Meet the world’s animals.

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• Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena

  

  This francolin walks through shrubland and semi-open areas in southern Africa, searching for seeds and insects. It may raise its tail when excited.

• Wrinkled Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus

  A lowland-forest hornbill known for the male's red wrinkled casque; it often feeds on fruit in the canopy.

• Lantz's Brush-warbler Nesillas lantzii

  This brush-warbler occurs in southwestern Madagascar from sea level to about 500 m. It has a long graduated tail and searches for insects by day, alone or in pairs.

• Le Conte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii

  This small sparrow breeds in damp northern meadows and shallow marsh edges, then winters in the southeastern United States. It often stays hidden in dense low growth.

• Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla

  The Chestnut-crowned Antpitta forages near the ground in Andean forest. Its chestnut-colored head and olive upperparts contrast with a white throat.

• Pale-billed Sicklebill Drepanornis bruijnii

  A bird-of-paradise of lowland rainforest in northern New Guinea. Its long, pale curved bill is distinctive, and males and females differ in plumage.

• Ameline Swiftlet Aerodramus amelis

  The Ameline Swiftlet occurs on Philippine islands and Balambangan Island off northern Borneo. It flies over forests and open habitats.

• Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea

  Verreaux's Eagle-Owl is a large African owl with a white face edged in black and prominent ear tufts.

• Tamaulipas Crow Corvus imparatus

  The Tamaulipas Crow is a small crow of northeastern Mexico. It also occurs in towns, ranches, and open areas with trees.

• Crimson Fruitcrow Haematoderus militaris

  This cotinga inhabits lowland moist forest from the Guianas to northern Amazonia. Males are vivid crimson, while females and young birds have darker brown upperparts. It mainly eats fruit and is often solitary.

• Taiwan Fulvetta Fulvetta formosana

  This fulvetta is endemic to Taiwan's mountains. It moves in small flocks through understory and bamboo, feeding mainly on insects.

• Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor

  At El Imposible in El Salvador, this species was reported as almost always associated with vegetative bamboo in the understory. A 2023 study supports treating the South American Andean aequatorialis as a separate species.

• Yellow-cheeked Becard Pachyramphus xanthogenys

  A first record of the Yellow-cheeked Becard in Madre de Dios, southeastern Peru, describes one pair in scrubby landslide vegetation. In that pair, the male had yellow cheeks and breast, while the female had a yellow eye-ring.

• White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali

  The White-browed Sparrow-Weaver has a bold white eyebrow stripe. It lives in dry woodland and forms year-round colonies with other birds.

• Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta

  A mountain-breeding pipit whose gray head and pale pink chest stand out in breeding plumage.

• Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis

  Males have chestnut upperparts and wings, a black head, and a white ear patch. The species mainly eats grass seeds and also takes insects in the breeding season. A study in northern South Africa found nests in open areas with much bare ground.

• Southern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus albivitta

  It occurs in montane forests of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. The species-level name used here is Southern Emerald Toucanet; White-throated may refer only to the white-throated nominate subspecies and should not be generalized to every form.

• Javan Kingfisher Halcyon cyanoventris

  This kingfisher is endemic to Java and Bali. Its blue head and wings and large red bill stand out, and it searches for prey in farms and parks as well as near water.

• Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris

  This rail stands out for its gray head and neck, russet-brown breast and wings, and long yellow bill. It uses wet forest and stream edges, feeding on mollusks, frogs, fruit, seeds, and other small prey.

• Forest Bittern Zonerodius heliosylus

  The Forest Bittern is a forest heron with a black crown and brown-and-buff barring. It forages alone along streams in New Guinea's rainforests.

• St. Helena Plover Charadrius sanctaehelenae

  This plover lives only on St Helena. It has thin, long legs and remains throughout the year in open grassland and other open parts of the island.

• Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi

  This weaver lives around highland forest edges, and males and females differ in the black pattern on the crown.

• Campo Troupial Icterus jamacaii

  Campo Troupials occur in northeastern Brazil, extending south to Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo. Adults have orange, black, and white plumage; juveniles are duller, with brownish-black areas and pale orange-yellow underparts. They may use domed stick nests built by other birds.

• Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii

  Retz's Helmetshrike lives in woodland south of the Sahara and forages in cohesive groups of several to more than a dozen birds.