Meet the world’s animals.

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• Banasura Laughingthrush Montecincla jerdoni

  

  A laughingthrush endemic to India's southwestern Western Ghats. A 2026 mountain survey recorded it in shola forest at the sites studied.

• Bronze-winged Duck Speculanas specularis

  The Bronze-winged Duck has a chocolate-brown head and neck, a white throat and facial patch, and a violet wing marking. The Argentine SIB lists the Andean-Patagonian region and Chile as its range.

• White-whiskered Hermit Phaethornis yaruqui

  This hummingbird feeds on nectar in humid foothill and montane forests and dense scrub.

• Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilus

  This ovenbird searches for food as it moves along trunks and branches in the forest canopy. The Peru account records it in eastern Andean forests and southeastern lowlands.

• Mangrove Golden Whistler Pachycephala melanura

  Males have a black head and breast, a yellow nape band, and an olive back. Females are duller, and the yellow on their underparts varies among subspecies.

• Gray Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum

  A pheasant whose male has rows of eye-like spots on its tail and wings. It lives in evergreen forests of South and Southeast Asia.

• Amami Woodcock Scolopax mira

  The Amami Woodcock is a large ground-dwelling shorebird of broadleaf forests in the Amami Islands and northern Okinawa Island. Its dark plumage and long legs blend into the forest floor.

• Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus

  Males have a pink throat and black underparts dotted with white. The birds search for grass seeds on the ground and live in thickets and at forest edges.

• White-throated Towhee Melozone albicollis

  This towhee lives in the highlands of southern Mexico. Accounts place it in moist montane areas and high-elevation scrub, with Oaxaca highlighted as an observation region.

• Red-rumped Bush Tyrant Cnemarchus erythropygius

  This tyrant flycatcher is recorded in the high Andes. Gray head, back, and breast contrast with whitish markings on the forehead, throat, and sides of the face, plus rufous belly, rump, and tail. The account describes foraging in humid scrub, highland grassland shrubs, and Polylepis woodland, with perches on bushes and trees.

• Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis

  An olive-brown reed warbler that visits reed beds and sings loudly for long stretches.

• Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia

  The Grasshopper Warbler is a rather inconspicuous brown warbler. It visits Britain and Ireland in summer and spends winter in north-west Africa.

• Malherbe's Parakeet Cyanoramphus malherbi

  This small green parakeet has blue on the wings, a yellow crown, and an orange band above the eyes. Its native range is restricted to beech-forest valleys on New Zealand’s South Island.

• Pheasant Pigeon Otidiphaps nobilis

  The Pheasant Pigeon is a pigeon that spends much of its time on the ground and has pheasant-like habits. It eats seeds and fallen fruit.

• Yellow-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula ornata

  This honeyeater lives across southern mainland Australia. Its upswept yellow neck plume is distinctive, and it searches the outer foliage of trees and shrubs for insects and nectar.

• Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus

  A seabird with dark upper wings and white undersides. It breeds on islands off the UK and migrates to the South American coast for winter.

• Bahama Oriole Icterus northropi

  This oriole is endemic to the Andros island complex in The Bahamas. It nests in palms around settlements, and a 2020 study also documented breeding in native pine forest.

• Mauritius Grey White-eye Zosterops mauritianus

  This white-eye lives on Mauritius in habitats including forest and gardens. A government species account describes gray-brown plumage, dark legs, and a diet of insects, nectar, and small fruit.

• Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis

  The Parrot-billed Sparrow is an eastern and central African sparrow with a large, thick bill. It feeds on seeds in dry open country.

• Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus

  The Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird is a tiny barbet marked by a yellow forehead. It eats mistletoe and other fruits in broadleaved woodland, and both sexes excavate a nest hole in a dead branch.

• Black-backed Bittern Botaurus dubius

  A small Australian heron that hides in reedbeds and rushes, waiting for prey in the water.

• Luzon Hornbill Penelopides manillae

  The Luzon Hornbill is a small hornbill of the northern Philippines. The male has a cream-colored head and underside with dark cheeks and throat; the female is mostly dark brown to black. It lives in tropical moist lowland forest and eats figs and other fruit.

• White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Dioptrornis fischeri

  This flycatcher lives in East African mountain forests and their edges. Active by day, it catches small invertebrates in short aerial sallies.

• Yellow-breasted Pipit Anthus chloris

  The Yellow-breasted Pipit inhabits highland grasslands in southern Africa. Breeding adults are yellow below, with females slightly duller than males.