Meet the world’s animals.

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• Przevalski's Partridge Alectoris magna

  

  This partridge lives on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in China. A narrow, almost broken tawny-brown neck band helps distinguish it.

• Blue-winged Parakeet Psittacula columboides

  This parakeet of India's Western Ghats has a long blue tail and red bill. Males have a grey head and black neck stripe, and the birds feed on fruit and seeds.

• Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica

  The Yellow-throated Warbler has a grey back and vivid yellow throat. It moves through the forest canopy, probing branches and pine needles for insects.

• Javan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis banyumas

  This small flycatcher has a blue back and orange breast in males, while females have a gray-brown back and rufous tail. It catches insects from perches in the undergrowth of Java's forests.

• Spot-flanked Gallinule Porphyriops melanops

  Its grey head and breast, brown back and large white flank spots make it distinctive. It lives in ponds and marshes across much of South America and picks food from floating vegetation while swimming; the specific foods are not known from the source.

• Pale Spiderhunter Arachnothera dilutior

  The Pale Spiderhunter is recorded on Palawan in the Philippines. It uses forests and forest edges as well as cultivated banana areas. It feeds on nectar and insects and has a long curved bill.

• Junin Antpitta Grallaria obscura

  The Junin Antpitta occurs on the eastern Andean slope in Junín, central Peru. Its description reports dark reddish-brown upperparts and two song types, a long and a short song.

• Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides

  The Southern Fulmar is a seabird with pale plumage and a pink bill tipped in black. It nests on cliffs on islands in the Southern Ocean and searches for food near the sea surface.

• Rufous-fronted Tailorbird Orthotomus frontalis

  This small tailorbird lives in lowland forests of the southern Philippines, including forest edges, clearings and some secondary growth. It searches low vegetation for insects, and one pouch-like nest made from sewn leaves has been described.

• Nyanza Swift Apus niansae

  A swift with dark wings and a pale throat that catches insects over eastern African highlands, cliffs, and towns.

• Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

  A sandpiper that migrates from northern breeding grounds to Australia. In its Australian non-breeding range it forages in coastal and inland wetlands.

• Rote Myzomela Myzomela irianawidodoae

  The Rote Myzomela was described in 2017 from Rote Island, Indonesia. Plumage and vocal differences distinguish it from its close relative on Sumba, and records come from several parts of Rote.

• Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus

  This finch lives at high elevations in southwestern China. Males have red markings around the brow and cheeks, while females are olive or yellow-green. It may move to lower elevations in winter.

• Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana

  The Great-billed Heron is a large heron with a massive bill. It lives around coastal rocks and shallow water near mangroves.

• Kashmir Nutcracker Nucifraga multipunctata

  The Kashmir Nutcracker lives in coniferous forests of the western Himalaya and eastern Hindu Kush. It eats seeds of blue pine and chilgoza pine, among other foods, and is reported mainly at 2,000–3,000 m.

• White-browed Hermit Phaethornis stuarti

  This small hummingbird occurs in foothill forests on the eastern side of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia. Its long, slightly downcurved bill and white eyebrow are distinctive.

• Golden Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster

  Males are conspicuously yellow with black wings. The species uses dry, semi-open country and forest edges, where it eats seeds, insects, and fruit.

• Christmas Imperial Pigeon Ducula whartoni

  The Christmas Island Imperial Pigeon is a large pigeon found only on Christmas Island. Flocks feed on ripe fruit in the rainforest canopy.

• Annam Limestone Babbler Gypsophila annamensis

  This medium-sized babbler occurs in southern China, northern Laos, and northern Vietnam. It has a long bill and tail.

• Inca Wren Pheugopedius eisenmanni

  A wren of humid mountain forest in southern Peru, marked by a white eyebrow and barred tail.

• Kamchatka Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus examinandus

  This leaf-warbler moves seasonally between eastern Russia and Japan and parts of East and Southeast Asia. Its habitats vary with season, from high-elevation shrubland to lowland forest.

• Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer

  Males have a black head, chestnut body and long tail streamers. The species lives in wooded parts of western, central and eastern Africa south of the Sahara, and eats insects.

• Hantu Boobook Ninox squamipila

  The Hantu Boobook is a small-to-medium owl restricted to Seram Island, with no ear tufts.

• Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus

  A bird with a black head and breast, red bill, and red skin in front of the eyes. It is often found in pairs or small groups in grasslands and marshes.