Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster

  

  This grosbeak has a black face, yellow head and breast, and olive upperparts. In Central American lowland forest it eats insects, fruit, and seeds.

• Sulawesi Cicadabird Coracina morio

  It occurs in forests on Sulawesi and nearby Indonesian islands. The male is dark slate-blue, with a darker head and black face, throat, and upper breast.

• White-cheeked starling Spodiopsar cineraceus

  A bird of settlements and towns with trees in East Asia. In Japan, flocks gather at shared roosts after breeding.

• Blanford's Lark Calandrella blanfordi

  This lark lives in open grasslands in eastern Africa and nearby regions. Its rufous crown and small dark patch on the side of the neck stand out.

• Sulphur-vented Whistler Pachycephala sulfuriventer

  This whistler inhabits moist forests on Sulawesi. Its basic adult description combines olive-brown and white plumage with bright yellow lower belly and undertail feathers.

• Grauer's Swamp Warbler Bradypterus graueri

  This warbler is recorded in highland swamps of the Albertine Rift. It is dark brown with white spots and gives a fast, trilling song. A survey report says detailed feeding and breeding information is limited.

• Black-throated Huet-huet Pteroptochos tarnii

  This huet-huet walks on the forest floor and searches through leaf litter for food. It lives in Andean-Patagonian forests in southern South America.

• Tufted Jay Cyanocorax dickeyi

  The Tufted Jay is a jay of western Mexico, recognized by its black fan-shaped crest and blue back. It moves through the forest in small groups.

• Black-lored Waxbill Estrilda nigriloris

  This waxbill is recorded in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A flock of eight was rediscovered by Lake Kabwe in Upemba National Park in 2023. Genetic work has not settled whether it is separate from the Common Waxbill.

• Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta

  The Glossy Swiftlet is a small swiftlet with a square tail and a blue sheen on its upperparts. It catches insects in flight and often uses low airspace over forests, streams, and clearings.

• Gray-fronted Honeyeater Ptilotula plumula

  This small honeyeater is endemic to Australia. It feeds on nectar and is marked by a pale grey front and a yellow tuft near the ear coverts.

• Horned Curassow Pauxi unicornis

  The Horned Curassow is a large bird of central Bolivian forests. A blue-grey casque rises above its red bill, and it feeds on fruit.

• Tawny-breasted Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis longicaudatus

  This small bird has a restricted range in northeast India. It lives mostly on the forest floor among mossy rocks and crevices.

• White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris

  This large weaver lives in dry habitats south of the Sahara and feeds on seeds, fruit, and small invertebrates found on the ground.

• Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis

  The Savanna Nightjar rests on the ground or rocks by day, blending into its surroundings, and catches flying insects at dusk and at night.

• Grey-headed Sunbird Deleornis axillaris

  This green sunbird occurs from northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to western Uganda. The account also notes one record from northwestern Tanzania. It searches for insects, spiders and small fruits in the middle and upper forest levels.

• Santarem Parakeet Pyrrhura amazonum

  The bird described as the Santarém Conure is a small, mostly green parakeet with a blue band before the eye and reddish patches on the belly and tail.

• Chattering Lory Lorius garrulus

  The Chattering Lory has a red body and green wings. In Indonesia's North Maluku Islands, it lives in lowland and secondary forest.

• African Lemon Dove Columba larvata

  The Lemon Dove lives in African forests. It searches for food among leaf litter on the forest floor and eats seeds, fruit, insects, and other foods.

• Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus

  This wren lives in woodland and scrub in northwestern Costa Rica. Its rufous back and white eyebrow are distinctive; pairs place grass-and-root nests low in vegetation.

• Peruvian Martin Progne murphyi

  The Peruvian Martin is a swallow recorded along the coasts and lowlands of Peru and Chile. It catches insects in the air and nests in holes in cliffs, trees, and buildings.

• Arabian Eagle-Owl Bubo milesi

  An eagle-owl of southwestern Arabia. It uses wadis and other wooded places.

• White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis

  The White-throated Crake hides among plants in wetlands. Its white throat and barred flanks are useful marks, while face and neck color vary among subspecies.

• Rufous-rumped Antwren Euchrepomis callinota

  This small antwren lives in the canopy and edges of montane evergreen forest in Central and South America. The male has a black head, pale eyebrow, olive back, and rufous rump.