Meet the world’s animals.

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• Tamarugo Conebill Conirostrum tamarugense

  

  The Tamarugo Conebill occurs in tamarugo woodland and other habitats in northern Chile; records also show movement into southern Peru. The male has a reddish-brown eyebrow and throat, while these colors are paler in the female.

• Bare-necked Fruitcrow Gymnoderus foetidus

  This large cotinga lives in humid lowland forests of northern South America, including the Amazon Basin. Males have silvery-gray wings and bare blue skin below the face and on the neck.

• Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri

  The Black-billed Gull is a slender gull found only in New Zealand. It breeds on gravelly riverbeds and uses rivers or coasts at different times of year.

• Yap Cicadabird Coracina nesiotis

  The Yap Cicadabird is recorded from Yap in Micronesia. A short 1976 survey saw a few birds in a forested valley and at a forest edge.

• Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis

  A small, vocal babbler of lowland forests in Southeast Asia, it forages in small groups from near the ground to the canopy.

• Giant Coua Coua gigas

  This large ground-dwelling bird lives in forests of western and southern Madagascar. The bare blue skin around its eyes is conspicuous, and it forages on the forest floor.

• Lined Forest Falcon Micrastur gilvicollis

  The Lined Forest Falcon is a forest-dwelling falcon of humid tropical woods. Adults have gray heads and backs, pale barred underparts, and conspicuously pale eyes.

• European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis

  A woodpecker found in lowland Britain. It has a green body and red crown, and searches the ground for ants.

• Rennell Shrikebill Clytorhynchus hamlini

  The Rennell Shrikebill lives in the Solomon Islands. It is about 19 cm long and searches for small invertebrates in forest understory.

• Friedmann's Lark Mirafra pulpa

  This poorly known lark occurs in East African savannas. A 2020 review found that known records cluster around the Chyulu and Nyambeni foothills in Kenya.

• Montane Widowbird Euplectes psammacromius

  Males have yellow wing patches that can act as signals in territorial contests. In a field experiment in southern Tanzania, males whose patches were blackened more often lost territories or contests.

• Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum

  This small owl has fine barring across its body. It is active around dawn and dusk and occurs in forests of lowlands and foothills.

• Junin Tapaculo Scytalopus gettyae

  This tapaculo lives in humid mountain forest and nearby scrub in Peru's Junín region. It forages near the ground and is often easier to identify by voice than by sight.

• Taita Thrush Turdus helleri

  A thrush of the Taita Hills cloud forests, it is notable for its bright red bill and is recorded feeding on the forest floor.

• Yellow-winged Vireo Vireo carmioli

  The Yellow-winged Vireo has yellow bars on its black wings. In mountain forest of Costa Rica and western Panama, it feeds on insects, spiders, and berries.

• Grey-bellied Antbird Ammonastes pelzelni

  This antbird is documented at Mitú, Colombia. The male has a black chest; the female lacks it. A field report found two birds in the understory of white-sand forest there.

• Seychelles Bulbul Hypsipetes crassirostris

  This bulbul is endemic to the Seychelles. It lives in forests and secondary growth, and young birds differ from adults in bill and leg color.

• Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys

  This Andean bird lives in humid montane forest and is often high in the canopy. Males stand out for a dark blue crown and green forehead and upper breast.

• Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Psittacara wagleri

  The Scarlet-fronted Parakeet has a green body, red forehead, and long tail. It eats fruit and seeds and is native to Colombia and Venezuela.

• Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus

  Ridgway's Rail is a gray and rusty rail of western North America. It probes muddy ground for invertebrates. Cornell's account lists California, Arizona, Nevada, and the western coast of Mexico; before 2014 it was grouped with Clapper Rail and related forms as one species.

• Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon

  The Northern House Wren is a small brown bird found even around homes and parks in North America. It searches for insects in low branches and shrubs and often gives a lively, bubbling song.

• Little Raven Corvus mellori

  The Little Raven is a black raven with a blue-green to blue-purple sheen and white eyes. It occurs in southeastern Australia and uses places with abundant food, including farms and pastures.

• Northern Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva

  Setophaga aestiva is the migratory northern form of the Yellow Warbler. It breeds in North America and moves to Central and South America for winter; the resident mangrove form is now treated separately.

• African River Martin Pseudochelidon eurystomina

  The dark African River Martin has conspicuous red eyes and an orange-red bill.