Meet the world’s animals.

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• Reddish Scops Owl Otus rufescens

  

  The Reddish Scops Owl is a small owl of forests in Southeast Asia, including the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. It is nocturnal and feeds mainly on insects.

• Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius

  This small plover searches along water for prey. It breeds in the UK in summer and has a yellow ring around the eye.

• Black-and-gold Cotinga Lipaugus ater

  The Black-and-gold Cotinga lives in mountain forests of southeastern Brazil and feeds in the canopy. Males are black with yellow patches on the wings.

• Green-backed Whistler Pachycephala albiventris

  This whistler inhabits forests on Luzon and Mindoro in the northern Philippines. The entry follows the pool’s Pachycephala albiventris; the source notes that some taxonomies group it with related whistlers.

• Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii

  The Forest Elaenia is widespread in the Amazon region. It forages in the canopy and sub-canopy of humid forest and sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.

• Black-bibbed Tit Poecile hypermelaenus

  This tit ranges from central and eastern China through southeastern Tibet to western Myanmar. It searches for insects in open woodland and forest edges.

• Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii

  This small pipit has grey-brown upperparts and a clearly streaked breast. The species is endemic to Macaronesia—Canary Islands, Madeira and the Selvagens—and may make short local movements during dry periods.

• Chestnut-bellied Guan Penelope ochrogaster

  This large guan is about 67–75 cm long and feeds on fruit in Brazilian forests. A field paper describes three separated populations that remain in different parts of central Brazil.

• Black-collared Bulbul Neolestes torquatus

  The Black-collared Bulbul has a dark band that forms a collar and lives in pairs in tall grassland with scattered trees.

• Band-tailed Gull Larus belcheri

  The Band-tailed Gull is a large gull of the Pacific coast of South America, marked by a black tail band and a red-and-black bill tip.

• Sao Tome Weaver Ploceus sanctithomae

  This weaver is endemic to São Tomé Island. The sexes differ in plumage, and pairs or flocks forage in trees by searching leaves, holes, and epiphytes.

• Blackish Nightjar Nyctipolus nigrescens

  The Blackish Nightjar inhabits lowlands and foothills of northern South America. Its finely patterned brown and gray plumage blends with rocky ground near forest edges.

• Black-breasted Munia Lonchura teerinki

  This finch of New Guinea feeds on seeds. Adult males stand out with a black face and breast, a reddish-brown back, and a yellow rump.

• American robin Turdus migratorius

  A North American thrush found in parks, lawns and forests. It searches the ground for earthworms and often eats fruit in autumn and winter.

• Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus

  This bird lives in humid forests from Central America into northern South America. It has a green back, white eyebrow, and pale throat edged in black, and feeds on fruit and insects in the lower vegetation.

• Pied Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites crassirostris

  This cuckoo occurs on the Tayandu and Kai islands and the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia. The current Clements checklist treats it as a distinct species split from Little Bronze-Cuckoo.

• Blyth's Kingfisher Alcedo hercules

  It is a kingfisher with a blue back, orange underparts, red eyes, and coral-colored legs. The Bangladesh account describes it fishing near streams.

• Orange-backed Woodpecker Reinwardtipicus validus

  Males have a red crest and underparts with an orange back; females have a dark crown. It searches tree trunks for insects in forests.

• Diamantina Tapaculo Scytalopus diamantinensis

  This small tapaculo is restricted to mountains in northeastern Brazil. Males and females differ in the tone of their upperparts, and the species lives in dense forest-floor vegetation.

• Upland Antshrike Thamnophilus aroyae

  This antshrike ranges along the eastern Andes from southeastern Peru to central Bolivia. It lives at montane-forest edges and in tall secondary growth.

• Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii

  Tristram's Starling is a starling whose orange wing panels stand out in flight. It uses rocky ravines and wadis, feeding on fruit and small animals.

• Narcondam Hornbill Rhyticeros narcondami

  This hornbill occurs only in the forests of Narcondam Island. Males and females differ in head color, and fruit is its main food.

• Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus

  This entry focuses on the Eurasian Bewick’s Swan, the form that migrates to Japan. It is white, with a prominent yellow patch at the base of the bill.

• Pale-throated Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis kinneari

  The Pale-throated Wren-Babbler is a small bird recorded in mountain forests of northern Vietnam and southern China. At about 11–12 cm, its dark scale-like markings help identify it.