Meet the world’s animals.

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• Coal tit Periparus ater

  

  In Japan it inhabits mountain woodland and favors conifer canopies. It is also seen in lowlands in autumn and winter.

• Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni

  This account focuses on the seasonal movements of the Japanese subspecies of Olive-backed Pipit. It breeds in open woodland and grassland from Shikoku and Honshu northward, then moves to lowlands with little persistent snow in autumn and winter.

• Wattled Guan Aburria aburri

  The Wattled Guan is a large, all-black bird with a blue bill and a long red-and-yellow wattle hanging from its throat. It lives in humid Andean montane forest and eats fruit.

• Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens

  Leaf-love is a bulbul found from western to central Africa, where it uses woodland and thickets near water.

• Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides

  A medium-sized Arctic-breeding gull whose adult wingtips vary from pale to dark among regional forms.

• Usambara Weaver Ploceus nicolli

  This weaver is found in the mountains of northeastern Tanzania. Males are mainly yellow and black, while females are olive and yellow; it feeds on insects.

• Pygmy Nightjar Nyctipolus hirundinaceus

  The Pygmy Nightjar is endemic to eastern Brazil. A study reports that it uses stony or gravelly ground in the Caatinga and rocky outcrops in Atlantic Forest sites for roosting and nesting. Plumage varies among subspecies.

• Black-throated Finch Poephila cincta

  Adults have a black throat, white cheeks, a gray head, and a yellow bill. They search for seeds on the ground in northeastern Australian grasslands and open woodland.

• Fruithunter Chlamydochaera jefferyi

  The Fruithunter is endemic to Borneo’s montane forest. Males are glossy blue-black, while females are barred gray-brown; small groups may gather at fruiting trees.

• Yellow-throated Tanager Iridosornis analis

  The Yellow-throated Tanager forages alone or in pairs in the middle and lower levels of humid montane forest on the eastern Andes.

• Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi

  The Black-bellied Malkoha often moves alone among leafy parts of the canopy and feeds on insect larvae.

• Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii

  A large kingfisher with blue shoulders and rump, it hunts in woodlands, along watercourses, and around wetlands, taking insects, frogs, and other small animals.

• West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris

  This woodpecker lives on Caribbean islands and searches for food on tree trunks and branches. A black mark above and behind the eye occurs in most, but not all, subspecies.

• Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus opacus

  This small tapaculo ranges from the central Andes of Colombia to central Ecuador. A Colombian male specimen shows fine barring near the base of the tail, on the flanks and thighs. Recordings document songs and calls made of rapidly repeated short notes.

• Bluish-slate Antshrike Thamnomanes schistogynus

  This antshrike inhabits forests in the southern Amazon basin. Males are uniformly bluish gray; females have gray heads, breasts, and upperparts with a rufous belly. It forages in the forest midstory, usually with mixed-species flocks.

• Javan Pied Myna Gracupica jalla

  The Javan Pied Myna is a starling native to Java. It is considered extinct in the wild, but reintroduced birds have been observed at a protected site in East Java; a 2024 survey recorded 32 there.

• Great hornbill Buceros bicornis

  A bird with a large raised structure on top of its massive bill.

• Brown Teal Anas chlorotis

  The Brown Teal is endemic to New Zealand. Breeding males show a green sheen on the head and a dark chestnut breast; the species is now mostly restricted to the northern North Island.

• Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps

  The Dark-fronted Babbler often stays hidden near the ground, and its dark head pattern varies among subspecies.

• Assam Laughingthrush Trochalopteron chrysopterum

  Its main reported range is northeastern India and adjacent Myanmar. Southern China is included in some taxonomic treatments.

• Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta

  This grassland bird is known for a black V on its yellow breast and a flutelike song. It searches the ground for seeds and insects.

• Grey-headed Goshawk Tachyspiza poliocephala

  The Grey-headed Goshawk has a grey adult form and a much darker form. It hunts mainly lizards from a perch and occurs on New Guinea and nearby islands.

• Line-fronted Canastero Asthenes urubambensis

  This ovenbird lives in the high Andes of Peru and western Bolivia. It forages in humid or semi-humid scrub and has a rufous-brown back with a streaked breast.

• Brown-headed Greenlet Hylophilus brunneiceps

  The Brown-headed Greenlet has a brown head and olive-green back. In northern Brazil it occurs in flooded forest and white-sand woodland, where it searches leaf undersides for insects and caterpillars. Its range also extends into eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela.