Meet the world’s animals.

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• Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri

  

  This small seabird breeds on islands near the southern tip of South America and in the southern Indian Ocean. Some reach New Zealand waters in winter.

• Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

  Male Yellow-headed Blackbirds stand out with a yellow head, black body, and white wing patch. They breed in wetlands and gather in large flocks on farmland in winter.

• Orange River White-eye Zosterops pallidus

  The Orange River White-eye is a white-eye of arid southern Africa. It moves through foliage in flocks and feeds on insects and fruit.

• Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla

  A pale sand-colored sparrow-like bird of sparsely vegetated hills and rocky valleys; it also eats insects during breeding.

• 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.

• Mindoro Hornbill Penelopides mindorensis

  A small hornbill found only on Mindoro in the Philippines, it has pink facial skin in males and blue facial skin in females. It feeds on lowland-forest fruit, especially figs.

• Olivaceous Flycatcher Muscicapa olivascens

  This small flycatcher lives in humid forests of West and Central Africa. It launches from a perch to catch insects in the air.

• Hellmayr’s Pipit Anthus hellmayri

  Dark streaks on its ochre back mark this pipit. It uses grassy places near water and Patagonian grassland, moving close to the ground.

• Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata

  A large kingfisher with a black cap, blue back, and red bill. In Hong Kong it is mainly seen at coastal wetlands during passage and winter.

• Highland Guan Penelopina nigra

  The Highland Guan lives in Central American mountain forests. Males are black with a red throat wattle and move through the trees while searching for fruit.

• Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens

  The Rufous-winged Illadopsis searches the ground and low growth of West African evergreen forest. Its rufous-brown head and back contrast with pale underparts.

• Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger

  The Southern Black Tit lives in dry open woodland and scrub in southern Africa. It searches among branches and leaves for small invertebrates.

• Grey Thornbill Acanthiza cinerea

  A small thornbill with grey upperparts and a white underside, active in the canopy of montane forest.

• Black-and-yellow Tanager Chrysothlypis chrysomelas

  Males have yellow heads and underparts with black backs and wings. Females are olive above and yellow below; both use the canopy of wet forests to search for fruit and arthropods.

• Plum-throated Cotinga Cotinga maynana

  This cotinga is recorded as a resident in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. BirdLife lists swamp forest as a major habitat and moist lowland forest as another suitable habitat.

• Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans

  The Caspian Gull is a gull with a white head, long pale bill and long wings. In Britain, some arrive in late summer or autumn and spend the winter.

• Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

  A small bird that moves through woodland in flocks; males show orange and females yellow.

• Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps

  The Dark-fronted Babbler often stays hidden near the ground, and its dark head pattern varies among subspecies.

• Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis

  Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo is a small cuckoo with a bronze-green sheen and a white eyebrow. It eats insects and lays its egg in another bird's nest.

• Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans

  The Laughing Falcon has a pale head with a black mask around the eyes. It feeds mainly on snakes, and pairs may exchange laughter-like calls at dawn and dusk.

• Sooty Woodpecker Mulleripicus funebris

  The Northern Sooty Woodpecker is a large woodpecker of the northern Philippines. In the northern taxon, males have broader burgundy facial markings and smaller white spots on the neck than the related southern form.

• Bismarck Monarch Symposiachrus verticalis

  This monarch is found in Papua New Guinea's Bismarck Archipelago. It uses lowland and hilly forest and bamboo, foraging in the lower and middle levels of trees.

• Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus

  Gartered Trogons use forest edges, lighter woodland, and clearings with large trees in lowlands and foothills. Males are green and violet-blue, while females are mostly grey above and on the throat and chest; both have orange-yellow lower underparts. They eat insects and fruit.

• Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata

  This lark has a long, slender, downcurved bill and a short tail with a white tip. It forages mostly on the ground in southern African grassland and scrub.