Meet the world’s animals.

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• Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

  

  The Red-eyed Vireo is a woodland songbird that searches leaves in the canopy for caterpillars and also eats fruit in its South American wintering areas.

• Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra

  The Orange-winged Pytilia is a waxbill with conspicuous orange-yellow wings. It feeds on grass seeds and insects on the ground; the female’s wing color is duller than the male’s.

• Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus

  A forest-dwelling heron that breeds in India from May to August.

• Dusky-throated Hermit Phaethornis squalidus

  This small hermit hummingbird is endemic to southeastern Brazil, where it inhabits Atlantic Forest. It visits low flowers for nectar and also takes small insects on short flights.

• White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis

  The White-winged Snowfinch lives in cold mountain habitats and moves to lower elevations seasonally.

• Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus

  A leaf warbler with a pale crown stripe that favors the upper parts of forests.

• Madagascar Lark Eremopterix hova

  This lark lives in open parts of Madagascar. Its pale-brown body has dark streaks, and it searches for seeds and small insects on the ground.

• Turquoise Parakeet Neophema pulchella

  A parakeet of southeastern Australia. Males show a turquoise-blue face and red shoulder patch, and the birds forage near the ground for grass seeds.

• Dotted Tanager Ixothraupis varia

  This small tanager occurs from southern Venezuela through the Guianas to northern Amazonian Brazil. It is found in the canopy and at edges of humid forest.

• Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica

  The Lesser Striped Swallow has a rufous head and rump, dark blue back, and streaked white underparts. It catches insects in flight and builds a mud nest.

• Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus

  The Golden Pipit walks through dry grassland looking for insects. Adult males show yellow below and in the wings, while females are mainly brown.

• Buff-collared Nightjar Antrostomus ridgwayi

  The Buff-collared Nightjar is a nocturnal bird marked by a cinnamon-colored neck collar. It uses its huge mouth to catch flying insects in the dark.

• Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres

  A large vulture with a pale body and bare bluish-grey head and neck. It feeds on carrion in southern Africa and nests on cliffs.

• Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus

  A large bird with a black body, slim crest, pale bill, and long yellow tail.

• Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

  The Mediterranean Gull is also recorded around the UK’s coasts and waters. Adults in breeding plumage stand out by their black heads and red bills.

• Golden-crowned Manakin Lepidothrix vilasboasi

  This small manakin occurs in south-western Pará, Brazil, between the Tapajós and Jamanxim rivers. Males have a golden crown on green-and-yellow plumage; females have a green head and rump.

• Crested Ant Tanager Habia cristata

  This ant-tanager has a long, vivid red crest. A 1966 paper based on field observations in 1962 describes its life in stream ravines of Colombia's Western Andes.

• Black-throated Babbler Stachyris nigricollis

  The Black-throated Babbler lives in lowland evergreen and swamp forest. It searches dense vegetation for small invertebrates.

• Rhinoceros hornbill Buceros rhinoceros

  A black-and-white bird with a horn-like structure above its bill.

• Ochre-fronted Antpitta Grallaricula ochraceifrons

  The Ochre-fronted Antpitta is a small bird endemic to Peru. Males have an ochre forehead and face, and the species lives in humid montane forest on the eastern Andes.

• Barred Owl Strix varia

  A forest owl of North America, with brown-and-white barred plumage. Its calls may reveal it at night.

• Brown Prinia Prinia polychroa

  The Brown Prinia uses dry grassland and scrubby growth at forest edges. It searches for insects and larvae close to the ground.

• Vinous-breasted Myna Acridotheres leucocephalus

  This bird is native to Southeast Asia. Birds that escaped or were released from captivity have been recorded in towns and parks in central Israel.

• Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata

  A brightly colored turkey with blue-green iridescent feathers and eye-like spots on its tail. It lives in forests around the Yucatan Peninsula.