Meet the world’s animals.

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• Northern boobook Ninox japonica

  

  An owl of woodland with large trees that hunts insects at night.

• Greater Black Coucal Centropus menbeki

  The Greater Black Coucal is recorded from forest, scrub, and freshwater swamps on New Guinea. Adults have glossy blue-green black plumage, while juveniles look different.

• Karamoja Apalis Apalis karamojae

  The Karamoja Apalis occurs in northern Uganda's mountains. A 2019 survey in northeastern Uganda recorded its gray-and-white plumage and insects taken from acacia.

• Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera

  A medium-sized all-white egret of Australasia. It grows long breeding plumes on breast and shoulders and forages in shallow freshwater for fish, frogs and insects.

• Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis

  An older account describes male nominate Himalayan Cutias as flocking in high-elevation forest in summer and moving lower in winter.

• Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis

  The adult male stands out for its black face and throat. The female is duller and has fine streaks on the flanks.

• Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba

  The Green-winged Pytilia has an olive-green back and red bill and tail. It feeds on the ground; males and females have different head and breast colors.

• Bronze-tailed Peacock Pheasant Polyplectron chalcurum

  The bronze-tailed peacock-pheasant is mostly brown, with blue-green edges on the male's tail feathers. Pairs search among forest-floor leaves for fruit and invertebrates.

• Bali Myna Leucopsar rothschildi

  The Bali Myna is a white starling native to Bali, recognizable by its blue facial skin and white crest.

• African River Martin Pseudochelidon eurystomina

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

• 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.

• Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea

  The Indigo Bunting is a small bird that breeds in eastern North America and migrates toward Central America for winter. Breeding males are bright blue.

• Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla

  This tiny bird is recognized by its yellow crown and blue-toned plumage. Small groups travel to places with abundant mistletoe berries.

• Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis

  This forest falcon is recorded in Argentina. The Argentine account describes it moving through dense foliage and taking birds and reptiles.

• Malagasy Marsh Harrier Circus maillardi

  This raptor is endemic to Réunion. It lives mainly in wooded mountains; females are larger than males and differ in plumage.

• Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus

  The Western Long-tailed Hornbill is a large hornbill of humid forests in West Africa.

• Streak-breasted Honeyeater Territornis reticulata

  This honeyeater is endemic to Timor and Semau islands. Accounts record it in habitats from forest to gardens and mangroves, with more records in lowlands near the coast.

• Dusky-green Oropendola Psarocolius atrovirens

  Adults are dark olive overall, with paler throat and ear-coverts and darker lores and wings. The species occurs in the Andes of southeastern Peru and northwestern Bolivia, using both dry and wet mountain forest as well as canyons.

• East Brazilian Chachalaca Ortalis araucuan

  This chachalaca occurs in northeastern Brazil. It has an ochraceous-cinnamon crown and hindneck with a white belly, and uses humid forest and scrubby woodland where it feeds on fruit.

• Straight-billed Earthcreeper Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus

  This earthcreeper inhabits dry highlands of southwestern Bolivia. Accounts describe its long, nearly straight bill and ground-foraging on sparsely vegetated, rocky slopes.

• Variable Limestone Babbler Gypsophila crispifrons

  The Variable Limestone Babbler is a medium-sized bird of limestone hills. Its dark back and broad gray-brown streaks across the breast and belly are distinctive.

• Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii

  This small pipit has grey-brown upperparts and a clearly streaked breast. The species is endemic to Macaronesia—Canary Islands, Madeira and the Selvagens—and may make short local movements during dry periods.

• Mouse-colored Tapaculo Scytalopus speluncae

  This small tapaculo lives in dense understory of mountain forest in southeastern Brazil. Its dark gray plumage is paler below, with a lighter center to the throat and breast.

• New Guinea Dwarf-kingfisher Ceyx solitarius

  This small kingfisher has blue upperparts and honey-colored underparts. It ranges across New Guinea and nearby islands; a Raja Ampat account records it inside forest.