Meet the world’s animals.

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• Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata

  

  The Purple-throated Fruitcrow is a large cotinga with a black body and bluish-grey bill. Males have a purple throat patch, and the species forages for fruit in Amazonian floodplain forest canopy.

• Common Gull Larus canus

  A relatively small gull seen year-round in the UK, along coasts, wetlands, and farmland.

• White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor

  This cuckooshrike occurs in Australia. Breeding males show a sharp black-and-white pattern, and the species searches for insects in open woodland and scrub.

• White-necked Babbler Stachyris leucotis

  The White-necked Babbler is about 14–15 cm long. By day it uses dense evergreen forest undergrowth and searches the ground for invertebrates.

• Blue Coua Coua caerulea

  This large cuckoo-family bird lives in Madagascar. It is about 50 cm long and searches tree branches for invertebrates.

• Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus

  A mostly black caracara with a red face and throat. It travels in groups and eats wasp larvae and fruit.

• Red-collared Woodpecker Picus rabieri

  Adult males show a red head and upper breast, green upperparts, and pale bars on the belly; females have a black crown. The species uses forest and bamboo-rich woodland and searches low branches or the ground for ants.

• Samoan Flycatcher Myiagra albiventris

  The Samoan Flycatcher is restricted to Samoa. It is found in open forest, forest edges, village gardens, and mangrove edges, where it makes short sallies to catch insects in the air.

• Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota

  This lark has a noticeable white eyebrow. It searches the ground for insects and seeds in savanna and open woodland. Plumage and bill thickness vary by region.

• Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis

  This weaver occurs in wooded edges, riverside vegetation, and gardens across sub-Saharan Africa. It eats insects as well as fruit and nectar.

• Amazonian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium hardyi

  The 14–15 cm Amazonian Pygmy Owl lives in the canopy of primary tropical forest across much of Amazonia. It is partly active by day; one nest in French Guiana was in an old woodpecker hole.

• Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola

  The Long-billed Thrush is a mountain forest thrush with a long, curved bill. It searches damp forest floors and stream margins for earthworms and other prey.

• Flat-billed Vireo Vireo nanus

  This small vireo is endemic to Hispaniola. With a broad, flattened bill, it moves low through scrub and thickets in limestone dry forest while looking for fruit and insects.

• Dull-mantled Antbird Sipia laemosticta

  This small antbird occurs in Costa Rica and Panama. It uses dense understory in cloud forest near streams and deep ravines. Males are dark grey and rufous; females are paler.

• Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans

  This bulbul occurs in eastern Africa. It is mostly brown and uses semi-arid scrub, dry-forest edges, and other wooded habitats; it eats insects and fruit.

• Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis

  The Black-throated Canary has a yellow rump and a black throat mark that varies in prominence and can be absent. It forages in small flocks on grass and weed seeds.

• Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis

  The Red-lored Amazon is mostly green, with a red forehead and bluish crown. Its native range extends from eastern Mexico to northwestern South America.

• Russet-crowned Crake Rufirallus viridis

  A small South American crake with a russet crown and cinnamon underparts.

• Plain Wren Cantorchilus modestus

  The Plain Wren lives along the Pacific side of Central America, from southern Mexico to Panama. It often uses forest edges and other open or modified habitats.

• Somali Crow Corvus edithae

  This crow lives in dry parts of northeastern Africa. Its black plumage has green and purple gloss, with brown on the nape and neck.

• Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis

  The Connecticut Warbler has a gray hood and yellow belly and breeds mainly in southern Canada. It walks near the ground to find insects.

• Forest Swallow Atronanus fuliginosus

  The forest swallow is a small swallow of Central African lowland forests. It is dark brown and makes a mud nest in forest.

• Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus

  This plover occurs in southern South America. Breeding adults have two black bands across the breast.

• Olive-bellied Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris fuelleborni

  This sunbird lives in forests and more open woodland in eastern Africa. It mainly takes nectar and also gleans small prey among foliage.