Meet the world’s animals.

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• White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis

  

  The White-necked Petrel is a large seabird marked by a white collar and black cap. It feeds mainly on squid at sea and migrates to the North Pacific.

• Buru White-eye Zosterops buruensis

  The Buru White-eye is endemic to Buru Island, Indonesia, and has yellow underparts. A 1995 survey recorded it in logged and primary forest near Fogi and Waikeka; in 2011, small flocks were seen in forest near Waikeka.

• Plumbeous Euphonia Euphonia plumbea

  Male Plumbeous Euphonias have blue upperparts and yellow underparts. They occur in savanna with scattered trees and along woodland edges, where they eat small fruit.

• Inland Dotterel Peltohyas australis

  This sandy, mottled plover blends into open plains. It forages in small flocks by day and alone or in pairs at night.

• Rhinoceros hornbill Buceros rhinoceros

  A black-and-white bird with a horn-like structure above its bill.

• Helmeted Manakin Chiroxiphia galeata

  The Helmeted Manakin is a small manakin with different male and female plumage. A study in southeastern Brazil documented nests low in the forest undergrowth.

• Marsh Seedeater Sporophila palustris

  This small bird eats seeds and lives in wetlands and damp grasslands with many seed-bearing plants. Outside breeding activity it may join mixed flocks with other Sporophila.

• Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus

  The Sombre Nightjar catches flying insects on the wing and lives in open stony bushland, scrub and grassland.

• Gray-fronted Honeyeater Ptilotula plumula

  This small honeyeater is endemic to Australia. It feeds on nectar and is marked by a pale grey front and a yellow tuft near the ear coverts.

• Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis

  This small bird has yellow underparts and yellowish-green upperparts. Males have a black facial mask, which females lack; their facial markings also differ.

• Lesser Cuckooshrike Coracina fimbriata

  This cuckooshrike occurs in forests across Southeast Asia. The Singapore account lists it as a former resident there and now a very rare visitor.

• Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni

  The male has blue-gray upperparts. It nests in small colonies on its breeding grounds, and some travel to South Africa outside the breeding period.

• Makira Starling Aplonis dichroa

  This starling lives on Makira in the Solomon Islands. Its dark body has blue and purple sheen, and it occurs in forest and along forest edges.

• Puerto Rican Vireo Vireo latimeri

  It has a gray head, white breast, pale yellow belly, and a white eye-ring. It moves slowly through foliage, searching for insects, spiders, and small fruits.

• Bicolored Antpitta Grallaria rufocinerea

  This ground-dwelling antpitta inhabits montane cloud forest in the Colombian Andes and northeastern Ecuador. It searches for insects on the forest floor.

• Brown-breasted Parakeet Pyrrhura calliptera

  The Brown-breasted Parakeet is a green parakeet that lives in small flocks in the humid montane forests of Colombia’s Eastern Andes, eating fruit, flowers, and seeds.

• Fiji Shrikebill Clytorhynchus vitiensis

  The Fiji Shrikebill lives in Fiji's forests. White edges on both mandibles are diagnostic, while underpart color varies among island forms from ochre to pale gray. Field notes place it in dark forest understory, gleaning insects from vines and branches.

• Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana

  The Ruddy Quail-Dove is a shy dove of tropical forests that searches for food on the forest floor.

• Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher Todiramphus australasia

  The Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher has a green head and orange underparts. It lives in forests on Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Islands and the Tanimbar Islands.

• Pilotbird Pycnoptilus floccosus

  The Pilotbird forages among leaf litter in wet forests of southeastern Australia. It is reddish brown overall, with scaled-looking breast and belly feathers and a red eye. The source describes two subspecies whose back color and belly scalloping differ in brightness.

• Cachar Bulbul Iole cacharensis

  A bulbul of northeastern India and southeastern Bangladesh. Its plumage is similar to a close relative, while its call offers an identification clue.

• Grey-mantled Wren Odontorchilus branickii

  This wren lives in humid montane forest in Peru's eastern Andes. It is reported in mixed-species flocks in the canopy and subcanopy.

• Yellowish Pipit Anthus chii

  The Yellowish Pipit has a large but patchy range from Panama to Argentina. It is ground-dwelling, with a streaked back and breast, and uses open, flat places. It may sing while in flight.

• Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus

  The Pheasant Cuckoo has a long tail and rufous crest and searches for food on the forest floor.