Meet the world’s animals.

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• Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus

  

  A merganser marked by a long crest and scaled flanks. It breeds along mountain rivers and mainly winters on China's large rivers.

• Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii

  The Sooty Gull lives along coasts around the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Breeding adults have dark, sooty gray-brown plumage and search the shore for fish and other food.

• Peruvian Recurvebill Syndactyla ucayalae

  It forages mainly in stands of Guadua bamboo, using a thick bill with an upturned lower mandible. In southeastern Peru it is rare and local, and is seen alone or in pairs.

• Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus

  A thrush with a white eyebrow stripe. It visits wooded areas in Japan in spring and autumn, often eating fruit high in trees.

• White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus

  The White-eyed Vireo has a striking white iris and yellow sides. It forages in dense shrubs and sings frequently during the breeding season.

• Carunculated Caracara Phalcoboenus carunculatus

  The Carunculated Caracara is a raptor of open Andean highlands, notable for its orange face and white streaks on a dark chest.

• Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii

  A dark-brown hornbill with a white belly; the male’s large red bill is distinctive. It uses wooded, semi-arid country and river corridors in East Africa.

• Yellow-throated Seedeater Crithagra flavigula

  This gray-brown seedeater has a pale yellow throat and a yellow rump visible in flight. It occurs locally in dry savanna, favoring rocky hillsides.

• Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus

  The Loggerhead Kingbird is a big-headed flycatcher widespread in the Caribbean. It occasionally wanders to Florida in North America.

• Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum

  Scott's Oriole lives in arid areas of the southwestern United States and eats insects, nectar, and fruit. The male is bright yellow and black.

• Masked Fruiteater Pipreola pulchra

  This fruiteater is restricted to montane forest on the eastern Andes of Peru, using the canopy and subcanopy.

• Bhutan Laughingthrush Trochalopteron imbricatum

  The Bhutan Laughingthrush occurs in the eastern Himalayas and searches for food near the ground in woodland and scrub.

• Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola

  A large plover that breeds in the Arctic and feeds on coastal mudflats during migration and winter. Breeding-plumaged males show a sharp black-and-white pattern.

• Streaked shearwater Calonectris leucomelas

  A seabird that flies low over the water and visits Japanese islands to breed.

• Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis

  An Old World flycatcher of miombo woodland with large trees. It feeds actively on the ground and sings conspicuously while defending its territory in spring.

• Fiery Minivet Pericrocotus igneus

  This long-tailed cuckooshrike lives in forests of the Malay Peninsula and Borneo. Males show connected red-orange wing patches, while females have a red-orange rump.

• Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis

  An adult Asian Glossy Starling is dark green-black with red eyes. It eats fruit and insects and is often seen in flocks.

• Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata

  This lark has a long, slender, downcurved bill and a short tail with a white tip. It forages mostly on the ground in southern African grassland and scrub.

• Transvolcanic Jay Aphelocoma ultramarina

  The Transvolcanic Jay lives in highland forests along Mexico's central volcanic belt. Its blue-gray plumage and flocks of several to a few dozen birds are characteristic.

• Java sparrow Lonchura oryzivora

  In its wild form, this small bird has a striking black head and white cheeks.

• Lesser Antillean Swift Chaetura martinica

  The Lesser Antillean Swift flies over montane forest in the Lesser Antilles. It catches small insects in flight.

• Green-backed Honeyeater Glycichaera fallax

  This honeyeater occurs in northern Australia and around New Guinea. It has an olive back, a pale cream-colored belly, a white iris with a pale eye-ring, and feeds among foliage, moving from tree to tree.

• Kilombero Weaver Ploceus burnieri

  The Kilombero Weaver lives in Tanzania's Kilombero River floodplain. Breeding males are bright yellow with a black face pattern, and the birds nest on reeds.

• Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius

  The Pennant-winged Nightjar has a breeding male with long pennant-like feathers and catches insects in the air.