Meet the world’s animals.

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• Madagascan Nightjar Caprimulgus madagascariensis

  

  The Madagascan Nightjar is a nocturnal bird found on Madagascar and Aldabra in the Seychelles. It catches insects on the wing at night and rests on leaf litter by day.

• Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii

  This small pipit has grey-brown upperparts and a clearly streaked breast. The species is endemic to Macaronesia—Canary Islands, Madeira and the Selvagens—and may make short local movements during dry periods.

• Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus

  This raptor ambushes prey from cover in forest. Its dark head and back contrast with a pale belly and black-and-white tail.

• Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha

  Glossy black plumage and pale eyes stand out on this weaver. In adults, white feather bases on the nape show as a pale patch.

• Rusty-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca amazonina

  A parrot of the northern Andes' montane forests. Its green plumage is accented by rusty tones on the face, whose extent and shade vary among subspecies.

• Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala

  This yellow tanager has a silvery-white throat. In Costa Rica, it uses humid mountain forest and forest edges.

• House Bunting Emberiza sahari

  A bunting of desert towns and their surroundings. A study in central Algeria also recorded pairs nesting in buildings.

• Greater Vasa Parrot Coracopsis vasa

  This parrot feeds on fruit and seeds in Madagascar and the Comoros. Males of the nominate subspecies are grey to blackish; breeding females may lose head feathers.

• Golden-winged Manakin Masius chrysopterus

  The Golden-winged Manakin lives in humid montane forest in northern South America. Males have a yellow crest and throat, while females are olive-green.

• Blue Bird-of-paradise Paradisornis rudolphi

  The male has blue wings and long ornamental plumes, while the female has brown underparts. It lives in montane forest of central and eastern New Guinea and feeds mostly on fruit.

• White-booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii

  The White-booted Racket-tail is an Andean hummingbird. Males have puffy white leg feathers and a long tail that ends in racket-shaped tips.

• Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus

  The Azure Kingfisher is a small kingfisher with blue to violet upperparts and orange sides to the neck. It dives from a waterside perch to catch prey.

• Stripe-throated Wren Cantorchilus leucopogon

  The Stripe-throated Wren has a striped throat and reddish-brown tail. The account distinguishes a darker Pacific form from a paler, greyer Caribbean form.

• Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca

  The Black-bellied Starling is a slim, dark starling with a black belly and little gloss. It is common in coastal East African woodland; a male's eye can turn red briefly during the breeding season.

• Chestnut-banded Plover Charadrius pallidus

  This small shorebird is adapted to salty lakes and mudflats. It has separate eastern and southern African populations; southern birds use coastal lagoons and inland saline pans.

• Yellow-crowned Flowerpecker Dicaeum anthonyi

  The Yellow-crowned Flowerpecker is a small flowerpecker of Luzon's mountain forests. Current checklists treat the Mindanao Flame-crowned Flowerpecker as a separate species.

• Botha's Lark Spizocorys fringillaris

  This stocky lark inhabits highland grasslands in South Africa. It favors flat or gently sloping ground with short, dense grass, and the sexes look similar.

• Helmeted Curassow Pauxi pauxi

  This large black bird bears a blue-gray helmet-like casque on its forehead. Pairs and small groups walk the floor of mature mountain forest in search of fruit and seeds.

• Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus

  A pheasant of high Asian mountain forests whose male and female plumages differ markedly; it digs for food with its bill.

• Microeca flaviventris

  A small bird from New Caledonia with dark olive upperparts, grey-white throat, grey breast and yellow belly and flanks. A 2025 paper uses Cryptomicroeca flaviventris.

• Black-capped Tyrannulet Tyranniscus nigrocapillus

  This small tyrant flycatcher has a black crown and two pale wing bars. It lives in moist Andean montane forest and often joins mixed-species flocks.

• Canvasback Aythya valisineria

  A diving duck that breeds on North American lakes and marshes. In winter it gathers on fresh and coastal waters to find aquatic plant roots and tubers.

• Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus

  The Yellow-throated Tinkerbird is a small bird with a glossy bluish-black crown and a yellow throat and rump. The account lists three subspecies across coastal West and Central Africa, Uganda, and Bioko Island. It eats fruit.

• Guianan Trogon Trogon violaceus

  Its violet-blue head and breast, green back, and yellow belly make this trogon easy to recognize. It perches high in the tropical forests of northern South America.