Meet the world’s animals.

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• Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis

  

  The Australian King Parrot is a large parrot whose plumage differs between males and females. It feeds on fruits and seeds in forests and forest edges of eastern Australia.

• Black Seedeater Sporophila corvina

  Plumage varies across the species. Males of the nominate subspecies are almost black with a small white patch on the folded wing; females are buff.

• White-backed Swallow Cheramoeca leucosterna

  This swallow inhabits arid and semi-arid parts of southern and central Australia. It breeds in open country where sandy banks or earth cliffs are available.

• Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris

  The Tawny Pipit walks through dry, open country and searches for food on the ground.

• European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus

  The European Nightjar rests on the ground by day, blending in with mottled plumage, then catches moths and other insects in flight at dusk.

• Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis

  This raptor feeds mainly on freshwater snails. Its long, strongly curved bill fits inside the shell to pull out the animal.

• Jamaican Blackbird Nesopsar nigerrimus

  This bird is endemic to Jamaica. Its black plumage has a blue gloss on the head and back. In montane forest with many epiphytes, it uses its long bill to search for food.

• Lava Gull Leucophaeus fuliginosus

  Endemic to the Galápagos Islands, the adult has a dark head and pale edges on the wings. It nests under coastal vegetation.

• African Gray Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus

  The African Gray Hornbill is a hornbill of woodland and savanna in sub-Saharan Africa. It feeds in trees and shrubs on insects, fruit, and other foods.

• Rufous-faced Antpitta Grallaria erythrotis

  This antpitta occurs in humid mountain forest in Bolivia. It has a dark crown, orange face and white throat, and searches for small prey close to the ground.

• Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl Megascops watsonii

  The Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl occurs in gray and reddish-brown color morphs and has variable ear tufts. It favors forest interiors.

• Green Jery Neomixis viridis

  This bird lives in forests of eastern Madagascar. It has olive-green upperparts and yellow-tinged pale underparts, and searches in forest and trees for invertebrates.

• Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri

  Males are blue-black with reddish-brown flight feathers and red eyes, while females have gray heads and breasts. They forage for fruit and animal food in the canopy of montane forest.

• Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra

  A pheasant of high Himalayan forests. Males have vivid red plumage and blue facial lappets, and the birds move up and down the mountains with the seasons.

• Paint-billed Crake Mustelirallus erythrops

  The Paint-billed Crake is a small, 18–20 cm rail of seasonally wet grassland and freshwater marsh. It catches invertebrates on or near the ground and water.

• Pale-headed Woodpecker Gecinulus grantia

  The Pale-headed Woodpecker lives in bamboo and forest habitats. Males have chestnut upperparts and a reddish patch on the forecrown that females lack.

• Northern Grosbeak-Canary Crithagra donaldsoni

  A bird of dry northeastern African savanna that feeds on seeds on the ground.

• Bufflehead Bucephala albeola

  The Bufflehead is a small duck that nests in tree cavities and dives for food. Males and females have different plumage.

• African Lemon Dove Columba larvata

  The Lemon Dove lives in African forests. It searches for food among leaf litter on the forest floor and eats seeds, fruit, insects, and other foods.

• Striated Antbird Drymophila devillei

  This antbird occurs mainly in southeastern Peru, and also in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador. It uses the forest understory, often in stands of Guadua bamboo.

• Buru Cuckooshrike Coracina fortis

  The Buru Cuckooshrike is a grey forest bird from Buru Island, with black markings around the eye and on the chin.

• Dusky Gerygone Gerygone tenebrosa

  This small bird is found on the northwestern coast of Western Australia. In the Pilbara it is recorded only in mangroves, where it gleans insects from leaves and flowers.

• Orange-spotted Bulbul Pycnonotus bimaculatus

  The Orange-spotted Bulbul lives in humid forest and mountain scrub on Sumatra, Java, and Bali. This entry follows the two subspecies listed by the current species account.

• Oriental Hobby Falco severus

  An Asian falcon that perches on exposed dead trees and launches quickly after prey.