Meet the world’s animals.

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• Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii

  

  Cook’s Petrel breeds on islands off New Zealand and ranges widely over the open ocean outside the breeding season.

• Javan Whistling Thrush Myophonus glaucinus

  Myophonus glaucinus is now called the Javan Whistling Thrush. A 2004 species-limits study describes glossy dark blue on the male’s head and upperparts, and reports birds mostly on the ground and ridges at Gunung Gede, Java.

• New Caledonian Streaked Fantail Rhipidura verreauxi

  This small bird often fans its long tail. It has an observation record from Mont Koghi, New Caledonia, and lives in forest and forest edge.

• Blackish-blue Seedeater Amaurospiza moesta

  This small bird lives in South America's Atlantic Forest and is closely associated with bamboo. It eats bamboo buds, shoots and insects, and may move as bamboo conditions change.

• Yap Cicadabird Coracina nesiotis

  The Yap Cicadabird is recorded from Yap in Micronesia. A short 1976 survey saw a few birds in a forested valley and at a forest edge.

• Short-tailed Starling Aplonis minor

  A starling with a disjunct range across islands of Indonesia and the Philippines. Adults have glossy green plumage and red eyes.

• Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps

  The Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark lives in dry, open country from Africa into the Arabian Peninsula and searches for seeds on the ground.

• Mangrove Golden Whistler Pachycephala melanura

  Males have a black head and breast, a yellow nape band, and an olive back. Females are duller, and the yellow on their underparts varies among subspecies.

• Brown Bush-Warbler Locustella luteoventris

  The Brown Bush Warbler is a rare winter visitor in Hong Kong, where it hides in tall grass and reedbeds.

• White-browed Tapaculo Scytalopus superciliaris

  It lives in moist montane forest in northwestern Argentina and favors dense understory on slopes and in ravines.

• Xinjiang Ground-Jay Podoces biddulphi

  The Xinjiang Ground-Jay is a ground-dwelling corvid of arid Xinjiang. It has a pale body and long tail and searches for food on foot.

• Green Avadavat Amandava formosa

  The Green Avadavat has a restricted range in India. A study at Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary found it more often in higher areas with greater grass and shrub cover.

• White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius

  This small swiftlet occurs in Melanesia and Polynesia and uses moist forests and caves.

• Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops

  It is widespread in eastern Australian forest and woodland. It probes flowers for nectar and searches leaves and branches for insects.

• Three-toed Parrotbill Paradoxornis paradoxus

  A central Chinese parrotbill of high-elevation forest. It uses bamboo thickets and eats beetles and other insects; flocks may shift elevation locally when bamboo dries out.

• Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis

  A slender cormorant with a long neck and tail, often found on large freshwater wetlands in India.

• Colombian Chachalaca Ortalis columbiana

  The Colombian Chachalaca is endemic to Colombia. A municipal biodiversity account lists dry forest, Andean forest, and wooded rural areas within its distribution.

• Black Laughingthrush Melanocichla lugubris

  A dark-plumaged bird with blue-gray skin behind the eye and an orange-red bill. It uses foothill broadleaf forest and is seen in pairs or small groups.

• Mauritius Fody Foudia rubra

  The Mauritius Fody is endemic to Mauritius. Males develop a red head and neck during the breeding season, while females remain olive-coloured throughout the year.

• Buff-collared Nightjar Antrostomus ridgwayi

  The Buff-collared Nightjar is a nocturnal bird marked by a cinnamon-colored neck collar. It uses its huge mouth to catch flying insects in the dark.

• Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus

  The Superb Sunbird occurs in western and central Africa. Males have a blue crown and throat with maroon underparts; the species uses woodland and savanna.

• Bahaman Parrot Amazona leucocephala

  The Bahaman Parrot has a green body, a white forehead, and reddish facial feathers. It occurs on Caribbean islands and is seen in pairs or flocks outside the breeding season.

• Brown Lory Chalcopsitta duivenbodei

  The Brown Lory has olive-brown plumage with a yellow face and yellow wing bands. It lives in moist lowland forests of northern New Guinea and feeds on nectar, pollen, and other plant material.

• Moreno's Ground Dove Metriopelia morenoi

  This small dove is brown overall, with conspicuous yellow-orange bare skin around the eyes. It inhabits rocky shrub steppe in northwestern Argentina and nests on the ground.