Meet the world’s animals.
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- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
Photo: Wwcsig · CC BY-SA 3.0 The Blue-winged Warbler is a small bird with a yellow belly and bluish wings. It searches for insects in shrubland and along forest edges.
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
Nuttall's Woodpecker is a small woodpecker found in California's woodlands. It searches trunks and small branches for insects beneath the bark.
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
A small East African finch of open woodland and fields. Its yellow rump and streaked breast and flanks are noticeable features.
- Olive-headed Greenbul Arizelocichla striifacies
Arizelocichla striifacies is a bulbul of eastern African mountain forests, with an olive head and white cheek streaks. The IOC treatment includes birds formerly called A. olivaceiceps within this species.
- Little Chachalaca Ortalis motmot
A cracid of northern South America, recognized by reddish-brown plumage and a red throat wattle.
- Campbell's Hill Partridge Arborophila campbelli
This partridge has black-and-white bands on its head, olive-brown upperparts, and a grey breast. It lives in montane rainforest on the Malay Peninsula.
- Plain-pouched Hornbill Rhyticeros subruficollis
The Plain-pouched Hornbill lives in lowland forests from south-eastern Myanmar through Thailand to northern Peninsular Malaysia. Males and females differ in head and neck plumage.
- Mauritius Fody Foudia rubra
The Mauritius Fody is endemic to Mauritius. Males develop a red head and neck during the breeding season, while females remain olive-coloured throughout the year.
- Atherton Scrubwren Sericornis keri
The Atherton Scrubwren lives in upland rainforest in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It searches for insects on the forest floor and in the lower canopy.
- Plain Laughingthrush Pterorhinus davidi
This laughingthrush inhabits shrubs and low scrub in the mountains and nearby foothill plains of northern and central China. The nominate form is grey-brown and has a bright yellow down-curved bill. Birds answer one another’s calls.
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
The Western Bluebird is a small thrush with blue and rusty plumage. It drops from a low perch to catch insects on the ground.
- Philippine Falconet Microhierax erythrogenys
The Philippine Falconet is a small raptor of the Philippine forests. It perches on exposed branches in foothill forest, where it can watch its surroundings.
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
Grey-chested Doves have muted gray-brown upperparts with a slight purplish cast and pale underparts. They usually forage on foot, alone or in pairs, in forests from southern Mexico through Central America to northern Colombia.
- Blyth's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus alboniger
This forest eagle occurs on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and northern Borneo. The adult male has black upperparts and a white throat and breast marked with dark streaks, and watches for prey from a perch.
- White-rumped Sirystes Sirystes albocinereus
The White-rumped Sirystes ranges from southwestern Venezuela to northern Bolivia in moist lowland forest. Accounts describe it foraging alone or in pairs in the canopy.
- Blue-black Kingfisher Todiramphus nigrocyaneus
This kingfisher lives in lowland forest on New Guinea and nearby islands. Along forested waters, it looks for fish and crabs.
- Large-billed Lark Galerida magnirostris
The Large-billed Lark is marked by a thick bill and a raised crest. It walks on the ground to find food in the grasslands and scrub of southern Africa.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mountain Firetail Oreostruthus fuliginosus
The Mountain Firetail is a chunky finch of the New Guinea highlands. It occurs along montane forest edges and where subalpine grassland meets shrubland.
- Short-tailed Starling Aplonis minor
A starling with a disjunct range across islands of Indonesia and the Philippines. Adults have glossy green plumage and red eyes.
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
This cuckooshrike occurs in Australia. Breeding males show a sharp black-and-white pattern, and the species searches for insects in open woodland and scrub.
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
A slender heron with blue-gray, lavender, and white plumage and a white stripe down the neck. It searches for small fish in coastal wetlands, moving with quick turns.
- White-rimmed Brush Finch Atlapetes leucopis
This bird lives in humid mountain forest in Colombia and Ecuador. Adults have a chestnut crown and a conspicuous white eye-ring extending behind the eye.