Meet the world’s animals.

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• Little Lorikeet Parvipsitta pusilla

  

  A small parrot of eastern Australia. It is green with a black bill and a red patch that extends from the forehead to the throat.

• Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata

  The Myrtle Warbler is a small woodland bird with noticeable yellow and white markings. It moves south in fall and also eats berries in winter.

• Arabian Golden Sparrow Passer euchlorus

  Male Arabian Golden Sparrows are golden, while females are sandy brown. They search for seeds in small flocks and may gather in large groups outside the breeding season.

• Dull-blue Flycatcher Eumyias sordidus

  This blue flycatcher is endemic to Sri Lanka and occurs in the central hills and humid wet-zone. A study in Horton Plains cloud forest found nests in tree holes and road-bank cavities; beetles were the main food recorded for nestlings.

• Weka Gallirallus australis

  This large rail occurs in New Zealand. It uses habitats from forest and scrub to grassland and coasts, and eats invertebrates and fruit found on or near the ground.

• White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti

  This bunting breeds in the mountains of Central Asia and moves toward northwestern India outside the breeding season. It gathers in flocks and searches for food on the ground during that period.

• Orange-breasted Sunbird Anthobaphes violacea

  This sunbird is endemic to South Africa’s fynbos region. It feeds on nectar and small invertebrates, with records suggesting seasonal movement between low and higher elevations.

• Tepui Antpitta Myrmothera simplex

  An antpitta of the tepui region. It is dark brown above and white on the throat and belly; the breast band and flanks vary from cinnamon to gray among subspecies.

• Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow

  An open-ocean petrel with brownish-grey upperparts and white underparts. It breeds in burrows on offshore Bermuda islets.

• White-tailed Warbler Poliolais lopezi

  This cisticolid lives in the forest understory of western equatorial Africa and also uses dense cover at forest edges and clearings.

• Volcano Swiftlet Aerodramus vulcanorum

  The Volcano Swiftlet is a swiftlet of Java's high mountains. It is seen over volcanic craters and the surrounding montane forest.

• Tuamotu Sandpiper Prosobonia parvirostris

  A small sandpiper endemic to the Tuamotu Archipelago. It searches for food among coastal coral rubble, sand, and vegetation.

• Orange Chat Epthianura aurifrons

  This chat lives in dry Australian shrubland and other open, stony places. Males show orange and black facial markings; females are paler.

• Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus

  This grassland bird is endemic to India's Western Ghats. It breeds on grassy or bracken-covered slopes and in wet patches, nesting within grass.

• Orange-crowned Euphonia Euphonia saturata

  In Peru's far north-west, it is rare along the edges of humid and semi-deciduous forest in Tumbes. The male's blue and orange-yellow plumage is distinctive.

• Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius

  Its broad, flattened bill is distinctive. In mangroves and river-edge woodland of Central and South America, it ambushes fish and other prey at dim hours.

• Long-billed Crow Corvus validus

  The Long-billed Crow is black with blue and purple gloss and has an exceptionally long bill.

• Fiery-throated Metaltail Metallura eupogon

  This hummingbird occurs on the eastern slope of the central Peruvian Andes. The male has an iridescent purple throat, and records come from humid mountain forest edges and nearby scrub.

• Carmiol's Tanager Chlorothraupis carmioli

  This bird inhabits humid forest from Honduras and Panama to northwestern Colombia.

• Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis

  The Bare-eyed Pigeon has a gray body, a pale throat and chest, blue bare skin around the eyes, and a red bill. It uses dry scrub, acacia thickets, mangroves, and farmland.

• Temminck's Babbler Pellorneum pyrrogenys

  Temminck’s Babbler is a plain rufous-brown bird that stays low on the forest floor. It searches leaf litter for insects and other small invertebrates and has a loud, far-carrying song.

• Black-bellied Wren Pheugopedius fasciatoventris

  The throat and chest are white, a black band crosses the upper chest, and the belly is black with white bars. In Panama’s moist forests it nests in low vine tangles.

• Hartert's Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus goodsoni

  Hartert's Leaf-warbler breeds in southern China and winters in places including Hong Kong. It searches tree trunks for food.

• Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis

  It launches from high branches to catch insects in the air. Females and first-winter birds have conspicuous chestnut backs and tails.