Meet the world’s animals.

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• Peruvian Piedtail Phlogophilus harterti

  

  The Peruvian Piedtail is a hummingbird endemic to Peru. Its account places it in montane forest on the eastern slope of the Andes.

• Black-headed Woodpecker Picus erythropygius

  A woodpecker of Southeast Asian deciduous forests. Males are marked by a black face and a red crown patch.

• 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.

• Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus

  The Eastern Whip-poor-will is a nocturnal bird whose mottled gray-brown plumage blends into the forest floor. It hunts flying insects at dusk and night in open woods.

• White-chinned Thistletail Asthenes fuliginosa

  The White-chinned Thistletail occurs in the Andes. A Bogotá bird guide describes it foraging among foliage and branches, alone or in pairs.

• Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum

  This martin breeds in East Asia and winters mainly in Southeast Asia. It has a white face and underside, an extended white rump and catches small insects in flight.

• Hartlaub's Francolin Pternistis hartlaubi

  This francolin lives on rocky hillsides in Namibia and Angola. Males and females differ in their underpart pattern and the feathers beneath the tail.

• 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.

• Amazonian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium hardyi

  The 14–15 cm Amazonian Pygmy Owl lives in the canopy of primary tropical forest across much of Amazonia. It is partly active by day; one nest in French Guiana was in an old woodpecker hole.

• Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina

  A large kingfisher of New Guinea and nearby islands, it searches the forest floor for prey at night or around dusk and dawn.

• Moustached Brush Finch Atlapetes albofrenatus

  This brush finch is recorded in Colombia’s eastern Andes. A 2014 study compared photographs and vocalizations of the Colombian nominate form, describing its white chin, green mantle and moustachial marking.

• Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens

  The Blue-billed Malimbe has a blue bill and a scarlet patch across the throat and upper breast. In lowland forest undergrowth, it climbs branches while searching for arthropods.

• Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis

  The Yellow Rail is a small rail that hides among wetland grasses. It probes the ground and vegetation for small animals and seeds; males give faint clicking calls on spring nights.

• Black-faced Babbler Turdoides melanops

  Black-faced Babblers are social. In Namibia, records are concentrated near the Kavango River, in thickets and places with high canopy and long grass; birds forage on the ground and through fallen leaves.

• Kikau Foulehaio procerior

  The Kikau, or western wattled honeyeater, lives on islands of Fiji. It uses forests and mangroves and mainly eats flower nectar and insects, often foraging in or just below the canopy. This account follows the current species treatment of Foulehaio procerior.

• Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri

  The Providence Petrel ranges over open water from the southwest Pacific to the North Pacific and Bering Sea. It breeds only on Lord Howe Island and Phillip Island in the Norfolk Island group.

• Gray-spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta

  The Gray-spotted Flycatcher is a small migratory bird with streaks from the breast to the belly. It sallies from an exposed perch to catch flying insects.

• Turkestan Ground Jay Podoces panderi

  A ground jay of sandy deserts dotted with saxaul and shrubs. The Kazakhstan account describes differences in size and color between 2 subspecies.

• Chinese White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus dubius

  This rosefinch occurs in China's highlands. Species data describe shrubland and semi-open habitat at high elevation; a historical adult-male account records a silvery forehead and throat and rosy cheeks.

• Long-billed Wren-Babbler Napothera malacoptila

  The Long-billed Wren-Babbler is a small, streaky brown bird with a long, slightly downcurved bill. It searches for invertebrates near the forest floor.

• Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens

  This small bird occurs in open, moist highland grassland in East Africa and feeds on invertebrates. A Tanzania field note records nonbreeding plumage and uncertainty about the subspecies.

• Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi

  Townsend's Warbler searches for small insects high in conifers, where its yellow and black plumage stands out among the foliage. In winter it also occurs in Mexico, Central America, and along the Pacific coast of the United States.

• Rusty-tinged Antpitta Grallaria przewalskii

  This antpitta is endemic to Peru and searches for food near the ground in montane forest. It has a brown back, with rusty coloring on the sides of the head and neck.

• Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus

  A cuckoo with bright orange facial skin and a chestnut belly, it moves quietly through the canopy to feed on large insects and other prey.