Meet the world’s animals.

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• Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri

  

  The Blue-headed Wood Dove lives in lowland forests of western and central Africa. It has a blue-gray head and rufous-brown body, and searches the forest floor for seeds, fallen fruit, and small animals.

• Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus

  The Long-legged Buzzard is a large raptor with highly variable plumage. A Qatar regional account records it as a rare winter visitor.

• Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata

  The Chestnut-capped Babbler is a small, skulking bird. A field study in southern West Bengal recorded it in grasslands along the Rupnarayan and Damodar rivers.

• Indochinese Yuhina Yuhina torqueola

  This small flocking bird occurs from Indochina into southern China. It is rufous-brown with a short grey crest and white underparts; chestnut ear-coverts have white streaks. Flocks forage in mature closed-canopy forest while calling to one another.

• Yellow-eared Spiderhunter Arachnothera chrysogenys

  The Yellow-eared Spiderhunter is a forest bird marked by a yellow patch behind the ear and streaked underparts. It feeds on nectar as well as spiders and insects.

• Uluguru Bushshrike Malaconotus alius

  This bushshrike lives in forest in Tanzania's Uluguru Mountains. Its green and yellow body contrasts with a black head.

• Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris

  The Striped Pipit has a patchy range east and south of the equatorial rainforest belt. Bold streaks below and pale lemon edges on the wings and tail help identify it.

• Black-throated Shrikebill Clytorhynchus nigrogularis

  A forest bird of Fiji's islands, inhabiting closed-canopy forest; the sexes differ in head pattern.

• 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.

• Rothschild's Swift Cypseloides rothschildi

  Rothschild's Swift is a dark, sooty swift. It occurs above humid forests on the eastern side of the Andes, from Bolivia to northwestern Argentina.

• Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus

  A small falcon whose males and females have different plumage. It breeds in eastern Europe and Central Asia, then migrates to southern Africa, where it may roost in flocks.

• Club-winged Manakin Machaeropterus deliciosus

  The Club-winged Manakin lives in humid forests of southwestern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Males use their wings to make mechanical sounds during display.

• Sri Lanka Gray Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis

  The Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill is a small hornbill endemic to Sri Lanka, with a grey body and pale underparts.

• White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera

  This flowerpiercer inhabits Andean forest edges and scrub. Males are black and females brown, with white tufts on the sides in both; juveniles may show little or no white.

• Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus

  The Great Crested Flycatcher hunts insects high in trees and is marked by reddish-brown accents and a yellow belly.

• Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii

  Godlewski’s Bunting is a bunting found on rocky slopes and forest edges. Males show a gray hood, chestnut crown stripe, and white wing bars.

• Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster

  This small Australasian warbler occurs along Australian coasts. The Australian banding account covers two subspecies; a Darwin study found it using tidal-creek mangroves and shrubs around bare salt flats.

• White-tipped Plantcutter Phytotoma rutila

  The White-tipped Plantcutter shows strong sex differences in plumage. Males have a red forehead and underparts, while females are grey with dark streaks.

• Eurasian tree sparrow Passer montanus

  A small bird that nests in gaps in roofs and walls. In Japan it is closely associated with settlements and can be recognized by black cheek patches.

• Band-tailed Guan Penelope argyrotis

  This large guan lives in humid forests of Colombia and Venezuela. It has a dark rufous back and an olive-brown breast.

• White-rumped Triller Lalage leucopygialis

  The White-rumped Triller has records from Sulawesi and other parts of Indonesia. Males are black and white with a conspicuous white rump and eyebrow; females have gray backs and faint breast barring. It occurs singly or in pairs at forest edges, in cultivated areas, and in mangroves.

• Forest Bittern Zonerodius heliosylus

  The Forest Bittern is a forest heron with a black crown and brown-and-buff barring. It forages alone along streams in New Guinea's rainforests.

• Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides

  A thrush of open habitats in western North America, it catches insects from a perch or in the air. The male is blue.

• Wing-banded Wren Microcerculus bambla

  A wren of Amazonian forest that forages alone on the forest floor. It also occurs outside Peru, including Ecuador and Brazil.