Meet the world’s animals.

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• Javan Sunbird Aethopyga mystacalis

  

  A sunbird of forests and secondary growth on Java. Males are red, while females are duller grey-olive; both feed on nectar and small arthropods.

• Green-crowned Warbler Seicercus burkii

  A migratory leaf warbler of the lower Himalayan belt. It searches evergreen forest and bamboo for small invertebrates and moves to lower elevations in winter.

• Palau Greater White-eye Megazosterops palauensis

  This white-eye is endemic to Palau. It lives in limestone forest and vine thickets, feeding in the upper canopy on insects, fruit, and nectar.

• White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis

  A large woodpecker that uses the forest canopy. In Singapore, its native population is confined to a limited area.

• Writhed Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus

  The Writhed Hornbill is a Philippine hornbill whose males and females differ in head and neck color. It feeds on fruit high in the canopy of lowland forest.

• Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens

  This small bird occurs in open, moist highland grassland in East Africa and feeds on invertebrates. A Tanzania field note records nonbreeding plumage and uncertainty about the subspecies.

• Himalayan Thrush Zoothera salimalii

  This thrush has been recorded in mountain forests from the eastern Himalaya to Yunnan, China. It is treated as a species distinct from the related Alpine Thrush in the 2016 study.

• Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli

  The Black-eared Seedeater is a small, streaked finch marked by a broad black band through the eye and a white eyebrow. It feeds in miombo and mopane woodland.

• Sahul Cicadabird Coracina tenuirostris

  The Sahul Cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre) is the current Clements taxon split from the broad Cicadabird. An adult male was recorded along a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in May 2010.

• Formosan Whistling-Thrush Myophonus insularis

  This thrush is found only in Taiwan and occurs near mountain streams. Its deep blue-purple plumage has a metallic sheen.

• Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus

  This vireo lives in forests and mountains of the western United States and Mexico. It is dull gray above, white below, and forages in pine forests.

• Saffron-billed Sparrow Arremon flavirostris

  This resident sparrow lives in the forest understory of South America. It uses dry Chaco forest, moist Atlantic Forest and river gallery forest, feeding on fruit, grain and invertebrates.

• Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor

  It is a small swiftlet of the Western Ghats of south-western India and Sri Lanka. It catches insects and other invertebrates in flight and builds dark nests of feathers and saliva in caves.

• Barred Honey Buzzard Pernis celebensis

  The Sulawesi Honey-buzzard is a small raptor from Sulawesi and the Banggai Islands. Adults have a rufous, streaked breast and a barred belly.

• Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis

  A small, vocal babbler of lowland forests in Southeast Asia, it forages in small groups from near the ground to the canopy.

• New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura

  The New Zealand Bellbird is endemic to New Zealand and has a bell-like song. It feeds on nectar, fruit, and insects; males are olive green with a purplish head.

• Tanimbar Monarch Carterornis castus

  This small monarch flycatcher lives in Tanimbar forest. Its black-and-white pattern is striking, and it searches for insects in trees.

• Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta

  This small swallow flies near cliffs and gorges, catching insects in the air. It ranges from northern Africa through Arabia to southern Pakistan.

• Pirre Warbler Basileuterus ignotus

  The Pirre Warbler is a small warbler recorded in the Pirre mountains of eastern Panama. Museum and current species accounts place it in humid high-elevation forest.

• White-browed Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura xenothorax

  This small bird lives in high-Andean Polylepis woodland in Peru. Its rufous head, long white eyebrow, and black-checkered white throat are distinctive.

• Grey Gerygone Gerygone igata

  A small bird endemic to New Zealand that gleans insects while hovering at the outer canopy.

• Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris

  The Yellow-billed Tern is a small tern with a yellow bill and legs, a black cap, and a white forehead. It breeds on large South American rivers and searches over the water for prey.

• Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha

  The Black-crowned Antshrike forages in the understory of humid and semi-deciduous forests. Adult males are gray and black, while females are olive-brown; the species is also recorded in Tumbes, northwestern Peru.

• Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus

  A wader with an upturned bill and orange legs. It breeds across northern Eurasia and moves to coastal areas of Africa and southern Asia outside the breeding season.