Meet the world’s animals.

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• Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons

  

  A large weaver with a massive bill, it breeds near wetlands or rank growth and gathers in flocks at other times of year.

• olive sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea

  The Olive Sunbird is olive above and yellowish-green below. It favors forest cover and eats nectar, insects, and spiders. Yellow pectoral tufts occur in all males and in females from some populations.

• Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine

  A laughingthrush of Himalayan forests, it is described here through the nominate form from eastern Nepal to Bhutan, whose account gives a black face and yellow outer wing and tail feathers.

• Puna Teal Spatula puna

  This small duck has a black cap extending below the eyes and a pale blue bill. It eats aquatic plant seeds and insects in high-Andean lakes and wetlands.

• Guianan Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola rupicola

  This bird lives in humid forests of northern South America. Males stand out with bright orange plumage and a crest; they eat mainly fruit and gather to display during courtship.

• Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense

  Adults have glossy blue-black upperparts, a white rump and underparts, and a black throat and undertail. The species uses Himalayan valleys, cliffs, and settlements.

• Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis

  This black oriole with a yellow shoulder mark is recorded in the Peruvian Amazon.

• Lazy Cisticola Cisticola aberrans

  The Lazy Cisticola is a small bird that searches for insects on rocky slopes and woodland edges. Its reddish head and long tail stand out.

• Aztec Thrush Ridgwayia pinicola

  The Aztec Thrush has dark brown-black upperparts and a white underside. It lives in moist montane forest in Mexico and includes fruit in its diet.

• Masatierra Petrel Pterodroma defilippiana

  The Masatierra Petrel is a seabird of the open Pacific off South America. It has a grey crown and back, a black eye patch, and a thick bill.

• Grey-hooded Ibon Lophozosterops pinaiae

  This white-eye occurs on Seram in Indonesia. It searches montane tree-fern forest for insects and fruit.

• Reichard's Seedeater Crithagra reichardi

  Reichard's Seedeater is a small bird about 12–14 cm long. It is active by day, lives in woodland and semi-open places, and eats seeds.

• Piping Plover Charadrius melodus

  This small shorebird has sandy grey-brown upperparts and a white underside. It breeds on beaches and river or lake shores and picks small invertebrates from the ground.

• Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri

  This hornbill lives in dry areas from Namibia into southwestern Angola. It hops along the ground to find insects, and males and females differ in bill and throat color.

• Golden-crowned Manakin Lepidothrix vilasboasi

  This small manakin occurs in south-western Pará, Brazil, between the Tapajós and Jamanxim rivers. Males have a golden crown on green-and-yellow plumage; females have a green head and rump.

• Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey

  A breeding male is deep chestnut from head to body, while the female is paler brown with chestnut on the rump and wing coverts. The sparrows feed on grass seeds on the ground and occur in small groups.

• Black-chinned Mountain Tanager Anisognathus notabilis

  This tanager occurs on the Pacific slope of the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador. A Colombian field study suggested that it depends on humid primary montane forest.

• Sangihe Shrike-thrush Coracornis sanghirensis

  This bird occurs only on Indonesia’s Sangihe Island. It has dark olive-brown upperparts and pale underparts, and is found in the canopy of mature hill forest.

• Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena

  The Rufous-cheeked Nightjar lives in dry country and catches flying insects at dusk. Its back is finely marked, and adult males have white tips on the outer tail feathers.

• Mouse-colored Tapaculo Scytalopus speluncae

  This small tapaculo lives in dense understory of mountain forest in southeastern Brazil. Its dark gray plumage is paler below, with a lighter center to the throat and breast.

• Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii

  This honeyeater lives in forests of eastern Australia. Its dark greenish-gray body has large yellow crescent-shaped ear patches, and it feeds mostly on fruit.

• Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla

  The Nashville Warbler is a small bird that breeds in North America and winters in Mexico. Its white eye ring and foraging in shrub tangles are distinctive.

• Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris

  This minivet uses open forest, forest edges and secondary growth. It is recorded in mountains at 900–2,450 m and gleans invertebrates from trees.

• Seychelles Kestrel Falco araeus

  This small falcon lives on islands in the Seychelles. It hunts insects and small vertebrates, including skinks and geckos.