Meet the world’s animals.

Photos: 12,813 · Stories: 19,540

• Papyrus Canary Crithagra koliensis

  

  The Papyrus Canary uses papyrus swamps and nearby habitats. The sexes look similar, though the male has more strongly marked facial patterning.

• Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris

  The Grey-chinned Minivet differs in its red or yellow plumage by sex. In Hong Kong it is recorded almost exclusively in closed-canopy woodland, and some birds appear to move to lower areas in winter.

• Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush Cichladusa ruficauda

  The Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush is about 18 cm long. It uses palm-dominated woodland, riverine forest, and gardens, where it forages on the ground for invertebrates.

• Black-headed Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius rufiventer

  The Black-headed Shrike-Babbler lives in Himalayan forests. Males have a black head and chestnut breast, while females are mainly olive green.

• Ochre-breasted Brush Finch Atlapetes semirufus

  The Ochre-breasted Brushfinch ranges from northern Venezuela into north-central Colombia. It uses montane forest understory and edges at about 1,000–3,500 m.

• Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi

  This is a small, dark swift with narrow wings. It catches small insects and spiders while flying above mature coniferous forests.

• White-browed Tapaculo Scytalopus superciliaris

  It lives in moist montane forest in northwestern Argentina and favors dense understory on slopes and in ravines.

• Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis

  A common North American hawk, it circles over open country on broad wings, riding rising air.

• Chin Hills Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis oatesi

  This wren-babbler has a very restricted range in Mizoram, eastern India, and the Chin Hills of northern Myanmar. It forages near the ground in dense montane undergrowth.

• Orange Chat Epthianura aurifrons

  This chat lives in dry Australian shrubland and other open, stony places. Males show orange and black facial markings; females are paler.

• Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi

  The Indian Paradise Flycatcher catches insects while darting among branches. Some males have greatly elongated central tail feathers.

• European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula

  Its breeding range extends from the Iberian Peninsula across North Africa and the Middle East to northwestern South Asia. Northern populations migrate, while those in the south are mainly resident.

• Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia

  The Black-and-white Warbler is a small songbird with bold black-and-white stripes. It creeps along trunks and branches, searching bark for insects.

• Light-crowned Spinetail Cranioleuca albiceps

  This ovenbird-family species occurs in humid montane forest in southeastern Peru and Bolivia. Its pale crown and dark eyebrow are distinctive.

• Speckled Warbler Pyrrholaemus sagittatus

  This small ground-dwelling bird lives in grassy eucalypt communities of south-eastern Australia. Its grey-brown plumage is finely streaked, and it searches for seeds and insects around tussocks.

• Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus

  A long-winged tern with a pointed bill that catches small fish in shallow coastal waters.

• Grey Antwren Myrmotherula menetriesii

  A small bird that forages in the mid-story of Amazonian forest, it has different male and female plumages. Both sexes wag the tail from side to side. The species is recorded up to 1,100 m on the eastern Andean slope.

• Dunlin Calidris alpina

  A visiting shorebird of tidal flats and other watersides that sometimes gathers in large flocks.

• Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris

  A bulbul with a black crest and bright yellow underparts that searches forest for fruit and insects, sometimes in small groups.

• Grey-headed Oliveback Nesocharis capistrata

  This small African bird uses savanna, shrubland and inland wetlands. The current IUCN assessment places it in the genus Delacourella.

• Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis

  A large shearwater that breeds on islands in the eastern Atlantic. After breeding, it winters off South America and southern Africa, returning to colonies in spring.

• Sooty-capped Babbler Malacopteron affine

  The Sooty-capped Babbler has a dark cap that contrasts with its brown body. It moves close to the forest floor in Bornean lowland forest while searching for insects.

• Red-capped Coua Coua ruficeps

  A ground-walking cuckoo of northwestern Madagascar, it is recognizable by its red crown and searches the forest floor for insects and fruit.

• Black-browed Fulvetta Alcippe grotei

  This small bird has a gray head and shoulders, a black eyebrow, rufescent back, and pale underparts. It searches for insects in evergreen and secondary forest, sometimes joining mixed flocks.