Meet the world’s animals.

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• Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius

  

  A desert nightjar that rests under low bushes by day and catches flying insects at night. The nominate subspecies aegyptius occurs in Arabia.

• Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus opacus

  This small tapaculo ranges from the central Andes of Colombia to central Ecuador. A Colombian male specimen shows fine barring near the base of the tail, on the flanks and thighs. Recordings document songs and calls made of rapidly repeated short notes.

• Western Wattlebird Anthochaera lunulata

  Adult Western Wattlebirds have dark brown foreheads and crowns with white spots at feather tips. A 2021 study in Western Australia recorded the species among the more abundant nectarivorous birds visiting Banksia flowers.

• Black-cheeked Warbler Basileuterus melanogenys

  A small greyish warbler with a black face, bold white eyebrow, and rufous crown.

• Samoan Triller Lalage sharpei

  This small bird occurs in the highlands of Upolu and Savai'i in Samoa. The sexes are similar and it feeds on fruit and invertebrates. The Savai'i form, tenebrosa, is darker.

• Spot-winged Falconet Spiziapteryx circumcincta

  A small raptor with short wings and a long tail. It occurs in dry and scrubby habitats of southern South America and takes prey ranging from insects to small birds.

• Long-tailed Myna Mino kreffti

  The Long-tailed Myna lives on islands of the Bismarck and Solomon archipelagos. Glossy black plumage is set off by a white rump and yellow belly; it feeds on fruit in the canopy.

• Golden-fronted Greenlet Hylophilus aurantiifrons

  The Golden-fronted Greenlet occurs from Panama through northern South America to Trinidad and Tobago. It searches the undersides of leaves for insects and spiders. Detailed nest records in the account are from Trinidad only.

• Thicket Antpitta Myrmothera dives

  This antpitta lives on the forest floor from Central America to northwestern Colombia. It moves through dense undergrowth and searches leaf litter for small animals.

• Yellow-lored Amazon Amazona xantholora

  The Yellow-lored Amazon is a green parrot whose adult male has a white forehead, yellow lores, and red around the eyes. The birds live in flocks and feed mostly in treetops.

• Buru Monarch Symposiachrus loricatus

  A monarch flycatcher of Buru Island, Indonesia; detailed ecological information is limited.

• Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia phasianella

  The Brown Cuckoo-Dove has a long tail and lives in woodland and forest edges in eastern Australia, where it feeds on fruit and seeds.

• Lazuli Kingfisher Todiramphus lazuli

  The Lazuli Kingfisher lives in Indonesia's southern Moluccas. Males are blue and white, while females also have blue-purple on the breast and belly.

• Papuan Scrubwren Aethomyias papuensis

  A scrubwren of New Guinea’s mountains that searches for insects in low bushes and forest undergrowth, often hidden in dense vegetation.

• Hairy-backed Bulbul Tricholestes criniger

  This bulbul occurs in forests of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. Fine, hair-like feather shafts on its back give it its name. It eats fruit and insects.

• Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus

  A long white eyebrow, cinnamon plumage and often upturned tail distinguish the Carolina Wren. It lives in woods and dense vegetation; pairs stay in the same territory year-round.

• Grimwood's Longclaw Macronyx grimwoodi

  This African bird walks through wet, open grassland and searches the ground for small animals.

• Lesser Ground-Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus

  The Lesser Ground-Cuckoo lives in arid lowlands from western Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica. It forages on open ground and, more often, in the understory.

• Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus

  The Glaucous Gull is a large gull with pale wing tips. Young birds have different plumage from adults.

• Nutmeg Mannikin Lonchura punctulata

  A small finch with scalloped markings on its chest. It feeds on grass seeds, and flocks are seen in Singapore parks.

• Watercock Gallicrex cinerea

  The Watercock is a rail of wet grasslands, marshes, and well-vegetated ponds. Northern breeding populations may move south.

• Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui

  The male has a blue head and chest with a red belly; the female’s head and chest are gray. In a Peruvian account, birds watched for prey from lower and middle parts of the canopy and dropped down to catch insects.

• Sunda Warbler Seicercus grammiceps

  This leaf-warbler lives in montane forest on Java and Sumatra. It has a reddish-brown head and a pale eye-ring.

• Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus

  This barbet lives in open woodland, wooded grassland, and scrub in East Africa. It has a sturdy body, large head, and strong bill.