Meet the world’s animals.

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• Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi

  

  It is recorded in dry bush country from Somalia through southern Ethiopia, southeastern Sudan, eastern Uganda, and Kenya to northeastern Tanzania. The field guide describes it as local and uncommon.

• Yucatan Jay Cyanocorax yucatanicus

  A conspicuous jay of woodland and forest edges on the Yucatan Peninsula, usually seen in groups of about 5–25. Young birds pass through a brief pale plumage before acquiring adult colors.

• Pale-legged Warbler Myiothlypis signata

  The Pale-legged Warbler searches for food in the lower growth and edges of mountain forest on the eastern Andes, including bamboo thickets.

• Black-collared Swallow Pygochelidon melanoleuca

  This swallow has a black chest band against a white belly. A study along a river in southeastern Brazil recorded it nesting in rock cavities.

• Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus

  This plover breeds in western North America and searches for insects on grassland and semidesert ground.

• Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura

  The Pygmy Sunbird is a tiny sunbird of dry savanna and thorn scrub. Males have elongated central tail feathers.

• Red-and-black Grosbeak Periporphyrus erythromelas

  The Red-and-black Grosbeak shows a marked plumage difference between the sexes: males are red and black, while females are mainly yellow. It occupies the lower and middle layers of lowland forest in northeastern South America.

• Rufous-eared Warbler Malcorus pectoralis

  Its face and ear coverts are bright chestnut, while the head and back are buff-gray with black streaks. It lives in arid and semi-arid shrubland and searches for small invertebrates low in bushes or on the ground. It may move locally in response to rain.

• Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila

  The Chestnut-collared Swift catches flying insects above mountain forests and open areas. Males have a rufous collar; in females and young birds it may be incomplete or absent.

• Equatorial Antpitta Grallaria saturata

  An Andean antpitta recorded at roughly 2,550–3,650 m. A 2020 study recognized these populations as G. saturata, separate from the G. rufula complex.

• Band-tailed Nighthawk Nyctiprogne leucopyga

  The Band-tailed Nighthawk is a brown, nocturnal bird with a white band on its tail. In Loreto, northern Peru, it catches insects while flying over rivers and lakes at night.

• Yellow-headed Manakin Chloropipo flavicapilla

  The male has a yellow head and olive back. It lives in the lower growth of Andean forest and feeds on fruit.

• Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii

  The Yellow-faced Myna is a starling of New Guinea's forest canopy. Its yellow face and white rump are easy to notice.

• Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus

  Pallas's Fish Eagle is a large raptor found across parts of central, southern, and eastern Asia. It uses rivers and wetlands where it can catch fish.

• Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides

  The Greenish Warbler has a green back, pale underparts, and a conspicuous white eyebrow and wingbar. It searches for insects in forests and along their edges, then migrates after breeding.

• David's Fulvetta Alcippe davidi

  David’s Fulvetta ranges from China to northern Indochina and lives in the understory of broad-leaved evergreen forest. It has been recorded in mixed flocks with other birds and feeds on insects and berries.

• Swan Goose Anser cygnoides

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

• Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis

  The Purple-throated Carib is a hummingbird with a dark body, green wings, and a throat and breast that can look purplish red as the light changes. The sexes share the same colors, but females have longer, more curved bills.

• Cipo Canastero Asthenes luizae

  This canastero is endemic to the Espinhaço Range in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. It is restricted to rocky campos rupestres, where researchers have studied scattered populations.

• Maroon-backed Whistler Coracornis raveni

  Males are sooty grey with a maroon back. Females and juveniles are rusty brown above and olive below. It is shy and stays low in Sulawesi's montane forest, usually alone or in pairs.

• Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei

  The Harlequin Quail lives in grasslands, and males and females have different plumage.

• Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica

  The Hudsonian Godwit has long legs and a long, slightly upturned bill. It is reddish in breeding plumage and gray-brown outside the breeding season.

• Red-fronted Antpecker Parmoptila rubrifrons

  The Red-fronted Antpecker is a small bird that searches for ants in low forest-edge growth. Males have a red forehead, while females have a spotted underside.

• Five-striped Sparrow Amphispizopsis quinquestriata

  The Five-striped Sparrow lives on dry hillsides with dense thorny vegetation in northwestern Mexico and southeastern Arizona. Its black breast spot and striped head and throat are distinctive.