Meet the world’s animals.

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• Pacific Flatbill Rhynchocyclus pacificus

  

  This tyrant flycatcher occurs along the Pacific side of western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It forages in humid forest understory.

• African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta

  The African Pygmy Kingfisher is a small kingfisher widespread south of the Sahara. It eats insects more often than fish and searches for prey from a perch.

• Indochinese Bush Lark Plocealauda erythrocephala

  A lark of open, dry country in Indochina. Its short tail and dark streaks on the chest help distinguish it.

• Buff-cheeked Greenlet Hylophilus muscicapinus

  A small green bird of humid lowland forests, it searches among leaves for small prey.

• Green Avadavat Amandava formosa

  The Green Avadavat has a restricted range in India. A study at Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary found it more often in higher areas with greater grass and shrub cover.

• Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris

  The Slender-billed Starling is an East African starling with a long, narrow bill and glossy dark plumage.

• New Caledonian Cuckooshrike Coracina analis

  The New Caledonian Cuckooshrike lives in forests on New Caledonia. A local island guide records it eating insects and small fruits in forest.

• Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis

  Western Reef Herons occur in pale and dark plumage forms; the dark form is marked by a white throat. They hunt along coasts and estuaries.

• Prevost's Ground Sparrow Melozone biarcuata

  This ground-dwelling sparrow uses forest edges and coffee plantations in Central America. The male has a white face, dark forehead, and rufous crown.

• Paramo Pipit Anthus bogotensis

  The Paramo Pipit searches for food on the ground in high grasslands. The Bolivia account reports subspecies that differ in the color of the underside and in their flank markings.

• Uniform Finch Haplospiza unicolor

  This finch occurs in southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. It inhabits moist Atlantic Forest with bamboo in the understory; males are gray and females are brown.

• Short-tailed shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris

  A dark seabird that breeds in Australia and makes long ocean journeys.

• Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias umbratilis

  This small flycatcher lives in lowland forests of Sundaland. It has a plain brown back, a grey wash across the breast and a pale throat. It quietly searches for insects in shaded forest undergrowth.

• Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus

  A bird that runs through dry scrub and uses its long tail to steer while chasing lizards.

• Pallid Swift Apus pallidus

  This brown swift has a white throat, breeds from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf and winters in the Sahel.

• Asir Magpie Pica asirensis

  This long-tailed magpie is restricted to the mountains of southwestern Arabia and has white patches on its belly and sides.

• Stygian Owl Asio stygius

  A pale rim borders its dark facial disk, and it has long ear tufts. It uses semi-humid to wet woodland and forest edges and is seen alone or in pairs.

• Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia

  This plover occurs along coasts from the southern United States to South America. It searches beaches and tidal flats for crabs and other prey.

• Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli

  This small bird lives in mountains from southwestern Canada into the western United States. Its white eyebrow and black head stand out, and it moves to lower elevations in fall and winter.

• 'Elepaio Chasiempis sandwichensis

  This forest bird is endemic to Hawaiʻi Island. Adults are dark brown above and white below, and the throat differs between males and females. It searches foliage for small arthropods and also catches prey in flight.

• Grey-tailed Piha Snowornis subalaris

  The species lives in humid montane forest on the eastern Andean slope, with records in Colombia and Ecuador at about 800–1,350 m. Its populations are disjunct.

• Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis

  The Striped Crake is a rail with white streaks on its back and reddish underparts. It searches among seasonally flooded grassland and marsh edges, including shallow water and mud.

• Blue-headed Hummingbird Riccordia bicolor

  Males have blue-violet on the head and throat while females have green upperparts and grey-white underparts; the species uses mountain wet forest on Dominica and Martinique.

• Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis subflava

  This small antbird ranges from Peru's eastern Andean foothills into adjacent western Bolivia and Brazil. Its throat and belly are yellow, and the eyebrow differs in color between the sexes.