Meet the world’s animals.

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• Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus

  

  This large cuckoo occurs from East Asia into Southeast Asia. The sexes have different plumage; it eats fruit and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.

• Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella

  Males are blue, while females show orange-and-black barring, making the sexes look quite different. It perches and waits for prey in lowland and hill forests.

• Blond-crested Woodpecker Celeus flavescens

  The Blond-crested Woodpecker lives in forests and open woodland of eastern South America. The male has a pale golden crest and a red cheek stripe, and the species eats ants and termites.

• Sclater's Antwren Myrmotherula sclateri

  This small antwren occurs in lowland Amazonian forest. It searches among dense leaves and vines and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Polynesian Starling Aplonis tabuensis

  The Polynesian Starling is a starling found widely across South Pacific islands. In Niue, it moves in family-like groups and searches branches and trunks for insects and fruit.

• Samar Hornbill Penelopides samarensis

  A hornbill of several central Philippine islands. The male is strongly patterned in cream and black, while the female is mostly black.

• Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica

  A brown, long-necked duck that gathers in flocks near water and forages at night or in the early morning.

• Fulvous Babbler Argya fulva

  The Fulvous Babbler is a resident bird of dry North African scrub. It has brown plumage, a pale neck, and a long tail.

• Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus

  Bronzed Cowbirds move in flocks through open country. Males have blue and bronze gloss on their plumage, and both sexes have red eyes.

• Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis

  A large vulture of high Central Asia, including the Tibetan Plateau, it searches from the air for large-mammal carcasses.

• Blackish-headed Spinetail Synallaxis tithys

  The Blackish-headed Spinetail is about 14.5 cm long. It is recorded in humid and semi-deciduous forest in Tumbes at extreme northwestern Peru and also occurs in Ecuador.

• Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii

  This small bird breeds in dry, open forests of western North America. Its white eye-ring is conspicuous, and it forages slowly through the lower and middle parts of trees. In winter it may join mixed flocks of woodland birds.

• Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii

  The Short-tailed Lark is a small lark, about 14–15 cm long. It walks on rocky ground and short-grass plains to eat seeds, and may also occur near human habitation.

• Black-capped Speirops Zosterops lugubris

  This white-eye occurs throughout São Tomé in forest and plantations. Cornell Lab's eBird account says it prefers highland forest above 900 m.

• Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni

  A gray kestrel with a pale head, rump, and underwing that stand out in flight. It ranges widely across sub-Saharan Africa.

• Yellow-striped Brush Finch Atlapetes citrinellus

  This brush finch inhabits the Yungas of northwestern Argentina. Records span about 400–2,500 m, and birds move up and down the slopes seasonally.

• Mexican Parrotlet Forpus cyanopygius

  This small parrot lives in western Mexico. Males show blue on the rump and wings, and flocks feed on fruit and grass seeds.

• Pied Triller Lalage nigra

  This triller lives in open woodland, including parks in Singapore. Males are black and white, females are gray and white, and it eats insects and small fruits.

• Mascarene Martin Phedina borbonica

  The Mascarene Martin is a small swallow about 15 cm long. It uses forests, mangroves and wetlands, catching insects in flight.

• Indian peafowl Pavo cristatus

  A bird native to India and Sri Lanka whose males spread a long train like a fan.

• Turquoise Parakeet Neophema pulchella

  A parakeet of southeastern Australia. Males show a turquoise-blue face and red shoulder patch, and the birds forage near the ground for grass seeds.

• Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus

  The Golden-crowned Warbler is a small bird with a yellow crown stripe and yellow underparts. It searches among leaves in the lower forest and eats insects and fruit.

• Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia

  The male Yellow-rumped Flycatcher has strong black, white, and yellow contrasts, while the female is mainly brown and yellow. It feeds on insects in woodland and moves between East and Southeast Asia with the seasons.

• Band-bellied Crake Zapornia paykullii

  This secretive migrant uses marshes with dense vegetation. It breeds in northern East Asia and winters in Southeast Asia. Black-and-white bars extend from its flanks across the lower belly.