Meet the world’s animals.

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• Hose's Broadbill Calyptomena hosii

  

  Hose's Broadbill is a bird of mountain forests on Borneo. The male is bright green with a blue area on the belly.

• Yellow-breasted Antpitta Grallaria flavotincta

  

  This antpitta inhabits wet mountain forests on the western Andes. Its head and back are chestnut, its underparts are cream, and the area between the eye and bill is grey. Records extend from western Colombia to north-western Ecuador.

• Magellanic Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus

  

  The Magellanic Oystercatcher is a large wader found mainly along the coasts of southern South America. During the breeding season it also moves inland to wet grasslands.

• Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus

  

  The Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver has a stocky body, chestnut back, and striped head. Small groups stay together year-round in miombo woodland and search the ground for seeds and insects.

• Olive-crowned Crescentchest Melanopareia maximiliani

  

  In Bolivia, this ground-dwelling bird is found along montane-forest edges and in tall scrub. It occurs alone or in pairs and skulks in dense vegetation near the ground.

• Red-backed Mousebird Colius castanotus

  

  The Red-backed Mousebird lives in western Angola, including forest edges, and feeds on fruits, buds, and leaves. A brown-red patch on its lower back is distinctive.

• White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda

  The White-tailed Blue Flycatcher is an African flycatcher that may fan its long tail. It joins mixed-species feeding flocks in forests and miombo.

• Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii

  It ranges from southern Mexico to western Panama, using forested areas near water as well as edges and scrub.

• White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi

  The White-winged Flufftail breeds in seasonal high-altitude wetlands. White patches on both sexes' wings show clearly in flight.

• Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens

  The Purple Indigobird's breeding male is purplish, and the species lays its eggs in the nest of Jameson's Firefinch. It searches the ground for grass seeds.

• Kauai Elepaio Chasiempis sclateri

  The Kauai Elepaio is a small songbird found only on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. In wet forest it searches trunks, branches, leaves, and the ground for small insects and spiders.

• Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus

  The Peruvian Pelican is a large pelican of the Pacific coast along the Humboldt Current. It catches fish near the surface and also uses areas around fishing ports.

• Gray Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys cinereus

  The Gray Silky-flycatcher is a crested, long-tailed bird. Males are blue-gray and females dusky gray; flocks gather at fruiting trees in its Mexican and Guatemalan range.

• Common Iora Aegithina tiphia

  A small woodland bird with bright yellow underparts. It ranges from South to Southeast Asia and searches among leaves and branches for insects.

• Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis

  A small bird that breeds among Arctic rocks and forms flocks in open places in North America during winter. It searches the ground for seeds and insects.

• James's Flamingo Phoenicoparrus jamesi

  James's Flamingo has pale pink plumage, black flight feathers, red legs, and a short yellow bill with a black tip. It feeds in shallow high-Andean salt lakes and moves lower when wetlands freeze.

• Malaita Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx malaitae

  The Malaita Dwarf-Kingfisher is endemic to Malaita in the Solomon Islands.

• Pitta-like Ground Roller Atelornis pittoides

  The Pitta-like Ground Roller lives in forests of eastern Madagascar and the central High Plateau. Its blue head and black eye mask stand out, while it searches the leaf litter for prey.

• Ochre-breasted Catbird Ailuroedus stonii

  The Hides Ridge field guide places the Ochre-breasted Catbird in lowland forest in southern New Guinea and describes foraging in lower layers and sometimes on the ground. Within its study area, it lists the bird only at Arakubi.

• Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata

  This small bird occurs in central and northern Namibia in savanna woodland and riverine thickets. It searches for small invertebrates low down and has greenish upperparts, grayish underparts, and a short cocked tail.

• Buff-tailed Sicklebill Eutoxeres condamini

  The Buff-tailed Sicklebill has buff outer tail feathers and a streaked underside. It feeds on nectar in the understory of humid forests.

• Short-tailed albatross Phoebastria albatrus

  An albatross with long, narrow wings that searches for food at the sea surface.

• Finsch's Bulbul Iole finschii

  Finsch's Bulbul has mainly olive-toned plumage. It uses the middle and upper forest and is seen in pairs or small groups searching for food.

• Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis

  With a large head and yellow eyes, it sits upright and still on a branch by day, then flies out to catch insects at night.