Meet the world’s animals.

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• Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor

  

  The Uniform Crake has dark reddish-brown plumage, red eyes and legs, and a yellowish bill. It uses damp thickets and streamside forest, searching the ground for small animals.

• Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes

  A white egret that feeds on mudflats and in mangroves. It breeds in East Asia and moves south seasonally.

• Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus

  The Yellow-wattled Lapwing is a plover of dry, open country in the Indian subcontinent. It may make short movements in response to rain.

• Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni

  Ploceus pelzelni breeds in wetlands and also feeds in nearby trees and bushes. A breeding male has a black mask extending from the face to the throat, while the female lacks that mask.

• Hispaniolan Oriole Icterus dominicensis

  This oriole lives on Hispaniola and nearby islands. It occurs mainly in lowlands, including dry forest, mangroves, and plantations, and nests in palms or banana plants.

• Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata

  This seabird has a dark upper surface and a white belly. Outside the breeding season it spends time at sea, feeding on squid and other prey near the surface. Breeding areas differ between subspecies.

• Black-faced Babbler Turdoides melanops

  Black-faced Babblers are social. In Namibia, records are concentrated near the Kavango River, in thickets and places with high canopy and long grass; birds forage on the ground and through fallen leaves.

• Moluccan Monarch Symposiachrus bimaculatus

  Symposiachrus bimaculatus is a monarch of the Moluccan Islands. The 2024 Clements treatment separates it from the Australian Spectacled Monarch and recognizes three subspecies. On Obi and Bisa, observations of the diadematus subspecies place it in secondary growth and forest edge, often in mixed-species flocks.

• Rote Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus rotiensis

  The Rote Leaf-warbler was described from Rote Island, Indonesia. A 2018 study reports its appearance and behavior from observations on the island.

• Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii

  At about 26–28 cm long, this cuckoo breeds in Madagascar. It searches for invertebrates in forest, forest edge, and scrub habitats, then migrates.

• Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus

  The Yellow-browed Tit is a small mountain bird; the Himalayan nominate form has olive and yellow plumage.

• Ocellated Poorwill Nyctiphrynus ocellatus

  This forest nightjar ranges from southern Central America across much of central South America east of the Andes. A study in Misiones recorded it in the lower forest layer and documented nests with one or two eggs.

• Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii

  The Wire-tailed Swallow has fine outer tail feathers that extend like wires. It is seen alone, in pairs, or in small flocks over open areas near water.

• Pale thrush Turdus pallidus

  A thrush mainly seen in Japan in winter. It favors dim woodland with undergrowth and forages on the ground.

• Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii

  The Grey-breasted Prinia is a small, quick-moving bird of scrub and woodland edges. Its plumage changes with the season and is duller outside the breeding period.

• White-fronted Tern Sterna striata

  A medium-sized tern common along New Zealand’s coast. It catches small fish around the sea, lagoons, and river mouths, and nests in colonies on open coastal ground.

• African Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus

  The African Pygmy Falcon lives in dry and semi-dry parts of Africa and hunts ground prey from a perch. It uses spacious communal weaver nests for roosting and nesting.

• Philippine Duck Anas luzonica

  The Philippine Duck is endemic to the Philippines and has a cinnamon-brown head with a black crown and eye stripe. It feeds at shallow wetlands.

• Chestnut-bellied Guan Penelope ochrogaster

  This large guan is about 67–75 cm long and feeds on fruit in Brazilian forests. A field paper describes three separated populations that remain in different parts of central Brazil.

• Thick-billed Parrot Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha

  The thick-billed parrot is a green parrot of high-elevation pine forests. It travels in flocks and eats pine seeds.

• Fulvous-vented Euphonia Euphonia fulvicrissa

  The male has a blue back and yellow underparts. This euphonia lives in humid forests from Panama through Ecuador and mainly eats fruit.

• Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia

  The Golden-cheeked Warbler is a small bird whose adult male has golden cheeks against black plumage. Its breeding grounds are juniper-oak woodlands in central Texas.

• Stripe-breasted Creeper Rhabdornis inornatus

  The Stripe-breasted Creeper lives in Philippine forests. Its white throat and belly, brown back, and broadly white-streaked sides are useful field marks; it may perch on dead branches.

• Red-fronted Antpecker Parmoptila rubrifrons

  The Red-fronted Antpecker is a small bird that searches for ants in low forest-edge growth. Males have a red forehead, while females have a spotted underside.