Meet the world’s animals.

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• White-tailed Swallow Hirundo megaensis

  

  A swallow restricted to southern Ethiopia's Acacia–Commiphora woodland. A study recorded many nests in homes occupied by villagers.

• Tawny-browed Owl Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana

  The Tawny-browed Owl hunts from trees at night in the Atlantic Forest region.

• King Rail Rallus elegans

  A large rail of North American wetlands, it has a chestnut back, gray face, and black-and-white bars on its flanks. It walks through reeds and grasses to find food.

• Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus

  The Red-rumped Tinkerbird lives in forest from southern Senegal to the western Congo Basin and western Uganda. It uses humid forest and feeds mainly on fruit.

• Silvered Antbird Sclateria naevia

  This antbird occurs in northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago. Males are gray and white, while females are browner. It lives on or near the ground in flooded evergreen forest and eats insects and arachnids.

• Hartert's Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus goodsoni

  Hartert's Leaf-warbler breeds in southern China and winters in places including Hong Kong. It searches tree trunks for food.

• White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas

  The White-winged Black Tit is a small bird of open acacia and broadleaf woodland. Its black body contrasts with white wing patches, and it moves in pairs or small groups.

• Striolated Manakin Machaeropterus striolatus

  This small manakin occurs in the western Amazon. Males have a bright red crown and broken red breast band; females have a washed-out version of the male's streaking.

• Pantanal Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae

  The Pantanal Snipe has fine streaks on its head and back, with a pale center to its belly. It stays inconspicuous in marshes and muddy places.

• Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa

  The Yellow-rumped Thornbill occurs in open woodland and grassland in eastern and southeastern Australia. Its yellow rump is distinctive, and it often feeds for insects on the ground.

• Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus

  This small raptor inhabits humid forest from Central America into northwestern South America. It uses the understory and lower canopy and rarely ventures into open areas.

• Hispaniolan Woodpecker Melanerpes striatus

  This woodpecker is native only to Hispaniola. Its yellow-and-black barring, red crown, and groups around tree trunks make it conspicuous. During breeding, several pairs may nest near one another where trees offer many cavities.

• Spot-billed Toucanet Selenidera maculirostris

  This toucanet is endemic to Atlantic Forest in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. It usually lives alone or in pairs in humid forest and eats fruit, along with invertebrates and small vertebrates.

• Dark Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx bocki

  The Dark Hawk-Cuckoo is a large, long-tailed cuckoo with a hawk-like shape, found in montane and foothill forests of Borneo.

• Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa

  This heron changes its head and breast plumage between breeding and nonbreeding seasons. Its white wings stand out in flight, and it moves within Southeast Asia.

• Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus

  The Indian White-eye is a small bird with a clear white ring around each eye. It forages in small groups among trees for insects, nectar and fruit.

• Ochre-fronted Antpitta Grallaricula ochraceifrons

  The Ochre-fronted Antpitta is a small bird endemic to Peru. Males have an ochre forehead and face, and the species lives in humid montane forest on the eastern Andes.

• Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda

  This weaver lives in and around Tanzania’s Serengeti. Its brown plumage looks scaly where pale feather edges overlap, and a dry-season study found it using open grassland.

• Black Monarch Symposiachrus axillaris

  A long-tailed, mostly black flycatcher of New Guinea's lowland and mountain forests. Its diet is still poorly recorded.

• Mariana Kingfisher Todiramphus albicilla

  The Mariana Kingfisher was recorded in a forest-bird survey on Tinian. A sample collected on Saipan is described as white-headed in a phylogenetic study.

• Kilombero Cisticola Cisticola bakerorum

  This cisticola is restricted to reedbeds in Tanzania's Kilombero Swamp. Its rufous cap and tail-tip bands help identify it.

• Scale-throated Hermit Phaethornis eurynome

  A study in Brazil's Atlantic Forest recorded this hermit visiting open flowers of the bromeliad Vriesea incurvata; visit frequency changed with plant density. It generally feeds on nectar and arthropods in the forest understory.

• Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans

  This bulbul occurs in eastern Africa. It is mostly brown and uses semi-arid scrub, dry-forest edges, and other wooded habitats; it eats insects and fruit.

• Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus

  This bushshrike has glossy blue-black upperparts and tail, with white spots on the rump. It eats insects and spiders as well as small vertebrates.