Meet the world’s animals.

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• Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis

  

  This weaver occurs in wooded edges, riverside vegetation, and gardens across sub-Saharan Africa. It eats insects as well as fruit and nectar.

• Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis

  The Scarlet-chested Sunbird is notable for the red chest and iridescent head of the male in nuptial plumage. It feeds on nectar and small animals.

• Scaly Laughingthrush Trochalopteron subunicolor

  The Scaly Laughingthrush occurs in eastern Himalayan mountain forest and scrub, and may move to lower elevations in winter. A museum specimen is also recorded from Mount Fansipan in northern Vietnam.

• Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha

  A duck distributed in eastern and southern Africa. It uses shallow freshwater wetlands with vegetation; the male’s bill becomes redder during breeding, according to the regional account.

• Bearded Bellbird Procnias averano

  The Bearded Bellbird is noted for the male’s black, beard-like throat wattles and the different plumage of males and females. Males give loud bell-like calls and eat fruit.

• Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis

  The Angola Swallow is a member of the swallow family found in the Afrotropical region. It feeds on small invertebrates while flying by day.

• Bar-winged Oriole Icterus maculialatus

  This oriole occurs from southern Mexico through Guatemala and El Salvador to Honduras. Its listed habitats include oak-pine scrub, moist montane areas, coffee plantations, and open places.

• Hill Prinia Prinia superciliaris

  This brown bird has a long tail. A Vietnam photo archive records a white eyebrow and throat and seasonal variation in breast streaking; its broader range and habitat come from a separate species account.

• Green Cochoa Cochoa viridis

  The Green Cochoa lives in moist forest, often near streams. Males combine green and blue plumage, while females have brown wings and a blue tail.

• Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus

  The Southern Giant Petrel occurs in brown and rarer white phases. It breeds on Southern Ocean islands and the Antarctic Continent and is a distinct species from the related Northern Giant Petrel.

• Karthala White-eye Zosterops mouroniensis

  The Karthala White-eye is tied to montane heath on Mount Karthala, Grand Comoro. It moves in energetic flocks and has a narrow white eye-ring and yellow underparts.

• Yemen Linnet Linaria yemenensis

  A small finch of the highlands of southwestern Saudi Arabia and Yemen. It may gather in flocks at higher elevations.

• Tibetan Sand Plover Charadrius atrifrons

  This plover breeds in Asian mountains and plateaus and winters along the coasts of Asia, the Middle East and Africa. In breeding plumage it has an orange breast and clean white flanks.

• Sri Lanka Gray Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis

  The Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill is a small hornbill endemic to Sri Lanka, with a grey body and pale underparts.

• Azure-rumped Tanager Poecilostreptus cabanisi

  The Azure-rumped Tanager occurs in Pacific-slope mountains of western Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico. A Guatemalan study recorded it in humid broadleaf forest and shade coffee plantations.

• Buff-collared Nightjar Antrostomus ridgwayi

  The Buff-collared Nightjar is a nocturnal bird marked by a cinnamon-colored neck collar. It uses its huge mouth to catch flying insects in the dark.

• Black-eared Miner Manorina melanotis

  This stocky honeyeater has a dark face and orange-yellow bill and legs. During breeding, helpers, mostly males, may join a pair to raise the chicks.

• Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa

  The Kentucky Warbler has yellow underparts and a yellow spectacle around the eye. It forages near the forest floor in eastern North America during breeding and moves to Central America for winter.

• Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis

  In Hong Kong, Swinhoe's Minivet is recorded as a rare spring and autumn passage migrant. The regional bird account reports it singly or in small groups at wooded sites, and describes different plumage in males and females. It gives no local diet records.

• Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus

  A small falcon whose males and females have different plumage. It breeds in eastern Europe and Central Asia, then migrates to southern Africa, where it may roost in flocks.

• Long-tailed Starling Aplonis magna

  This starling is active by day and eats fruit in forests and open areas on Biak and Numfor.

• Ashy-headed Greenlet Hylophilus pectoralis

  This greenlet occurs in northern South America, especially along coastal areas. It uses mangroves, forest, and forest edges, and feeds on insects.

• Chestnut Antpitta Grallaria blakei

  This antpitta occurs in the Peruvian Andes. Its chestnut plumage stands out, and it uses forest near the ground, often in dense bamboo.

• Golden-winged Parakeet Brotogeris chrysoptera

  The Golden-winged Parakeet is a small green parakeet with a golden wing patch. Outside the breeding season it travels in flocks and may gather at fruiting trees.