Meet the world’s animals.

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• Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis

  

  The Nilgiri Pipit is a grassland bird restricted to the southern Western Ghats of India. It has warm buff-brown plumage, a white eyebrow, and dense dark streaks on the back.

• Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater Sporophila torqueola

  The Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater inhabits western Mexico’s grassy areas; males show a white collar above a dark breast band.

• Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea

  A dark-brown seabird of the open ocean, with silvery flashes under its wings. It nests on Southern Hemisphere islands and dives to catch fish and other marine prey.

• Little Slaty Flycatcher Ficedula basilanica

  Endemic to Philippine islands, this flycatcher inhabits the shaded understory of humid evergreen forest and keeps out of sight.

• Black-thighed Grosbeak Pheucticus tibialis

  This large finch occurs in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama. Males show a strong yellow-and-black pattern, while females and young birds are more olive. It searches for fruit, seeds, and insects in forest canopies and edges.

• Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster

  The Black-throated Coucal is a large coucal with a black head and breast and a white belly. It hides in lowland forest edge and wetland thickets in western and central Africa.

• Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia

  The Antillean Palm-Swift is a small bird that flies over lowlands with palms. Small colonies nest in mats of dead palm fronds.

• Black-throated Jay Cyanolyca pumilo

  A dark-blue jay with a black face and throat edged by a narrow whitish eyebrow. It inhabits humid mountain forests from Mexico into northern Central America.

• Rajah Scops Owl Otus brookii

  The Rajah Scops Owl is an owl of mountain forests in central Sumatra and northern Borneo. Long ear tufts and dark markings on its brown plumage stand out.

• Forbes's Plover Charadrius forbesi

  Forbes's Plover occurs in open grasslands and other open habitats in parts of western and central Africa. It searches the ground for insects and small invertebrates to eat.

• Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus

  The Black-crested Titmouse is a gray songbird with a bold black crest. It searches bark and branches for insects and seeds, and may join small flocks outside the breeding season.

• Blue-capped Manakin Lepidothrix coronata

  The Blue-capped Manakin occurs widely east of the Andes in forest. Males have regional color forms, while females are green.

• Tanimbar Monarch Carterornis castus

  This small monarch flycatcher lives in Tanimbar forest. Its black-and-white pattern is striking, and it searches for insects in trees.

• Orange-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola jucunda

  A CERO report recorded an adult male foraging along a humid forest edge in Ecuador. A possibly different bird was reported to have a larger orange chest patch, and the reason for the difference is unresolved.

• African Rail Rallus caerulescens

  The African Rail has a long red bill and red legs; males have fine white barring on the belly.

• White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis

  This hummingbird lives in mountain forests from Nicaragua to northern Mexico. It has a white ear-stripe on a dark head; in bright light, an adult male's face appears violet and its throat gleams green.

• White-eyed Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla leucophthalma

  This small antbird occurs in Amazonian forest in Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia. Males are brown and gray, females are mainly brown, and both forage in the lower forest strata.

• Wandering Tattler Tringa incana

  The Wandering Tattler has heavily barred gray-and-white underparts in breeding plumage and a plain gray chest outside the breeding season. It breeds beside northern rivers and moves to rocky Pacific shores and islands.

• Green Rosella Platycercus caledonicus

  The Green Rosella is the largest rosella. Its two described subspecies differ slightly in colour pattern, with yellow head and underparts, blue-violet cheeks, a red forehead band, and a green-and-black back among the notable features.

• Black-capped Foliage-gleaner Philydor atricapillus

  This furnariid is covered in a regional guide to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. Its dark crown and rufous eyebrow stand out as it searches among foliage in the lower forest.

• Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta

  This honeyeater occurs in southeastern Australia. Mistletoe fruit is its main food, and it also takes nectar and insects.

• Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides

  A small leaf warbler that searches forests for insects. It uses higher-elevation forest in the breeding season and is known to move to lower ground in winter.

• Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka

  A nocturnal bird with intricate silver-grey and brown plumage.

• Painted Parakeet Pyrrhura picta

  The Painted Parakeet is a South American parrot with a mostly green body, reddish-brown areas on the rump and tail, and blue outer wing feathers. It eats fruits, flowers, and seeds in humid forest.