Meet the world’s animals.

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• Siamese Pied Myna Gracupica floweri

  

  A starling found mainly in Thailand. It uses open grassland, farmland, and towns, and has distinctive forehead and eye-area features.

• Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus

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

• Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra

  A 2024 taxonomic study places the nominate form from southern Somalia through Kenya to north-eastern Tanzania, and subspecies gallarum in Ethiopia. It cautions that range boundaries remain uncertain and separates the Kidepo form as another species.

• Black Curassow Crax alector

  The Black Curassow is a large bird of northwestern South America that uses humid forest and riverine thickets. Pairs or small groups search for fruit on the ground and retreat into trees when alarmed.

• Bornean Peacock Pheasant Polyplectron schleiermacheri

  The Bornean Peacock Pheasant is a pheasant found only on Borneo. Its iridescent eye-spots on the wings and tail stand out, and males and females have different plumage.

• Olivaceous Elaenia Elaenia mesoleuca

  This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, and northern Uruguay. It closely resembles E. parvirostris, and voice is reported as a useful clue where field separation is difficult.

• Falkland Steamer Duck Tachyeres brachypterus

  The Falkland Steamer Duck is a marine duck endemic to the Falkland Islands, with short wings and a heavy build. It feeds along rocky coasts and may gather in pairs or small groups in sheltered bays.

• Southern Surucua Trogon Trogon surrucura

  This trogon lives in humid forests and wooded river corridors in South America. Males have blue chests and green backs, while females are mostly grey; both sexes take insects and other prey from perches.

• Galapagos Crake Laterallus spilonota

  The Galapagos Crake is a ground-living bird endemic to the islands and now found in the highlands of the major islands. It turns leaf litter for insects and seeds and is a poor flier.

• Gray-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps

  The Gray-headed Dove is a forest dove with a distinctive blue-gray head.

• Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala

  The Little Rush Warbler lives in wetlands with reeds and sedges. The broad taxonomic treatment includes several subspecies, some of which are treated as separate species elsewhere.

• Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus

  The Oak Titmouse is a small bird with a crest that lives in dry oak woods of the western United States. Pairs defend territories year-round.

• Black-backed Bittern Botaurus dubius

  A small Australian heron that hides in reedbeds and rushes, waiting for prey in the water.

• Luzon Boobook Ninox philippensis

  The Luzon Boobook is a small owl of lowland and foothill forests on Luzon. Its yellow eyes and long facial whiskers stand out.

• Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina

  The Blue Bunting lives in thickets and woodland edges in Mexico and northern Central America. Males are blue, while females are warm brown overall.

• Unicolored Jay Aphelocoma unicolor

  This jay inhabits montane forests in northwestern Central America. It uses pine and oak forests and feeds on invertebrates, including insects.

• Hispaniolan Oriole Icterus dominicensis

  This oriole lives on Hispaniola and nearby islands. It occurs mainly in lowlands, including dry forest, mangroves, and plantations, and nests in palms or banana plants.

• Crescent-faced Antpitta Grallaricula lineifrons

  The Crescent-faced Antpitta lives in humid montane forest in Colombia and Ecuador. Few localities are known, and it quietly forages near the forest floor.

• Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja

  The Crimson Sunbird is a small bird that takes nectar, spiders, and insects. Males are red, while females are olive-colored, so the sexes look different.

• Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes

  The Pale-legged Leaf Warbler breeds in East Asia and winters farther south in Southeast Asia. It has olive-brown upperparts and a pale eyebrow.

• Madagascar White-eye Zosterops maderaspatanus

  This small white-eye occurs on Madagascar and nearby islands in the western Indian Ocean. It searches for insects beneath tree crowns and in shrubs, and also takes nectar.

• Crimson-breasted Woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius

  The Crimson-breasted Woodpecker inhabits Himalayan mountain forests. Adult males have red feathers on the crown and nape, while the female's head is black.

• Wreathed hornbill Rhyticeros undulatus

  A tropical forest bird with a ridged structure above its bill.

• Karamoja Apalis Apalis karamojae

  The Karamoja Apalis occurs in northern Uganda's mountains. A 2019 survey in northeastern Uganda recorded its gray-and-white plumage and insects taken from acacia.