Meet the world’s animals.

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• White's Thrush Zoothera aurea

  

  A thrush that breeds in mountain woods in Japan; a white band shows beneath its wings in flight.

• Song Wren Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus

  The Song Wren inhabits humid lowland forest from Central America into northwestern South America and searches the leaf litter for food. It may be seen in family groups.

• Mandarin duck Aix galericulata

  A duck of wooded ponds and streams. Males in breeding plumage have ornamental feathers raised like sails above the back.

• Jalca Tapaculo Scytalopus frankeae

  Aves de Peru describes the Jalca Tapaculo as endemic to two separated areas in Peru: Huánuco and Pasco in the north, and Junín farther south. Records include remaining dwarf-forest patches, rocky ground, shrubs and tall grass.

• Yellow-browed Antbird Hypocnemis hypoxantha

  A small bird that searches dense foliage around treefalls and forest edges in Amazonian terra firme forest. The male has striking black, yellow, and white markings.

• White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps

  The White-crowned Lapwing has a white forehead and crown, gray face, brown back, and white underside. It walks along riversides looking for insects and other small invertebrates.

• Ochre-breasted Tanager Chlorothraupis stolzmanni

  A medium-sized tanager with olive back and ochre front; the source shows subspecies photographs from Ecuador and Colombia.

• Burmese Bush Lark Plocealauda microptera

  A lark of open grassland and fallow fields in central Myanmar. It forages in open country and is also recorded perching on trees and wires.

• Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi

  Cabanis's Greenbul is about 16–19 cm long. The account lists primary and secondary forest, gallery forest, riverine scrub, and ravine vegetation among its habitats. It also lists a sound record from Kakamega Forest Reserve in Kenya.

• Lantz's Brush-warbler Nesillas lantzii

  This brush-warbler occurs in southwestern Madagascar from sea level to about 500 m. It has a long graduated tail and searches for insects by day, alone or in pairs.

• Malabar Starling Sturnia blythii

  This starling occurs in India's Western Ghats. It also uses open woodland, farmland with scattered trees, and places near settlements. A 2022 study followed one nest as the parents provisioned their chicks.

• Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii

  This small songbird has a gray-to-green back and a pale ring around each eye. It breeds in North America and winters along western Mexico and the Pacific side of Central America.

• Bald Parrot Pyrilia aurantiocephala

  This parrot occurs in Brazil. Its 2002 original description used the genus name Pionopsitta aurantiocephala; the current candidate name in this dataset is Pyrilia aurantiocephala.

• Hooded Visorbearer Augastes lumachella

  This small hummingbird lives on the highlands of Bahia in eastern Brazil. It feeds in open rocky scrub and is described as sedentary.

• Buff-necked Woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki

  The Buff-necked Woodpecker is a forest-dwelling woodpecker. The male has a buff patch on each side of the neck and a red cheek stripe; the female lacks the red stripe.

• Green Oropendola Psarocolius viridis

  The Green Oropendola is uniformly dusky green, with a thick yellow-and-red bill and blue eyes. Males are larger than females, and the species uses forest canopy in Peru.

• Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis

  Jerdon's Nightjar is a nocturnal bird of southern India and Sri Lanka that catches insects in flight.

• Lark-like Brushrunner Coryphistera alaudina

  The Lark-like Brushrunner occurs in the Chaco, Espinal, and Monte regions of southern South America. A field study observed flock members helping to build nests and feed young.

• Red-throated Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula

  The Red-throated Crag-Martin is a small swallow found widely in western and eastern Africa. It is dull brown, uses rocky and arid habitats, and attaches mud nests to cliffs or buildings.

• Taiwan Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola sonorivox

  This pheasant is endemic to Taiwan and uses hill and mountain woodland, bamboo, and scrub. It is a ground-dwelling bird.

• Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii

  Hartlaub's Gull is a small coastal gull of southern Africa. Its head and bill colors change as it matures.

• Least Boobook Ninox sumbaensis

  This small owl was described from Sumba, Indonesia. The original study recorded it in places where forest remained.

• Blue-capped Kingfisher Actenoides hombroni

  This kingfisher lives in the forests of Mindanao. Males are marked by a blue cap and red bill, while females have green upperparts.

• White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis

  This migratory sparrow has both white-striped and tan-striped head patterns.