Meet the world’s animals.

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• Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix

  

  The Whistling Heron searches for food in open grasslands and shallow water. In Bolivia it is recorded from the lowlands to the southern Andean foothills.

• Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus

  This lapwing is marked in black and white, with a red eye. It forages near water and pairs defend territories.

• Cassin's Malimbe Malimbus cassini

  This weaver occurs in forests from the Gulf of Guinea toward the Congo Basin. In north-eastern Gabon, small groups were seen in the canopy of wet and flooded forest, sometimes feeding with other bird species.

• Orange Oriole Icterus auratus

  The Orange Oriole occurs on the Yucatán Peninsula and in northern Belize. It uses waterside forest edges and open woodland; males show orange and black plumage with white wing bars.

• Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni

  The Black Petrel is seen in pelagic waters around northern New Zealand. It breeds in island burrows and feeds at sea at night, including on squid.

• Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri

  This bush-shrike lives in East African papyrus wetlands. Adults have black upperparts, a yellow crown, a white wing bar, and orange-red underparts.

• Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris

  Chestnut and olive feathers, a dark face, and silvery ear patches mark this small bird. It forms flocks in woodland and eats fruit, seeds, and insects.

• Hispaniolan Trogon Priotelus roseigaster

  The Hispaniolan Trogon is the only trogon on Hispaniola. It has metallic green upperparts, a gray breast, and a red belly.

• Tinian Monarch Monarcha takatsukasae

  This forest bird is endemic to Tinian. Juveniles have a yellow bill base and buff tips on the wing bars and rump, which distinguish them from adults.

• Philippine Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus olivaceus

  The Philippine Leaf Warbler is a small warbler of Philippine forests and forest edges. It has olive upperparts and a pale yellow eyebrow, and gleans small invertebrates from foliage. Species accounts place it in forest from lowlands to about 1,400 m.

• Socotra Bunting Emberiza socotrana

  The Socotra Bunting is restricted to Socotra Island. Adults show a black-and-white striped head, chestnut wing coverts, and a richer cinnamon breast in breeding plumage.

• Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus

  In New Zealand, the Shining Bronze Cuckoo is a small migrant that arrives in spring and stays into autumn. Its back has a green sheen and its white underside is barred. It lays eggs in smaller birds' nests and leaves the care of its young to them.

• Yellow Tit Machlolophus holsti

  The Yellow Tit is endemic to Taiwan’s mountains and uses the canopy of primary broadleaf forest. Males are strikingly black and yellow, while females and juveniles differ in color and crest shape.

• Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma

  The Freckled Nightjar is a nocturnal bird of rocky slopes and ravines. It catches insects in flight around dusk and dawn and lays eggs in natural rock cavities.

• Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus

  This grassland bird is endemic to India's Western Ghats. It breeds on grassy or bracken-covered slopes and in wet patches, nesting within grass.

• African River Martin Pseudochelidon eurystomina

  The dark African River Martin has conspicuous red eyes and an orange-red bill.

• Russet Nightingale-Thrush Catharus occidentalis

  A thrush of montane forests in Mexico. Its reported body length is 15–18 cm; it forages on the ground by day and takes food including invertebrates.

• Pale Prinia Prinia somalica

  This slender prinia inhabits dry grassland and scrub in East Africa. It has grey-brown upperparts, pale underparts and a long tail, and is often seen in pairs.

• Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus

  This medium-sized gull changes its head pattern between breeding and non-breeding plumage. It uses Andean lakes and rivers; in Chile, some move down to the coast in winter.

• Mountain Caracara Phalcoboenus megalopterus

  The Mountain Caracara lives in open grasslands of the Andes. It hunts small animals and also feeds on carrion.

• Swan Goose Anser cygnoides

  A long-necked goose with brown wings. Wild Asian populations graze near wetlands and migrate with the seasons.

• Crestless Curassow Mitu tomentosum

  A large curassow of the northern Amazon. Its mostly black plumage has a blue gloss, and two nests were recorded in white-sand forest in northern Brazil.

• Maroon-fronted Parrot Rhynchopsitta terrisi

  This large parrot inhabits mountains of northeastern Mexico. It has a green body with a dark maroon forehead and wing edges, feeds mainly on pine seeds, and roosts in groups outside the breeding season. It may fly long distances to feeding areas.

• Sandstone Shrikethrush Colluricincla woodwardi

  The Sandstone Shrike-thrush lives among sandstone rocks in northern Australia. It walks between rocks while searching for small lizards, grasshoppers, and spiders.