Meet the world’s animals.

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• Cinnamon Ibon Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus

  

  This sparrow-family bird lives in the cloud-forest canopy of Mindanao. Its skull has a feature also found in seed-eating sparrows.

• Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer

  The Bushveld Pipit is a small pipit that forages on the ground in grassland and open woodland. Its plumage is subdued, and records in southern Africa show a patchy distribution.

• Gillett's Lark Calendulauda gilletti

  This lark occurs in eastern Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya. It has brown streaking and a rufous crown and searches for prey on the ground in semi-arid savanna. The source's treatment includes the former Degodi Lark.

• Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher Corythornis madagascariensis

  The Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher is a small kingfisher of Madagascar that searches for prey in forest habitat.

• Red-necked Crake Rallina tricolor

  The Red-necked Crake ranges from eastern Indonesia through New Guinea to northeastern Australia. Adults are chestnut from the head to the breast.

• Great Egret Ardea alba

  A large white heron with a long neck and legs, often moving slowly in deeper water.

• Collared Plover Charadrius collaris

  This plover ranges from Mexico through Central America to central Argentina and central Chile. Adults have a black breast band.

• Marsh Widowbird Euplectes hartlaubi

  This weaver occurs patchily in central and eastern Africa, using swampy grassland and nearby cultivated areas. The male's tail and plumage change with breeding phase.

• Golden-winged Cacique Cacicus chrysopterus

  The Golden-winged Cacique has glossy black plumage with yellow patches on the rump and wings. It searches trees for fruit and insects.

• Bannerman's Shearwater Puffinus bannermani

  Bannerman's Shearwater is endemic to the Ogasawara Islands. Breeding colonies have been confirmed in forests on Minamiiwoto and Higashijima.

• Jungle Babbler Argya striata

  The Jungle Babbler is a social bird of the Indian subcontinent, often found foraging in cultivated areas and gardens.

• Rennell Shrikebill Clytorhynchus hamlini

  The Rennell Shrikebill lives in the Solomon Islands. It is about 19 cm long and searches for small invertebrates in forest understory.

• Red-faced Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus laetus

  This small leaf-warbler inhabits montane forests of the Albertine Rift. It is recorded in high forest and bamboo, and is described as sedentary.

• House Bunting Emberiza sahari

  A bunting of desert towns and their surroundings. A study in central Algeria also recorded pairs nesting in buildings.

• Black-faced Coucal Centropus melanops

  The Black-faced Coucal is a cuckoo family bird of Philippine forests and forest edges. By day, it searches near the ground for small invertebrates.

• 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.

• Nacunda Nighthawk Chordeiles nacunda

  The Nacunda Nighthawk lives in open habitats in northern and eastern South America, catching insects in flight around dusk.

• Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia

  The Grasshopper Warbler is a rather inconspicuous brown warbler. It visits Britain and Ireland in summer and spends winter in north-west Africa.

• Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense

  Adults have glossy blue-black upperparts, a white rump and underparts, and a black throat and undertail. The species uses Himalayan valleys, cliffs, and settlements.

• Rufous-collared Robin Turdus rufitorques

  The Rufous-collared Robin is a large thrush of Central American highlands, including forest edges near farmland and villages.

• Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis

  The Yellow-vented Eremomela ranges from southern Ethiopia into parts of eastern Africa. It has gray-brown upperparts, pale gray sides to the head and whitish underparts, and searches for small insects in bushy savanna and semi-desert scrub.

• Australian Fairy Tern Sternula nereis

  A small tern that nests on sandy beaches and dives into shallow water to catch fish.

• Cryptic Forest Falcon Micrastur mintoni

  This forest falcon has a gray back, finely barred white chest, and orange-red bare parts around the face and legs.

• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis

  A long-legged waterbird with a pink bill that feeds on plants near shallow water and fields.