Meet the world’s animals.

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• Asian Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus

  

  This bulbul lives in forests, at their edges, and in secondary growth. Adults are especially noticeable for their red eyes.

• Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata

  This small bird lives in grassland and scrub in southeastern Australia. It feeds on the ground on grass seeds and insects, and has a gray back, white underside, and red rump.

• White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii

  The White-headed Petrel is a large seabird that breeds on islands in the Southern Ocean. Its white head and dark eye patch stand out, and it flies long distances to feeding grounds at sea.

• Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus

  This babbler is endemic to Sri Lanka. It inhabits forest, well-wooded areas, and thick undergrowth, and is absent from the extremely dry north and southeast according to the local species account.

• Buff-headed Coucal Centropus milo

  The Buff-headed Coucal is a large coucal of the Solomon Islands' humid forests. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a black body with a buff head and chest.

• Iraq Babbler Argya altirostris

  The Iraq Babbler is a social bird centered on the Tigris–Euphrates basin. Small groups use reed beds and riverside shrubs.

• Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis

  A slender cormorant with a long neck and tail, often found on large freshwater wetlands in India.

• Lovely Cotinga Cotinga amabilis

  The male is metallic blue and purple, while the female has a scaly gray, brown, and whitish pattern. It uses humid forest canopy, sometimes gathering at fruiting trees.

• Sykes's Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis

  This sand-gray nightjar blends into dry semi-desert. It is active from dusk into the night, rests on the ground by day, and catches insects close to the ground.

• Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni

  Fülleborn's Longclaw is a grassland bird with a yellow eyebrow and throat, a black breast band, and a buff-colored belly. Pairs use upland grassland and other grassy habitats, especially near water.

• Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis

  The Aplomado Falcon lives in open country from Mexico through South America. It has a long tail and sometimes hunts with another falcon.

• Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus

  The Village Weaver is a bird whose breeding males split leaves and bark into strips and weave hanging nests. It occurs across Africa outside desert regions.

• Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis

  The Orange-fronted Parakeet is a small parrot with an orange band across the forehead. In the wild it nests in arboreal termite mounds or cavities and eats fruit and seeds.

• Coco Island Finch Pinaroloxias inornata

  A finch endemic to Cocos Island, Costa Rica, using the island's varied habitats.

• Gray Bunting Emberiza variabilis

  This bunting has dark blue-gray plumage in the male. It breeds in mountain areas and moves in autumn and winter to dark woodland thickets in places without persistent snow.

• Colasisi Loriculus philippensis

  The Colasisi is a small parrot of the Philippine islands that feeds on nectar, blossoms, and fruit. It may forage upside down in the canopy.

• 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.

• Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus

  A hummingbird of high mountain meadows. Males make metallic wing trills in flight, while females raise the young.

• Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris

  A black-and-white crested kingfisher of rivers and mountain lakes in Japan.

• 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.

• Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus

  An African starling with glossy green and blue plumage and a bronze-glossed purple tail. It eats insects and fruit.

• Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus

  This migratory plover searches for insects in dry, open country. The breeding male has broad orange and black breast bands, while nonbreeding plumage is mottled brown.

• Bicolored Flowerpecker Dicaeum bicolor

  The Bicolored Flowerpecker is a small species endemic to the Philippines. The male has a black head and back with silvery-white underparts, and the species is found in forest canopy.

• Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata

  The Bimaculated Lark walks across dry, open grasslands. Dark patches on both sides of its chest stand out, and breeding males sing long songs in flight.