Meet the world’s animals.

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• Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata

  

  The Yellow-billed Duck is an African duck with a bright yellow bill marked by a black patch.

• White-chinned Woodcreeper Dendrocincla merula

  The White-chinned Woodcreeper lives low in humid Amazonian forest and is strongly associated with army-ant swarms, catching arthropods disturbed by the ants rather than eating the ants. A white chin is useful, but iris color varies among subspecies.

• Himalayan Thrush Zoothera salimalii

  This thrush has been recorded in mountain forests from the eastern Himalaya to Yunnan, China. It is treated as a species distinct from the related Alpine Thrush in the 2016 study.

• Trinidad Euphonia Euphonia trinitatis

  A small tanager found on Trinidad and in northern South America. It feeds on fruit in treetops and is seen in pairs or small groups.

• Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans

  This flycatcher is common in the western United States. It waits on low perches near water, then flies out to catch insects. Its black body and white belly stand out.

• White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio

  Its main range extends from northeastern India through Myanmar, northern Laos, and Vietnam to central and southern China. An isolated population also occurs in Hong Kong.

• Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides

  This small flycatcher is about 14–15 cm long. Males have blue throats and upperparts with an orange breast; females have brown upperparts and a rufous tail. It uses dense undergrowth in hill forests.

• White-naped Jay Cyanocorax cyanopogon

  The white nape is a useful clue to this jay's identity. In dry scrub and woodland of eastern Brazil, it eats insects and other small animals as well as fruit and berries.

• Pictorella Munia Heteromunia pectoralis

  The Pictorella Munia lives in grasslands and scrub across northern Australia. Adult males have a black face, while females are brown-faced, and the birds feed for seeds on the ground.

• Mangrove Honeyeater Gavicalis fasciogularis

  This honeyeater lives along eastern Australia's coast, especially in mangroves and nearby coastal vegetation. It also uses offshore islands and adjoining forests.

• Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina

  This sunbird occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. It uses its long curved bill to drink nectar from flowers.

• Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus

  The Green Parakeet is mostly green and has a long, pointed tail. Within its natural range it uses tropical and subtropical woodlands, farmland, and plantations.

• Buru Racket-tail Prioniturus mada

  A parrot found only on Buru Island, with tail feathers that end in racket-shaped tips.

• Stock Dove Columba oenas

  A blue-grey pigeon that feeds on farmland and nests in holes in old trees. This entry shows part of its range in Britain and Ireland.

• Abyssinian Owl Asio abyssinicus

  The Abyssinian Owl is a medium-sized owl with brown ear tufts edged in white and orange eyes. It occurs locally in East African highlands and feeds mainly on small mammals.

• Northern White-fringed Antwren Formicivora intermedia

  An antwren of lowland Colombia and western Venezuela. Males are gray-brown and black; females are pale below, and pairs forage low in dense shrubs.

• White-backed vulture Gyps africanus

  A vulture that gathers with others and searches for carcasses in African savannas.

• Golden-naped Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysauchen

  Adult males have a golden forehead and nape with a red crown; females lack the red on the head. The Costa Rican account describes family groups in humid forest.

• Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus geoffroyi

  The Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo forages on the ground and has a prominent rufous-and-black crest and a black breast band. Peru Aves illustrates adults of unknown sex from Panama.

• Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica

  This apalis ranges from eastern to southern Africa and is recorded in evergreen forest, valley woodland, and scrub.

• Black-eared Fairy Heliothryx auritus

  The Black-eared Fairy is a hummingbird with a long, mostly white tail, white underparts, and a dark line behind the eye. In Bolivia it is recorded in humid forest and feeds on nectar.

• White-headed Bulbul Hypsipetes thompsoni

  The White-headed Bulbul is a bulbul with a grey body and a striking white head. It has a forked tail and feeds on fruit and berries.

• Puerto Rican Bullfinch Melopyrrha portoricensis

  This finch is endemic to Puerto Rico, where it lives in forests and thickets. It mainly eats fruit and seeds and moves through dense vegetation.

• Sierra Madre Sparrow Xenospiza baileyi

  This grassland bird is endemic to Mexico. At La Cima, a field study recorded it in subalpine bunchgrass meadows within pine woodland.