Meet the world’s animals.

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• Collared Imperial Pigeon Ducula mullerii

  

  A large pigeon of forests around New Guinea, it is marked by a black collar and maroon back and may move as fruit availability changes.

• Mossy-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus salangana

  A small swiftlet that builds nests containing moss and other plant matter.

• Bernier's Teal Anas bernieri

  Bernier’s Teal is a duck of brackish lakes and wetlands in western Madagascar. It forms pairs in the breeding season and small groups at other times.

• Long-billed Partridge Rhizothera longirostris

  A forest-floor pheasant that probes leaf litter with its long bill. In the lowland form described from Sarawak, males and females differ in breast color and the number of leg spurs.

• Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus

  This falcon is marked by a black back, white throat and orange upper breast. In forested parts of Central and South America, it hunts above the canopy and around rocky outcrops.

• Moluccan Cuckooshrike Coracina atriceps

  Glossy black head and breast stand out against the grey back and white belly. This cuckooshrike uses the upper forest canopy on the northern Moluccas and Seram.

• Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti

  Hildebrandt's Starling is resident in Kenya and northeastern Tanzania. It uses dry woodland and scrub and has been recorded foraging on foot near livestock.

• Collared Nightjar Gactornis enarratus

  The Collared Nightjar is a nocturnal bird found in Madagascar. It prefers humid forest, though it has also been recorded in other wooded habitats on the island.

• Cachar Bulbul Iole cacharensis

  A bulbul of northeastern India and southeastern Bangladesh. Its plumage is similar to a close relative, while its call offers an identification clue.

• Sooty Woodpecker Mulleripicus funebris

  The Northern Sooty Woodpecker is a large woodpecker of the northern Philippines. In the northern taxon, males have broader burgundy facial markings and smaller white spots on the neck than the related southern form.

• Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis

  The Canada Warbler is a migrant that breeds in northern North American forests and winters in South America. It arrives on its breeding grounds late in spring.

• Taita White-eye Zosterops silvanus

  This small bird lives in forests of the Taita Hills and Mount Kasigau in southeastern Kenya. Its white eyering and yellow brow stand out; it uses forest edges and gleans insects and small fruit.

• Madagascar Mannikin Lemuresthes nana

  Lepidopygia nana is a small finch found widely across Madagascar. It eats grass seeds and often forages in flocks of its own species.

• Mindanao Hornbill Penelopides affinis

  This hornbill has strongly different male and female plumage and lives in forests on Mindanao and nearby islands in the Philippines.

• Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla

  The Semipalmated Sandpiper is a small shorebird with a short bill. It breeds on Arctic tundra and winters along coasts farther south in the Americas.

• Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps

  This brown babbler has a long tail. It searches the ground for small invertebrates by day and lives in dry scrub and other open habitats.

• Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula

  The Pangani Longclaw is 19–20 cm long. The male has a yellow-orange throat and black cheek stripes, and searches for prey while walking through grassland.

• Plain-crowned Spinetail Synallaxis gujanensis

  This small bird occurs from Amazonia to the eastern Andean slope. It has a grayish head and rufous wings and tail, and forages low in young second growth and at forest edges.

• Arabian Wheatear Oenanthe lugentoides

  This wheatear has a white crown and a black facial mask that extends onto the wings. It is resident in the deserts and rocky hills of southern Arabia, where it feeds mainly on fruit and insects.

• Red-flanked Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna placentis

  The Red-flanked Lorikeet is a small parrot that searches flowering trees and epiphytes for nectar and pollen. The nominate subspecies male has red flank feathers.

• Ijima's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus ijimae

  Ijima’s Leaf Warbler is a migratory bird with a milky-white throat, chest, and belly and a yellow brow stripe. It searches forests and bamboo groves for insects and spiders, and also eats seeds.

• Yellow-rumped Siskin Spinus uropygialis

  The Yellow-rumped Siskin is a small finch of the high Andes. Its black head and back contrast with a bright yellow rump; females and young birds are duller.

• Black-capped Parakeet Pyrrhura rupicola

  The Black-capped Parakeet lives in humid lowland forest in Peru, Bolivia, and western Brazil. Its head and breast markings vary between two subspecies, and it feeds in the canopy on fruit.

• Wire-crested Thorntail Discosura popelairii

  This hummingbird is recorded in humid forests of southern Colombia. Breeding males have wire-like ornamental feathers.