Meet the world’s animals.

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• Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis

  

  An older account describes male nominate Himalayan Cutias as flocking in high-elevation forest in summer and moving lower in winter.

• Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus

  This bird uses the high canopy of humid Central American forests and mainly eats fruit. Males have three long wattles around the bill.

• Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis

  The Common Pauraque hides on the ground in leaf-colored plumage by day and catches flying insects at night.

• Long-legged Pipit Anthus pallidiventris

  The Long-legged Pipit walks on open ground in dry grassland and farmland, searching for small invertebrates.

• Taita Falcon Falco fasciinucha

  A small, compact falcon with white cheeks and rufous underparts. It hunts small birds around wooded mountains and deep valleys with cliffs.

• Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor

  The Dark-backed Weaver has dark brown upperparts and golden-yellow underparts. Some regional forms have grey backs. It lives in forest and closed woodland, where it searches among leaves and bark for small invertebrates.

• Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis

  The Orange-chinned Parakeet is a small green parrot with an orange chin. It ranges from southern Mexico to northern South America in dry forest.

• Large Ground Finch Geospiza magnirostris

  Among the ground finches of the Galápagos, this species is especially large, with a heavy bill used to handle large seeds.

• Blue Lorikeet Vini peruviana

  Adult Blue Lorikeets are dark blue-purple with white on the face and upper breast. They feed on nectar and soft fruit and move in small groups between flowering coconut palms.

• Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens

  The Buff-tailed Coronet is a hummingbird of Andean montane forest. Buff or rufous edges on its tail feathers are distinctive, and it feeds on nectar and small prey.

• Cobalt Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera carolinae

  The Cobalt Paradise Kingfisher is a kingfisher of Numfor Island. Long, narrow feathers trail from the tail; it searches near the forest floor for invertebrates and nests in termite mounds.

• Whiskered Wren Pheugopedius mystacalis

  The Whiskered Wren is recorded in foothills and subtropical areas from Venezuela to western Ecuador. It has rufous upperparts, a striped black-and-white face, and pale gray underparts, and it keeps to thickets at forest edges.

• Black-winged Myna Acridotheres melanopterus

  The Black-winged Myna is a black-and-white starling.

• Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus

  The Snowy Plover is a pale, sand-colored shorebird that blends into beaches and salt flats. It searches for small invertebrates as it moves across the shore.

• Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans

  This lark migrates from breeding areas in central Africa to southern Africa. It forages on the ground in open savanna and woodland, eating insects and some seeds.

• Asian Blue Quail Synoicus chinensis

  This small quail shows a strong color contrast: males are blue-gray and chestnut, while females are brown. It walks through grass and scrub to find seeds and small insects on the ground.

• Crested Black Tyrant Knipolegus lophotes

  It has a high crest, and a broad white patch shows on the open wings in flight. It launches from a perch to catch flying insects and returns to a favored perch. A separate nest account has records from one area in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

• Crested Duck Lophonetta specularioides

  A northwestern Patagonia account describes this duck's crest and its feeding near lakes and rivers, where it takes small aquatic animals.

• 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.

• White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques

  The White-collared Pigeon lives in the highlands of Eritrea and Ethiopia. It has a white collar on the back of its neck and makes daily movements between feeding and roosting sites.

• Gray-headed Chickadee Poecile cinctus

  The Gray-headed Chickadee, called the Siberian Tit in Eurasia, lives year-round in northern forests across northern Eurasia and Alaska.

• White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis

  The White-bellied Heron is a large waterbird with a long neck and legs. In Bhutan, it occurs in temperate and mixed broadleaf forests in three major river basins.

• Himalayan Owl Strix nivicolum

  The Himalayan Owl is a medium-sized owl of mountain forests from the Himalayas across East Asia. It has no ear tufts and a pale X-shaped mark across the face.

• Piping Crow Corvus typicus

  Its head and upper back are dark, while the lower neck and underparts are white. It lives in moist forests on Sulawesi and nearby islands.