Meet the world’s animals.

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• Philippine Nightjar Caprimulgus manillensis

  

  This nocturnal bird occurs in the Philippine Islands except Palawan. It is found in forest and open areas and has finely patterned brown plumage.

• Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis

  The Brown-throated Sunbird lives in Southeast Asian forests and mangroves, as well as parks. Males have green heads and yellow bellies, and the birds feed on nectar and insects.

• Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus

  The Black-headed Parrot lives in humid forests and forest edges of northern South America and eats plant foods such as fruit.

• 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.

• Spinifex Pigeon Geophaps plumifera

  The Spinifex Pigeon's belly ranges from reddish-brown to white across its range. It uses rocky places near water and eats seeds of grasses and other plants.

• Grey Wren Cantorchilus griseus

  A small, grey wren studied along the Brazilian side of the Javari River. The detailed published observations cover five territories and do not establish the species’ full range.

• Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans

  The Tree Martin has a glossy blue-black head and back, a red-brown forehead, and a light gray rump. It catches insects in flight.

• Morden's Owlet Otus ireneae

  Morden's Owlet is a small owl restricted to East African coastal forests. A study in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest found it foraging at night and using Cynometra woodland with large old trees.

• Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata

  The Red-knobbed Coot is a dark waterbird. Its red frontal knobs become more conspicuous during the breeding season.

• Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata

  This barbet is normally almost restricted to mature miombo woodland in south-central Africa. A paper reports a pair at an isolated site in Republic of the Congo and one captured bird there with more yellow underparts than southern specimens.

• Red-tailed Vanga Calicalicus madagascariensis

  The Red-tailed Vanga is about 13–14 cm long. By day it uses forest, second growth, and brushland in Madagascar and eats invertebrates.

• Bahia Antwren Herpsilochmus pileatus

  The Bahia Antwren inhabits coastal forest in southern Bahia, Brazil. Males are gray and black, while females show buff tones.

• Balkan Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis

  The Balkan Warbler is a small, pale leaf warbler. It breeds in Mediterranean scrub and forest, and outside the breeding season also uses vegetated dry valleys, open woodland, and scrub while searching for tiny insects and other prey.

• Acacia Tit Melaniparus thruppi

  This small tit inhabits dry savanna from Ethiopia and Somalia south to northeastern Tanzania. It is associated with acacia woodland and scrub.

• 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.

• Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

  A large wader that walks wetlands on long legs, moving between breeding and wintering areas.

• Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla

  The Brown Thornbill lives in shrubs and forest understory in eastern and southeastern Australia and feeds mainly on insects.

• Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus

  The Broad-winged Hawk is a small, stocky raptor with black-and-white tail bands. During migration it forms large flocks.

• European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis

  A woodpecker found in lowland Britain. It has a green body and red crown, and searches the ground for ants.

• Pale-mandibled Aracari Pteroglossus erythropygius

  This aracari is recorded from southwest Ecuador and northwest Peru. PeruAves describes it as rare in deciduous forest in extreme northwest Peru, where records extend to 800 m along the Andean foothills.

• Goliath Coucal Centropus goliath

  The Goliath Coucal is a large cuckoo of the northern Moluccas. It is mostly black, with bluish wings and tail and a white wing patch.

• Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae

  In breeding plumage it is entirely white, with long plumes from the head down the nape. Birds from Madagascar migrate to mainland Africa after breeding.

• Ambon White-eye Zosterops kuehni

  The Ambon White-eye is a restricted-range species reported mainly from Indonesia's Ambon Island. It uses moist lowland forest, shrubland, and rural gardens, with a white eye-ring and yellow throat.

• Hooded Antpitta Grallaricula cucullata

  The Hooded Antpitta is a small bird with a reddish-brown head and orange bill. It occurs in scattered, limited mountain forest areas of Colombia and Venezuela.