Meet the world’s animals.

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• Böhm's Flycatcher Muscicapa boehmi

  

  A flycatcher of miombo and other woodlands in south-central Africa. The sexes are similar, and the pale throat and breast carry dark triangular marks.

• Sclater's Whistler Pachycephala soror

  This whistler inhabits montane forests in New Guinea. A study recorded a tendency for males to forage higher than females.

• Red-breasted Chat Granatellus venustus

  At Mexico’s Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve, researchers caught this species in both wet and dry seasons, but recorded fewer captures in the dry season and more in deciduous than semi-deciduous forest.

• Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis

  The Long-tailed Koel is a long-distance migrant. It breeds in New Zealand and spends the southern winter on Pacific islands.

• Gray Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis

  Long wings and gray-brown plumage identify this swiftlet. It glides through the air and builds a nest using moss.

• Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

  A glossy black crow with a long, curved red bill and red legs. In Britain it occurs along western coasts, around cliffs and coastal grassland.

• Cebu Boobook Ninox rumseyi

  An owl endemic to Cebu Island in the Philippines. A 2012 species description treated the Cebu population as distinct based on vocal and morphological differences.

• Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops

  This small plover lives around fresh water in Australasia. It has a black face pattern and breast band with chestnut shoulder feathers. It walks along the water's edge looking for insects and small molluscs.

• Carp's Tit Melaniparus carpi

  This tit inhabits dry woodland and savanna from southwestern Angola through western and central Namibia. It searches among mopane and acacia trees and shrubs for small invertebrates.

• Grey-cheeked Tit-Babbler Mixornis flavicollis

  This small babbler occurs in Java's lowlands. It searches through foliage in small groups and eats insects, including beetle eggs.

• Saffron-crested Tyrant-Manakin Neopelma chrysocephalum

  It occurs in scrub and open woodland on sandy soils from the Guianas to the northern Amazon. It is usually solitary and searches low vegetation for small fruits and insects.

• Golden Monarch Carterornis chrysomela

  The Golden Monarch inhabits forests on New Guinea and surrounding islands. Males have an orange-yellow head, black throat with a white teardrop mark, and forage for small insects along forest edges.

• Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola

  This warbler breeds in eastern Europe and winters in West Africa. Its yellow crown stripe and yellow-brown streaked plumage help identify it.

• Black-headed Berryeater Carpornis melanocephala

  The Black-headed Berryeater is a cotinga of Brazil's Atlantic Forest. A field report documented a male passing fruit to a female.

• Philippine Bush-hen Amaurornis olivacea

  The species account gives a body length of 24–31 cm, freshwater wetland habitat, and an omnivorous diet. Its listed sound recordings come from several parts of the Philippines.

• Velvet-browed Brilliant Heliodoxa xanthogonys

  This hummingbird occurs in Venezuela, Guyana, and Brazil. The male has a glittering greenish-blue forehead and visits flowers for nectar.

• Narrow-billed Antwren Formicivora iheringi

  This small antwren inhabits Brazilian scrub and woodland. It searches foliage for small invertebrates.

• Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima

  A stocky wader seen on rocky shores in Britain in winter, with distinctive yellow legs.

• Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta

  Males have red feathers on the head. In East African mountain forests, these lovebirds live in small groups and carry nest material tucked between their feathers.

• Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus

  A small woodcreeper with a wedge-shaped bill that feeds in the understory of humid Amazonian forests.

• White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger

  The White-cheeked Honeyeater inhabits eastern Australian heath and woodland. Adults show a white cheek patch and yellow tail and wing panels, and feed mainly on nectar.

• Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher

  This small leaf warbler lives in hill and mountain forests around the Himalayas. Its breeding range extends through the southern Tibetan and southwestern Chinese region.

• Least Nighthawk Chordeiles pusillus

  This small nighthawk flies by night over open grassland and catches airborne invertebrates. A breeding record in Misiones, Argentina, also describes one female and a nest on the ground.

• Blood-eared Parakeet Pyrrhura hoematotis

  The Blood-eared Parakeet occurs in Venezuela's mountains. Much of its plumage is green, with reddish-brown feathers around the ears; neck and chest patterns differ by subspecies.