Meet the world’s animals.

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• Green Oropendola Psarocolius viridis

  

  The Green Oropendola is uniformly dusky green, with a thick yellow-and-red bill and blue eyes. Males are larger than females, and the species uses forest canopy in Peru.

• Tiny Hawk Microspizias superciliosus

  This small hawk inhabits humid lowland forest from Central America into South America. Fine barring and a long banded tail mark its shape; it hunts small birds, including hummingbirds.

• Pale-legged Hornero Furnarius leucopus

  This ovenbird-family species occurs in northwestern South America, including Peru. A nest was studied in Peruvian floodplain forest.

• Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii

  This small songbird has a gray-to-green back and a pale ring around each eye. It breeds in North America and winters along western Mexico and the Pacific side of Central America.

• Beesley's Lark Chersomanes beesleyi

  This lark is restricted to a small area of northern Tanzania. Checklists have changed its rank; this account follows the current split treatment as Chersomanes beesleyi.

• Golden-bellied White-eye Zosterops uropygialis

  Its yellow-green upperparts and bright yellow throat and belly stand out, and it has no white eye-ring. This white-eye is found only on Kai Kecil Island, Indonesia.

• Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides

  The Nankeen Kestrel is a small falcon with a rufous back and pale, dark-streaked underparts. It hunts in open country such as grassland and farmland.

• Chaco Sparrow Rhynchospiza strigiceps

  This sparrow uses dry grassland and scrub in South America. It breeds in north-central Argentina, and some birds move seasonally into Bolivia and Paraguay.

• Red-bellied Macaw Orthopsittaca manilatus

  This macaw has a green body, bare yellow facial skin, a bluish head, and a reddish-brown belly patch. It occurs in northern and central-western Brazil and Venezuela.

• Black-headed Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera

  Males have a black head and wings with a grey body; females have a grey head and black-and-white underparts. In Bangladesh, it searches foliage for insects and berries in forests and secondary growth.

• Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga

  The Grey-rumped Swallow is an African swallow with a greyish rump. It catches insects while flying over open country.

• Hainan Hill Partridge Arborophila ardens

  The Hainan Hill Partridge is a pheasant-family bird found only on Hainan Island, where it lives in remaining mountain evergreen forests.

• Buru Racket-tail Prioniturus mada

  A parrot found only on Buru Island, with tail feathers that end in racket-shaped tips.

• Mangrove Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia

  The Mangrove Yellow Warbler is a bright yellow songbird whose adult males have a chestnut hood. It searches for insects and spiders in American coastal mangroves and nearby scrub.

• 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.

• Giant Wood Rail Aramides ypecaha

  This large rail walks through wetlands as it searches for food. Its red legs, grey face and breast, and reddish nape help identify it.

• Spectacled Spiderhunter Arachnothera flavigaster

  The Spectacled Spiderhunter is a large member of the sunbird family that uses forests and plantations in tropical Asia. It feeds on nectar, spiders, and insects.

• Variegated Antpitta Grallaria varia

  This ground-associated antpitta has a gray-and-brown pattern of scales, spots, streaks, and bars. A study tracking one bird in a reserve in Amazonas, Brazil, recorded slow movement, quiet behavior at most locations, and roosting in mid-story trees.

• Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira

  This seabird has a grey back and white underparts. It breeds in Madeira’s central mountains and feeds at sea on squid, small fish and other prey.

• Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera

  This prinia lives in open grassland and scrub. It has dark streaks on its brown upperparts and streaked pale underparts. It moves through grass and low shrubs in search of insects and other small invertebrates.

• White-rumped Swift Apus caffer

  A swift that catches insects in flight. In southern Africa, it may breed in nests taken over from other birds.

• Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda

  This sandpiper is usually found in grasslands rather than wetlands. It feeds there and breeds in North America before migrating to South America.

• Streak-breasted Honeyeater Territornis reticulata

  This honeyeater is endemic to Timor and Semau islands. Accounts record it in habitats from forest to gardens and mangroves, with more records in lowlands near the coast.

• White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis

  The White-throated Canary is a pale canary with little streaking, a white throat, and a greenish-yellow rump. It feeds on seeds and other foods in shrubland, semi-desert, and related habitats of southwestern Africa.