Meet the world’s animals.

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• Spectacled Barwing Actinodura ramsayi

  

  This barwing lives in mountain regions from Southeast Asia to southern China. It has a bold white eye-ring and barred wings and tail; the crown and mantle colors differ among described subspecies.

• Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus

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

• Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis

  The Black-winged Petrel breeds on islands in the southwest Pacific and moves north and east across the Pacific outside the breeding period.

• White-bellied Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis pallidipes

  The White-bellied Blue-Flycatcher lives in forest undergrowth in the Western Ghats. Males are blue and white; females show brown, grey, rufous, and white.

• 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.

• Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina striata

  This cuckooshrike lives in the humid forests and mangroves of parts of Southeast Asia. Males are grey, while females show bars on the underparts.

• Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius

  This starling lives in dry savanna from Ethiopia to northeastern Tanzania. Adults have blue-green upperparts and golden underparts; females have shorter tails than males.

• Short-clawed Lark Certhilauda chuana

  This ground-dwelling lark occupies semi-arid savanna in Botswana and South Africa. It feeds on insects and seeds on the ground in open areas with low bushes.

• White-breasted Tapaculo Eleoscytalopus indigoticus

  The White-breasted Tapaculo searches leaf litter for insects in the dark understory of humid Atlantic Forest. Males are dark blue-gray above, brown from the back to the tail, and whitish from throat to belly; females have grayer underparts.

• Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea

  The Taiwan Blue Magpie is a corvid of Taiwan's forests and mountains, notable for its long blue tail and red bill.

• Rock Firefinch Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis

  This small finch uses rocky grassland and scrub. It follows streams in the rainy season and uses places where water remains in the dry season.

• Bradfield’s Swift Apus bradfieldi

  Bradfield’s Swift occurs from southwestern Angola through Namibia to northern South Africa. It flies in flocks over arid country and catches flying insects.

• Pied Honeyeater Certhionyx variegatus

  This Australian honeyeater moves in search of flowering shrubs in dry country. Males are black and white; females are grey-brown and white.

• Red-faced Guan Penelope dabbenei

  The Red-faced Guan is a large bird of mountain forests in southern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. It has red bare facial skin and a red throat wattle.

• Mishmi Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis

  This understory bird is recorded in the Mishmi Hills of Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. Records include Lohit, Roing, and Hunli, with a 2016 report farther north near Anini.

• Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis

  An early twentieth-century African bird account records Cardinal Queleas breeding in eastern African grass and scrub. It describes the adult male's throat as bright scarlet and the rear crown as mottled with black.

• Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis

  This nocturnal bird has a rusty band across the throat and chest. It catches flying insects at dusk and during the night.

• Pemba Sunbird Cinnyris pembae

  This sunbird is restricted to Pemba Island off Tanzania. Males are green and violet; females have gray-brown upperparts and pale underparts.

• Tui Parakeet Brotogeris sanctithomae

  The Tui Parakeet is a green parrot with a yellow patch on its forehead. It occurs in several parts of South America and uses wooded habitats near water.

• Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius

  This colorful parrot has a red head, white cheeks, and blue shoulders. It feeds on the ground in open woodland and grassland in southeastern Australia, eating seeds and fruits among other foods.

• Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea

  The Speckled Pigeon is an African pigeon with rows of white spots on its closed wings. It lives in savannas, open woodlands and gardens, and mainly eats seeds and grain.

• Riverside Wren Cantorchilus semibadius

  The Riverside Wren is recorded in the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica. It has rufous-chestnut upperparts and fine barring across its pale underside.

• Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus

  This swift-flying martin catches insects in the air. It is recorded as a migrant in Singapore.

• Band-bellied Owl Pulsatrix melanota

  The Band-bellied Owl has a dark brown back and a pale belly crossed by heavy brown bars. It lives on the eastern Andean slope and is active at night.