Meet the world’s animals.

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• Mexican Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysopeplus

  

  The Mexican Yellow Grosbeak occurs in Mexico and Guatemala. A research paper describes it from open, dry forest at elevations of 300–1,850 m.

• Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps

  This breeding resident ranges from Senegal to central Africa. A 2018 paper reports observations at several Liberian locations from 2013 to 2018 and confirms that it is resident there.

• Pacific swift Apus pacificus

  A long-winged bird that catches insects in flight and visits Japan in summer.

• Chestnut Antpitta Grallaria blakei

  This antpitta occurs in the Peruvian Andes. Its chestnut plumage stands out, and it uses forest near the ground, often in dense bamboo.

• Least Pauraque Siphonorhis brewsteri

  This nightjar lives in wooded dry scrub on Hispaniola and Gonâve Island and is active around dusk and at night.

• Flame-crested Manakin Heterocercus linteatus

  This manakin lives in Amazonian forest. In Peru, only a small number of visual records are reported from the far southeast; it also occurs in Brazil and Bolivia.

• Malabar Starling Sturnia blythii

  This starling occurs in India's Western Ghats. It also uses open woodland, farmland with scattered trees, and places near settlements. A 2022 study followed one nest as the parents provisioned their chicks.

• Socotra Buzzard Buteo socotraensis

  The Socotra Buzzard is resident only on Socotra Island. A 2010 paper described it as a distinct species, noting brown upperparts, pale underparts and differences from related buzzards.

• Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos

  This leaf warbler is recorded in montane forest in southern Tibet. Its grey head, yellow-toned body, and facial markings help distinguish it.

• Giant Babax Pterorhinus waddelli

  The Giant Babax lives in the highlands of the Tibetan Plateau. It eats insects and berries during the breeding season; outside that season, reports also list crop seeds and plant rhizomes.

• Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri

  The Spectacled Eider is a sea duck whose breeding-plumage male has a green head and round white patches around the eyes. It breeds along Arctic coasts and gathers in openings in Bering Sea ice in winter.

• Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus

  This is a tiny hummingbird whose male throat patch may flash purple or pink with the light. It feeds on nectar; the cited distribution account is limited to southwestern Colombia.

• Olive Spinetail Cranioleuca obsoleta

  This small ovenbird occurs in eastern Paraguay, southeastern Brazil, and northeastern Argentina. Its rufous tail and wings and pale eyebrow are noticeable.

• Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris

  Males combine dark grey and rufous plumage, while females are grey-brown and streaked; the birds often search for insects high in trees.

• Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus

  The Brown Quail searches among ground vegetation and leaf litter for food. This account focuses on the population introduced to New Zealand.

• Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis

  The Noble Snipe is a secretive wader of wetlands near the Andean treeline. Its back has pale stripes, and the center of its belly is unmarked white.

• Grey-headed Munia Lonchura caniceps

  This small bird lives in grassland and cultivated areas in Papua New Guinea. Males have a gray head and throat, dark brown back, and orange rump.

• Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii

  This small bird hides near the ground in dense grass. Its olive-washed face and fine black breast streaks are useful clues.

• Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens

  The Yellowish Flycatcher is marked by its yellowish belly and a pale eye-ring that broadens behind the eye. In Costa Rica, it uses the canopy and edges of moist mountain forest.

• Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola

  A relatively long, rounded tail and broad pale eyebrow distinguish the Paddyfield Warbler. It eats insects in reeds by lakes and rivers, breeding from Romania to Mongolia and wintering from Iran to China.

• Sunda Grasshopper-warbler Locustella montis

  This small bird lives on Java, Indonesia. A 2015 taxonomic study retained Java's Locustella montis as a species and included the Timor population as a subspecies. This entry describes the Java specimens examined in that study.

• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus

  This lorikeet is marked by yellow, scale-like feathers on its breast. It feeds on nectar and pollen in eastern Australian forests.

• Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica

  A large pigeon of Pacific islands, it has a pale gray to pinkish head and underside and darker gray wings and back. It feeds on fruit.

• Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis

  The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater is widespread on mainland Australia. Adults have distinctive cheek feathers, and a study in inland New South Wales recorded movements associated with flowers and fruit.