Meet the world’s animals.
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- Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii
Photo: Matt Felperin · (c) Matt Felperin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0 This small bird has gray-and-yellow plumage. It breeds in young jack-pine forests and winters in scrubby parts of the Bahamas.
- Knysna Woodpecker Campethera notata
This woodpecker is endemic to coastal South Africa. Its green back and wings have yellow marks, while the whitish underside has large black spots. It searches for ants in forest and dense scrub.
- Golden-rumped Euphonia Euphonia cyanocephala
The male has a blue head and back with a golden rump. The Peru species account associates the bird with semi-deciduous and humid montane forest, including places with mistletoes.
- Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima
This bulbul lives in forests of east-central Africa. Its yellow-green back and yellow throat and belly stand out, and it often eats fruit and seeds.
- Red-throated Piping Guan Pipile cujubi
The Red-throated Piping Guan is a large, 68–70 cm guan of Amazonian forests. It lives in the canopy and may gather in fruiting trees.
- Yellow-throated Bush-sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
The Yellow-throated Bush-sparrow lives in open woodland and savanna in eastern and southern Africa, where it may be seen in loose groups.
- Asian Blue Quail Synoicus chinensis
This small quail shows a strong color contrast: males are blue-gray and chestnut, while females are brown. It walks through grass and scrub to find seeds and small insects on the ground.
- Tarictic Hornbill Penelopides panini
On Panay and Negros, this small hornbill stands out by the blue bare skin around the eye and its pale tail with a black tip.
- Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis
The Black-breasted Weaver lives in freshwater wetlands with grass and reedbeds. It is active on the ground by day and feeds mainly on seeds.
- Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota
This small bird occurs in Indonesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia, using riverine forest, mangroves, and thickets. It has a grayish head and eats insects and spiders.
- Taiwan Hwamei Garrulax taewanus
This medium-sized laughingthrush is found in Taiwan. The museum account describes it in thickets and broadleaf woodland, where it takes insects, seeds, and fruit.
- Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus
The Pale-vented Thrush is mostly brown, with a pale vent as a field mark. It may eat fruit in forests and at their edges, and gives a flute-like song from the canopy.
- Black Caracara Daptrius ater
Adults are almost entirely black, with a white rump, bright bare facial skin, and bright legs. They use forest edges and rivers and travel in pairs or groups, sometimes near human activity.
- Yungas Dove Leptotila megalura
The Yungas Dove is a dove of the Andean regions of Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. It is usually seen alone or in small, loose groups.
- Pinsker's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus pinskeri
A forest eagle endemic to the Philippines, it is currently recognized as Nisaetus pinskeri. Adults of the southern population have a pale crown and bold black-and-white markings on the breast and legs.
- White-crested Tyrannulet Serpophaga subcristata
This tyrannulet has yellow-bellied and whitish-bellied forms. Both use scrub and open woodland, avoiding closed forest. It ranges from Bolivia south to Argentina.
- Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
The Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher is a small kingfisher found from India to Southeast Asia. Northern populations move south for winter.
- Melodious Lark Mirafra cheniana
This lark occurs in open grassland in South Africa. A study comparing it with a close relative describes color differences that are clearest in fresh plumage.
- Black-browed Babbler Malacocincla perspicillata
This babbler was rediscovered in limestone hill forest in South Kalimantan. Observations there found it moving near the ground and eating insects and other small invertebrates. Information on its range and life remains limited.
- White-bellied Yuhina Erpornis zantholeuca
A small forest bird that often joins mixed-species flocks. eBird currently displays it as White-bellied Erpornis, while the pool name is retained here.
- Puna Tapaculo Scytalopus simonsi
This tapaculo occurs on the eastern Andean slope from Peru to Bolivia. Its grey plumage can include rufous flanks and rump, and it forages near the ground in humid highland forest and scrub.
- Green-faced Parrot-Finch Erythrura viridifacies
This small finch is about 12 cm long. It often eats bamboo seeds and may gather where bamboo is seeding.
- Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni
This starling lives in East African montane forest. Males have a blue-black sheen, while females are greyer. It eats fruit.
- Samoan Triller Lalage sharpei
This small bird occurs in the highlands of Upolu and Savai'i in Samoa. The sexes are similar and it feeds on fruit and invertebrates. The Savai'i form, tenebrosa, is darker.