Meet the world’s animals.

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• Spotted Thrush-Babbler Illadopsis turdina

  

  A babbler of damp African woodland and streamside thickets, foraging close to the ground. Its white breast is spotted rufous.

• Western Fieldwren Calamanthus montanellus

  Western Fieldwren is recorded from the Stirling Range in Western Australia. Milligan's original account describes it running through stony ground and singing from the ground or low bushes.

• Bornean Bulbul Rubigula montis

  The Bornean Bulbul inhabits hill and foothill forest on Borneo. It has an olive-yellow back, bright yellow throat and underparts, and a black head with an upright crest. It also occurs in degraded or regenerating forest and often perches in open areas.

• Loja Tapaculo Scytalopus androstictus

  The Loja Tapaculo occurs in the Andes of southern Ecuador and northern Peru, in scrub near the tree line. A 2010 paper described this population under the subspecies name Scytalopus opacus androstictus.

• Laggar Falcon Falco jugger

  A falcon of open, dry country in South Asia. It catches small birds and other prey in flight and sometimes hunts cooperatively with its mate.

• Rufous-tailed Plantcutter Phytotoma rara

  This plant-eating bird lives in southern South America. It eats leaves and fruit and also occurs in gardens and orchards. Records from southern Chile include spring and summer observations.

• Canary-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus

  The Canary-winged Parakeet has a pale green body and a white wing band that is conspicuous in flight. It is native to South America and has become feral in parts of North America.

• Large-footed Finch Pezopetes capitalis

  The Large-footed Finch inhabits mountain forest and páramo in the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. Its large, powerful feet stand out, and it forages on or near the ground.

• Andaman Coucal Centropus andamanensis

  Its head and underside are gray-brown, while the back, wings, and tail show reddish-violet to bronze tones. It uses forest edges and farmland, and the species account notes it searching for food while walking through mangrove mud.

• Iriomote Tit Sittiparus olivaceus

  The Iriomote Tit occurs on Iriomote and Ishigaki islands in Japan's Yaeyama Islands. The sexes have similar plumage: a black head and throat, chestnut forehead, cheeks and nape, reddish-brown breast and belly, and olive flanks. It lives in evergreen broadleaf forest.

• Apurimac Spinetail Synallaxis courseni

  This spinetail is largely restricted to Peru’s Apurimac Valley, where it forages in dense humid montane undergrowth and second growth; juveniles lack the adult’s rufous crown.

• White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta

  A small wren that forages in the understory of humid forests.

• Yellowish White-eye Zosterops nigrorum

  This white-eye inhabits forests and wooded areas in northern and central Philippines. Its yellowish belly helps identify it, and it feeds on tiny invertebrates and fruit.

• Pirre Warbler Basileuterus ignotus

  The Pirre Warbler is a small warbler recorded in the Pirre mountains of eastern Panama. Museum and current species accounts place it in humid high-elevation forest.

• Salim Ali's Swift Apus salimalii

  This swift breeds on the eastern Tibetan Plateau and in adjacent western Sichuan. Its wintering range remains unknown.

• Scaly-crowned Honeyeater Sugomel lombokius

  This honeyeater occurs on Lombok, Sumbawa, and Flores. Some bird accounts and field studies use the former combination Lichmera lombokia; the current scientific name is Sugomel lombokius.

• Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus

  The Hermit Thrush is a forest bird with a brown back, spotted breast and reddish tail. It searches for insects on the ground and eats more fruit in winter.

• Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus

  A small sunbird of mangroves and riverine forest, with a pale eyebrow and a short, down-curved bill. It gleans insects from foliage and also drinks nectar.

• Sunda Forktail Enicurus velatus

  The Sunda Forktail is a streamside bird with dark gray upperparts and white underparts. A short white forehead stripe and the sexes' different crown colors help identify it.

• Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris

  This flycatcher ranges broadly across South America and uses forest habitat. Three wing bars can help distinguish it from the similar White-crested Elaenia.

• Crestless Curassow Mitu tomentosum

  A large curassow of the northern Amazon. Its mostly black plumage has a blue gloss, and two nests were recorded in white-sand forest in northern Brazil.

• Chestnut-throated Flycatcher Myiagra castaneigularis

  The Chestnut-throated Flycatcher was described from Vanua Levu, Fiji. Its 1876 original account records forest observations, insect feeding, and differences in throat and back color between males and females.

• White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris

  This large weaver lives in dry habitats south of the Sahara and feeds on seeds, fruit, and small invertebrates found on the ground.

• Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris

  A small lapwing that walks over dry savanna and short grass while looking for insects. White on the forehead and belly, plus a white wing patch in flight, helps identify it.