Meet the world’s animals.

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• Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla

  

  The Chestnut-crowned Antpitta forages near the ground in Andean forest. Its chestnut-colored head and olive upperparts contrast with a white throat.

• Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii

  The Forest Kingfisher is an Australian kingfisher with a blue back and white underside. Males have a white collar, and both sexes hunt from perches.

• Bonaparte's Nightjar Caprimulgus concretus

  Bonaparte's Nightjar is a small nightjar of lowland forests in Southeast Asia. It catches insects in flight after dusk and rests among dense foliage by day.

• Spangled Cotinga Cotinga cayana

  The Spangled Cotinga is a forest bird of northern South America. Males are brilliant blue, while females are brownish.

• Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis

  The Brown Fish Owl is a large owl whose range extends from Turkey and the Middle East through India and parts of Southeast Asia to southeastern China.

• Cerulean Cuckooshrike Coracina temminckii

  This cuckooshrike is endemic to Sulawesi, where it inhabits mature hill and mountain forest. Adults are bluish, but juveniles and regional forms differ in color.

• Mongolian Ground Jay Podoces hendersoni

  The Mongolian Ground Jay lives on the ground in stony or gravelly semi-desert and often runs rather than flies when disturbed.

• Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis

  Lewin's Rail is a secretive rail that stays hidden among plants in wetlands. It occurs in southeastern mainland Australia and Tasmania.

• Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala

  The Little Rush Warbler lives in wetlands with reeds and sedges. The broad taxonomic treatment includes several subspecies, some of which are treated as separate species elsewhere.

• Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus

  The Lesser Blue-eared Starling has glossy blue-green plumage and violet-blue areas on the flanks and belly. It searches in trees and on the ground for fruit, seeds, and insects.

• Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops

  The Red-headed Quelea lives around wetlands and damp grassland; breeding males stand out with red heads.

• Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor

  A shorebird that breeds in North American wetlands and gathers at western salt lakes during migration before travelling to South America. In breeding plumage females are brighter than males, and males raise the young after females leave.

• Saffron-cowled Blackbird Xanthopsar flavus

  Males are conspicuously yellow and black, while females have dark brown where males are black. Some breeding records report extra males feeding nestlings.

• Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea

  A small heron of wetlands and estuaries in the southeastern United States. Some birds breeding inland migrate to Central and South America and the Caribbean.

• Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys

  The Plain-backed Pipit occurs across sub-Saharan Africa and searches for food on the ground in open grassland and similar habitats. The nominate subspecies in southern Africa has an inconspicuously streaked back.

• Black-capped Swallow Atticora pileata

  This small swallow is mostly dark, with a large white belly patch. The cap is only slightly darker than the rest of the head. It occurs in the mountains of Central America.

• Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius

  A small sunbird with a broad range in western and central Africa. The sexes look very different, and birds often feed at low flowers.

• Sooty-capped Bush Tanager Chlorospingus pileatus

  This bird lives in mountain forest in Costa Rica and Panama. Its dark head and white eyebrow stand out as it moves in small groups through the understorey.

• 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.

• Indian Bush Lark Plocealauda erythroptera

  This lark inhabits dry lowlands in India and southeastern Pakistan. A pale eyebrow, heavily streaked upperparts, and a spotted breast help identify it.

• Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus

  The Red-billed Streamertail lives across most of Jamaica. The long tail streamers belong to males, and the island's far eastern tip is occupied by a separate species.

• Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus

  The Lemon-rumped Warbler changes elevation through the year in the Himalayas. It breeds in high forests in summer and descends to lower wooded foothills in winter.

• Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris

  This wetland bird has long toes that let it walk on floating vegetation. Its native range is split among separate areas of Africa.

• Lawrence's Thrush Turdus lawrencii

  This thrush lives in the canopy of lowland Amazonian forest. It has dark brown upperparts, a rufous-brown belly, and a yellow bill and eye-ring skin.