Meet the world’s animals.

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• Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis

  

  This wagtail occurs around water and in open places across Africa. It walks on the ground to find small prey and often bobs its tail.

• Philippine Falconet Microhierax erythrogenys

  The Philippine Falconet is a small raptor of the Philippine forests. It perches on exposed branches in foothill forest, where it can watch its surroundings.

• Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius

  The Orange Weaver has an orange throat and bright yellow plumage in the male, while the female is duller greenish-yellow. It nests colonially around wetlands.

• Red-and-green macaw Ara chloropterus

  A large parrot found mainly in South America, combining a red body with green and blue wing feathers.

• Green-and-gold Tanager Tangara schrankii

  The Green-and-gold Tanager is a small bird of western Amazonian forest. Its bright colors are shared by both sexes. A National Aquarium account says it forages in the canopy and descends to lower places to nest.

• Nicobar Parakeet Psittacula caniceps

  The pale grey head and dark facial bands are distinctive. This parakeet lives in coastal forest on a small group of Nicobar Islands.

• White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus

  Males are black and white, while females are olive green. During breeding, males gather to display to females.

• Hyacinth Visorbearer Augastes scutatus

  This hummingbird lives in rocky and shrubby habitats of the Serra do Espinhaço. Males have green and blue plumage with a white breast band; females are mottled grayish.

• Sombre Kingfisher Todiramphus funebris

  This large kingfisher lives on Halmahera. Its dark back and white facial stripe stand out, and it catches small animals in forests and mangroves.

• Russet-naped Wren Campylorhynchus humilis

  The Russet-naped Wren inhabits dry lowlands on Mexico's Pacific slope. It uses scrub and open woodland, where it feeds on invertebrates near the ground.

• Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor

  A starling native to the Iberian Peninsula and western Mediterranean. Adults have glossy dark plumage, and bill color and pale feather tips change with season.

• Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles

  This open-country plover is notable for its yellow facial wattles and a spur on each wing.

• Woodlark Lullula arborea

  The Woodlark is a lark of wooded heath, with an eyebrow stripe that meets behind the head. In Britain it may form small flocks in winter.

• Chestnut-winged Chachalaca Ortalis garrula

  The Chestnut-winged Chachalaca occurs in lowlands of northwestern Colombia. Its chestnut wings and long tail stand out, and it is common in scrub and riparian woodland.

• Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa

  A round bird with a black band around its white throat and dark markings on its flanks. It feeds on seeds and other small foods in farmland and open scrub.

• Fulvous-breasted Flatbill Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus

  It forages in the mid-story of humid montane forest on the eastern Andean slopes and sometimes joins mixed-species flocks. It has olive upperparts, a tawny breast and a broad, flat bill.

• Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii

  The Cape Shoveler is a duck of shallow wetlands in southern Africa. Males and females differ in plumage and in the color of their eyes and legs.

• Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata

  The Red-legged Crake is a rail of wet forests and wetlands. In Singapore it has been recorded in a limited part of the country.

• Oberholser's Fruit Dove Ptilinopus gularis

  Oberholser's Fruit Dove is a dove of Sulawesi. A survey in Gorontalo found it associated with forest compared with coconut farms.

• Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris

  A large brown warbler marked with black streaks, it shows a long trailing tail and flushes from fields, scrubby edges, and dense thickets.

• Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi

  The Juniper Titmouse is a gray bird of dry pinyon-juniper woodland, with a crest and a prominent dark eye.

• Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus

  Von Schrenck’s Bittern is a small heron of reed beds, broad marshes, and rice fields. Males and females have different plumage.

• 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.

• Glaucous-blue Grosbeak Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea

  The Glaucous-blue Grosbeak lives in wetlands and nearby scrub in southern South America. Males are pale blue, while females are reddish brown.