Meet the world’s animals.

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• Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja

  

  The Harpy Eagle is a large bird of prey of tropical forests in Central and South America. Its facial feather disk and hunting among the trees are distinctive.

• Przevalski's Redstart Phoenicurus alaschanicus

  A mountain redstart recorded from northern China to northeastern Tibet. Males combine bluish-gray and reddish plumage, and the species uses rocky scrub-covered slopes and bushy river margins.

• Blue-headed Hummingbird Riccordia bicolor

  Males have blue-violet on the head and throat while females have green upperparts and grey-white underparts; the species uses mountain wet forest on Dominica and Martinique.

• Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata

  The Greenish Elaenia has a concealed yellow crown patch. In Bolivia it occurs in woodland and wooded savanna, with lowland records varying by season.

• Yellow-streaked Lory Chalcopsitta scintillata

  The Yellow-streaked Lory is a lowland parrot from the New Guinea region. Yellow streaks mark its darker plumage, while the color of the forehead and other details vary among subspecies.

• Long-billed Wren-Babbler Napothera malacoptila

  The Long-billed Wren-Babbler is a small, streaky brown bird with a long, slightly downcurved bill. It searches for invertebrates near the forest floor.

• Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus

  This small woodpecker has different head patterns in males and females: males have a red crown, while females have a white crown. It excavates its own tree cavity for nesting.

• Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki

  This small bird lives in forests and mangroves along Australia's east coast. Its muted grey-brown plumage includes a white eyebrow and patterned tail.

• Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta

  A small bird of forests from the Himalayas into mainland Southeast Asia. Its black crest and red bill base are distinctive.

• Campbell's Hill Partridge Arborophila campbelli

  This partridge has black-and-white bands on its head, olive-brown upperparts, and a grey breast. It lives in montane rainforest on the Malay Peninsula.

• Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris

  The Oriental Pied Hornbill is marked by black-and-white plumage and a large pale yellow bill. During breeding, the female stays in a tree cavity while the male brings food from outside.

• Madagascar Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus newtoni

  The Madagascar Swamp Warbler feeds on insects while moving among wetland plants. It is widespread on Madagascar, absent from the far north, and less common in the dry south.

• Bell's Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli

  Bell's Sparrow lives in dry scrub and has a greyish head. It searches for seeds and insects near shrubs.

• Slaty-crowned Antpitta Grallaricula nana

  The Peru Aves account of subspecies G. n. nana describes a gray crown and nape, brown upperparts, and rusty coloring on the face and underparts. In Peru it is recorded in humid montane forest.

• Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis

  The Silver-rumped Spinetail is a small swift of Southeast Asian forests and their surroundings. Its dark body and silvery-white rump stand out, and it catches insects in flight.

• Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa

  A large, round-faced owl of northern forests that hunts small mammals in nearby meadows and openings.

• Azure-hooded Jay Cyanolyca cucullata

  This jay is marked by a bright blue crown and a white band. It lives in Central American cloud forests and moves through the canopy in small groups.

• White-tailed Cotinga Xipholena lamellipennis

  This cotinga occurs in lower Amazonian Brazil south of the Amazon River. The male is purplish black, with white on most of the tail and wings. The species is poorly known and is reported as apparently nowhere common.

• Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea

  The Blue Grosbeak is a bunting with a large, silvery bill. The breeding male is vivid blue, and the species uses scrubby habitats and old fields in the southern United States.

• Socotra Sparrow Passer insularis

  The Socotra Sparrow is a sparrow of Yemen’s Socotra Archipelago. This entry follows BirdLife’s treatment of Passer insularis as a species.

• Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris

  The Tawny Pipit walks through dry, open country and searches for food on the ground.

• Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla

  The Greater Short-toed Lark is a small lark of open, dry country. A breeding study in central Italy recorded nesting, groups of fledglings, and family groups before migration.

• Little Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera hydrocharis

  This kingfisher has elongated central tail feathers. It lives in lowland forests on the Aru Islands and southern New Guinea, where it searches for insects on foliage and the ground.

• Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber

  A small crake of wetlands and wet forests. Its head is dull black, its wings and back are reddish brown, and the male has a rusty breast. It searches for food at shallow water and mud surfaces.