Meet the world’s animals.

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• Regal Sunbird Cinnyris regius

  

  This sunbird is found in and around mountain forest in the Albertine Rift. Males have green, yellow, and red plumage, while females are dull brown; the species also uses high-elevation scrub.

• Niam-niam Parrot Poicephalus crassus

  The adult Niam-niam Parrot has a brown head and neck, with grey ear coverts and green on the inner wing. It uses wooded savanna and riverine woodland in northern central Africa.

• Rosy-faced lovebird Agapornis roseicollis

  A small parrot of southwestern Africa, with a mainly green body and a rosy face and throat.

• Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer

  The Blue-spotted Wood Dove is a small dove with blue spots on its wings. It lives along forest edges and streams, searching for seeds on the ground.

• Antioquia Wren Thryophilus sernai

  This wren is known from the dry Cauca River canyon in northwestern Colombia. Its description paper records small patches of semideciduous forest and dry scrub, often along watercourses, and calls it uncommon within its range.

• Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater

  A bird-of-paradise of New Guinea's lowlands and nearby islands. It feeds mainly on fruit, especially figs, and the sexes have similar plumage.

• Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

  The Southern Rough-winged Swallow catches insects in flight over open country and near water in Central and South America.

• Himalayan Owl Strix nivicolum

  The Himalayan Owl is a medium-sized owl of mountain forests from the Himalayas across East Asia. It has no ear tufts and a pale X-shaped mark across the face.

• Little Crake Zapornia parva

  The Little Crake is a small, secretive wetland bird. In Bulgaria its breeding sites are scattered, mainly in marshes along the Danube and the Black Sea coast.

• Grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei

  This social barbet feeds on fruit in groups; adult males have a grey throat and brown plumage.

• Archbold's Newtonia Newtonia archboldi

  Archbold's Newtonia is a small bird of dry spiny forest and shrubland in southern Madagascar. It searches for spiders and insects on low branches.

• Ochre-rumped Antbird Drymophila ochropyga

  An antbird of humid forest in Brazil. Males and females differ in head and breast markings.

• Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii

  The Yellow-streaked Warbler breeds in China and moves from southwestern China to northern Indochina for the nonbreeding season. In Hong Kong it is recorded on passage and in winter.

• Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris

  The Rufous-bellied Tit lives in hilly broadleaf woodland and searches tree branches for small invertebrates.

• Cerulean-capped Manakin Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla

  This manakin occurs on Peru’s eastern Andean slopes. The male is black with a blue crown, back, and rump; the female is green with a yellowish belly. Both forage in the understory of montane forest.

• Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis

  The Noble Snipe is a secretive wader of wetlands near the Andean treeline. Its back has pale stripes, and the center of its belly is unmarked white.

• Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra

  This small brown bird is recorded in the rainforests of northeastern Australia. It moves through low and middle levels of the forest, searching mainly for insects.

• Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus

  A dark-brown eagle with yellow eyes and bare whitish legs. It often watches for snakes from a perch and ranges widely across sub-Saharan Africa.

• Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis

  This large woodpecker lives west of the Andes. It has a white V on its black back and searches for food under tree bark.

• Gould's Toucanet Selenidera gouldii

  A small toucan relative with a black head and chest in males and chestnut-brown head and chest in females. It lives in humid South American forests, and detailed diet records are limited.

• Biak Coucal Centropus chalybeus

  The Biak Coucal is a cuckoo found on Biak and Supiori, northwest of New Guinea. It is usually inconspicuous unless it calls.

• Goliath Heron Ardea goliath

  A large heron that waits for fish in shallow water. Its grey body contrasts with its chestnut head, neck, and belly.

• Olive-colored White-eye Zosterops oleagineus

  This white-eye occurs on Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia. It is olive-green overall, with a conspicuous white ring around the eye.

• Junin Antpitta Grallaria obscura

  The Junin Antpitta occurs on the eastern Andean slope in Junín, central Peru. Its description reports dark reddish-brown upperparts and two song types, a long and a short song.