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata

  The Spotted Laughingthrush has a black crown, nape, and throat, with pale wing and tail patches. It occurs in mountain regions from the Himalayas to central and southwestern China.

• Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus

  The Asian Dowitcher probes wetland mud with its long bill and moves between breeding and wintering areas.

• Grey-sided Flowerpecker Dicaeum celebicum

  Males have a black head and upperparts with a purple sheen, a white throat, and a red patch on the lower throat and breast. Females are gray-brown. It feeds on fruit and small animals in the forest canopy.

• Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia

  The Fluttering Shearwater is a small shearwater with dark brown upperparts, white throat and belly, and a partial dark collar.

• White-winged Magpie Urocissa whiteheadi

  Adult White-winged Magpies have dark head and upperparts, a gray underside, pale wing markings, a long tail, and a heavy red bill.

• Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus

  The Yellow-breasted Barbet is a conspicuous bird with a yellow face and chest and black forehead. It lives in dry country and is usually seen in pairs or small groups.