Meet the world’s animals.

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• Fire-bellied Woodpecker Chloropicus pyrrhogaster

  

  This woodpecker lives in lowland forests of West Africa. Its account gives a length of about 24 cm, but the plumage description available here is for males only.

• Jet Antbird Cercomacra nigricans

  This antbird ranges from Panama through northern South America to western Ecuador. Males are black, while females are grayish.

• Golden Myna Mino anais

  The Golden Myna has a black head and back with a broad orange-yellow collar along the sides of the neck. It forages for fruit in the canopy of New Guinea's lowland forests.

• Rhinoceros hornbill Buceros rhinoceros

  A black-and-white bird with a horn-like structure above its bill.

• Common Eider Somateria mollissima

  A large sea duck of northern rocky coasts that dives for mussels and other shellfish.

• Black-chinned Babbler Cyanoderma pyrrhops

  The Black-chinned Babbler has olive-buff plumage, a black throat and lores, and a red eye. It is often seen in small groups and forages near the ground.

• Dusky Babbler Turdoides tenebrosa

  Its blackish-brown breast has pale scaling, and it has a white eye with dark wings and tail. In Central African moist shrubland it is usually seen in pairs or small groups and eats invertebrates and fruit.

• Orange-backed Troupial Icterus croconotus

  A striking black-and-orange oriole of the Amazon Basin, it also uses secondary growth and forest edges and may occur near water. It is not a true starling despite its English name ending in “troupial.”

• Letter-winged Kite Elanus scriptus

  The Letter-winged Kite is an Australian raptor with a black mark under each wing that can look like an M or W. It is active by night as well as by day and mainly eats rodents.

• Scaled Spinetail Cranioleuca muelleri

  The Scaled Spinetail is restricted to Brazil’s lower Amazon. Its rufous crown and tail contrast with a scaly-looking pale underside. It searches for arthropods in flooded forest undergrowth and mid-storey, while breeding details remain poorly known.

• Dwarf Vireo Vireo nelsoni

  The Dwarf Vireo is endemic to Mexico's highlands, from Guanajuato south to northern Oaxaca.

• White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda

  A small, compact lark with a dark, scaly-looking back and white outer tail feathers. It is recorded in cropped grassland.

• Mauritius Olive White-eye Zosterops chloronothos

  A small white-eye found only on Mauritius, where nectar is its main food.

• Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis

  The Aplomado Falcon lives in open country from Mexico through South America. It has a long tail and sometimes hunts with another falcon.

• Bolivian Brush Finch Atlapetes rufinucha

  A brushfinch of montane forest in Bolivia and far southern Peru, also using edges and second growth.

• Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus

  The Green Parakeet is mostly green and has a long, pointed tail. Within its natural range it uses tropical and subtropical woodlands, farmland, and plantations.

• Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis

  The Chestnut-rumped Thornbill is a small Australian bird of dry woodland. It has a pale face with a white eye-ring and a chestnut rump.

• Tiny Tyrant-Manakin Tyranneutes virescens

  This small manakin lives in moist lowland forest on the Guianan Shield. It has dull grey-green upperparts, yellowish underparts, and fine grey streaks on the throat and upper breast.

• Hooded Cuckooshrike Coracina longicauda

  This bird is about 33 cm long and lives in dense highland forest. It is active by day and searches the trees for small invertebrates.

• Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola

  The Streak-throated Swallow has a glossy blue-black back and brown streaks on the throat and breast. It gathers near water and catches small insects in flight.

• Taiwan Hill Partridge Arborophila crudigularis

  This pheasant-family bird is endemic to Taiwan's mountain forests. Its black-and-white face and red legs stand out as it forages on the forest floor.

• Horned Parakeet Eunymphicus cornutus

  The Horned Parakeet is endemic to New Caledonia, where pairs and small groups move through forest canopy.

• Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda

  In Bolivia this warbler occurs locally along streams in forest on the lower eastern Andean slope and foothills. Its buff rump and tail base stand out as it forages near the ground by water.

• Pygmy Flycatcher Muscicapella hodgsoni

  This small flycatcher lives in mountain forests from the Himalayas into Southeast Asia. Males are blue and orange; females are olive-brown.