Meet the world’s animals.

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• Javan Pied Myna Gracupica jalla

  

  The Javan Pied Myna is a starling native to Java. It is considered extinct in the wild, but reintroduced birds have been observed at a protected site in East Java; a 2024 survey recorded 32 there.

• Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala

  A chunky gray-brown finch with scalloped underparts and white-tipped outer tail feathers, it breeds in pairs in dry thorn scrub and forms flocks at other times.

• Black-throated Babbler Stachyris nigricollis

  The Black-throated Babbler lives in lowland evergreen and swamp forest. It searches dense vegetation for small invertebrates.

• Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura

  The Pygmy Sunbird is a tiny sunbird of dry savanna and thorn scrub. Males have elongated central tail feathers.

• Santa Marta Tapaculo Scytalopus sanctaemartae

  Adults are gray with a white crown spot, a tawny black-barred rump, white belly, and barred brown flanks. Females are smaller with less white on the crown; juveniles are more heavily barred.

• Orange-collared Manakin Manacus aurantiacus

  This manakin lives in Pacific lowlands of Central America. Adult males have a bright orange throat and collar with a green belly, while females are mostly subdued green.

• Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon Petrophassa rufipennis

  The Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon has a dark brown body with pale spots and chestnut wing panels visible in flight. It lives among sandstone formations in northern Australia.

• Wing-banded Wren Microcerculus bambla

  A wren of Amazonian forest that forages alone on the forest floor. It also occurs outside Peru, including Ecuador and Brazil.

• Black-hooded Antwren Formicivora erythronotos

  This small antwren lives in coastal forest in southeastern Brazil. Males and females have different plumage.

• Green-winged Saltator Saltator similis

  The Green-winged Saltator occurs in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina. It has a long white eyebrow, a white throat, and olive-green back and wings.

• Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis

  This is the smallest friarbird, with a curved bill without a casque and a bare blue-gray face patch. It feeds on nectar and invertebrates in trees; some southeastern populations are seasonal visitors.

• Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti

  This cuckooshrike inhabits forests, woodland, forest edges, and mangroves in western and eastern Africa. Males are black with a large yellow gape; females are barred yellow and black. The species account classifies its feeding niche as arboreal invertebrate gleaning.

• Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius

  The Blue-headed Vireo searches for insects among trees in North American forests. Its blue-grey head and white eye rings are distinctive.

• Spot-necked Bulbul Pycnonotus tympanistrigus

  The Spot-necked Bulbul is a bulbul found in the foothills of western Sumatra. Species data describe it as a forest-dwelling, fruit-eating resident.

• Ruddy Treerunner Margarornis rubiginosus

  This ovenbird lives in the mountain forests of Costa Rica and Panama. It has bright rufous upperparts and a white eyebrow, and eats insects and spiders.

• Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria

  The Solitary Sandpiper has a prominent white eye-ring and a black-and-white tail. It walks in shallow water, frequently bobbing the rear of its body.

• Gray-bellied Hawk Accipiter poliogaster

  The Gray-bellied Hawk is a large forest hawk. Adults are dark above and pale below.

• Pygmy Flycatcher Muscicapella hodgsoni

  This small flycatcher lives in mountain forests from the Himalayas into Southeast Asia. Males are blue and orange; females are olive-brown.

• Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris

  The Long-billed Starthroat is marked by a long, straight bill and white markings on the cheek and tail tips. The Bolivian account describes it searching vegetation at different heights and darting after flying insects.

• Yellow-throated Flycatcher Conopias parvus

  It occurs east of the Andes in South America. Its black crown, white eyebrow, and yellow throat and belly are distinctive; it uses the canopy and edges of humid forest.

• Malherbe's Parakeet Cyanoramphus malherbi

  This small green parakeet has blue on the wings, a yellow crown, and an orange band above the eyes. Its native range is restricted to beech-forest valleys on New Zealand’s South Island.

• Dusky Fulvetta Schoeniparus brunneus

  The Dusky Fulvetta uses forests and grass-jungle in China and Taiwan. It has a rufous cap with a thin black line and grey-buff underparts.

• Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus

  The Greater Flameback is a large woodpecker ranging across South and Southeast Asia. In part of its range, it is strongly associated with mangroves.

• 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.