Meet the world’s animals.

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• Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus

  

  The Caspian Plover breeds in Central Asia and winters inland in Africa. It moves between these regions seasonally.

• 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.

• Rusty-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra

  This shortwing has strongly different plumage in males and females. It lives in damp forest and dense undergrowth in the eastern Himalayas.

• 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.

• Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus

  A starling of African forests and parks. Adults have iridescent blue, green and purple plumage, form small canopy flocks and feed mainly on fruit.

• Crested Lark Galerida cristata

  The Crested Lark is a brown, streaked lark with a noticeable crest. In Spain it is commonly found in open places such as fields and roadsides.

• Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus

  The Cuban Crow is a large crow found mainly in Cuba. It uses forests as well as farmland and eats a varied diet.

• Hooded Munia Lonchura spectabilis

  The Hooded Munia is a small finch found in New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. It has a dark hood and orange rump and feeds mainly on seeds in grasslands.

• 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.

• Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata

  This honeyeater lives in forests and woodlands of eastern Australia, often near rivers. Bold black head stripes stand out against its grey-brown plumage, and it feeds among lower canopy foliage.

• Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosum

  It has a bluish-black body, a chestnut lower belly, white tail tips, a red bill and legs, and a crest. It searches for fallen fruit on the forest floor.

• Katanga Masked Weaver Ploceus katangae

  Katanga Masked-Weavers live in wetlands with reeds and nearby woodland. Breeding males have a black facial mask, and the width of the yellow forehead band varies by region.

• Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor

  It has long wings with white patches and hunts flying insects at dusk and dawn. It lays its eggs on open ground or flat gravel rooftops.

• Smaller Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides

  A small sunbird of dry East African habitats. The male has a black belly, iridescent green throat and long downcurved bill; it feeds on nectar.

• 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.

• Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta bruijnii

  The Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot is a small parrot ranging from eastern Indonesia through New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. The male of the nominate subspecies is mainly green, with red-orange and blue on the head.

• Sombre Pigeon Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa

  The Sombre Pigeon inhabits hill and mountain forests on Sulawesi, moving quietly in the interior understory alone or in pairs.

• Bicolored Wren Campylorhynchus griseus

  This large wren has a striking white eyebrow and rufous-brown back. It uses dry scrub and cactus habitat, and family groups call to one another.

• Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca

  The Cuban Martin catches insects while flying. It uses dry lowland scrub, pasture, farmland, and second-growth woodland, and it also occurs in pine forest.

• Reddish Scops Owl Otus rufescens

  The Reddish Scops Owl is a small owl of forests in Southeast Asia, including the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. It is nocturnal and feeds mainly on insects.

• Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata

  This waterbird lives in marshes and ponds across the Americas. It swims and walks on floating plants with its long toes.

• Slender Antbird Rhopornis ardesiacus

  This antbird is recorded in Brazil's Bahia and Minas Gerais states. In the paper, the pale-purple bare skin around the eye was a narrow ring on the adults observed. The paper spells the scientific name Rhopornis ardesiaca.

• Laura's Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus laurae

  A historical record places this warbler on Mount Moco in Angola. Laura Boulton's account described it as apparently confined to the montane rainforest of the Benguela Highlands.

• Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor

  The Tufted Titmouse is a small gray bird with a crest and large dark eyes. It moves through deciduous branches and also eats seeds and nuts.