Meet the world’s animals.

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• Great Myna Acridotheres grandis

  

  The Great Myna is a dark myna with a prominent crest, yellow bill, and white vent. It forages in open places such as grasslands, fields, and parks, often with other mynas and starlings.

• Fiery Minivet Pericrocotus igneus

  This long-tailed cuckooshrike lives in forests of the Malay Peninsula and Borneo. Males show connected red-orange wing patches, while females have a red-orange rump.

• Green Heron Butorides virescens

  This small heron waits motionless for fish in shallow water. It sometimes drops twigs or insects onto the water to lure fish.

• Perija Brush Finch Arremon perijanus

  This finch occurs in the forests of the Serranía de Perijá. A survey recorded solitary birds or pairs searching low secondary-forest undergrowth and forest edges.

• 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.

• Plain-tailed Warbling Finch Microspingus alticola

  This small bird is restricted to a limited part of the northern Peruvian Andes. It searches for food in Polylepis woodland and nearby scrub.

• Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni

  A seabird that breeds in the Kaikōura mountains of New Zealand's South Island. It feeds at sea and moves to Australia in winter.

• Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus

  The Golden Bush-Robin is a small bird of the montane forest understory. The male has a golden brow, yellow underparts, and black face; the female is less contrasting but still yellowish.

• Black-backed Grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris

  The Black-backed Grosbeak has a black head and a black-and-white back. It occurs around Andean montane forest edges and valleys, preferring wetter habitats than a close relative.

• Long-billed Cuckoo Chalcites megarhynchus

  The Long-billed Cuckoo lives in lowland forest and has a long bill with a drooping tip. Adult males have a black head, while females show fine reddish-brown barring.

• Andean Swift Aeronautes andecolus

  In Peru, the Andean Swift flies over dry Andean slopes and valleys. It has gray-brown upperparts and white neck and rump bands; underpart coloration differs on the eastern slope.

• Black-headed Jay Garrulus lanceolatus

  A jay with blue wings and a gray head, it searches for a varied diet in trees and on the ground.

• Madagascar Scops Owl Otus rutilus

  The Madagascar Scops Owl is a small owl with reddish and gray plumage forms. It hunts small prey at night and rests on branches by day.

• Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus

  The Semipalmated Plover is a small shorebird with a dark band across the chest. It migrates from North American breeding grounds toward South America.

• Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus

  The yellow-cheeked tit is a small tit with yellow cheeks and a black crest. In Hong Kong, a population thought to derive from ex-captive birds has become established in mature woodland.

• White-bibbed Babbler Stachyris thoracica

  This babbler lives in the forest understory of Java. A white patch from throat to breast is distinctive, and it searches for insects in shaded thickets.

• Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis

  Male and female Long-tailed Manakins have very different plumage. During courtship, two males dance together, and the birds mainly eat fruit.

• Paperbark Flycatcher Myiagra nana

  This flycatcher lives in northern Australia. Adult males have a blue sheen on dark upperparts, while females often show an orange-buff breast.

• Madagascar Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus newtoni

  The Madagascar Swamp Warbler feeds on insects while moving among wetland plants. It is widespread on Madagascar, absent from the far north, and less common in the dry south.

• White-cheeked Cotinga Zaratornis stresemanni

  The White-cheeked Cotinga has a black cap, white cheeks, dark spots and streaks, and a rusty central belly. It occurs on Peru's western Andean slope and forages in Polylepis woodland.

• Hawaiian Coot Fulica alai

  The Hawaiian Coot is a waterbird with a dark gray body and a white frontal shield and bill. It is found around ponds and wetlands in Hawai‘i Island's Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park.

• Violet-capped Hummingbird Goldmania violiceps

  The Violet-capped Hummingbird occurs in tropical forest from eastern Panama to northwestern Colombia. The male has a violet crown and forked chestnut tail, and visits flowers low in the forest.

• Hairy-crested Antbird Rhegmatorhina melanosticta

  This antbird lives in the understory of Amazonian terra firme forest. The bare eye-ring and crest color vary among regions.

• Javan Woodcock Scolopax saturata

  The Javan Woodcock inhabits damp montane forests of Java and Sumatra. It probes the forest floor with its long bill, and observations on Java recorded display behaviour at dawn and dusk.