Meet the world’s animals.

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• Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina

  

  The Brown-bellied Swallow lives in the high Andes and forages above scrub, humid grassland, farmland, and settlements.

• Great Thrush Turdus fuscater

  A large thrush common in Andean highlands, it is brown with an orange bill and legs. Males have a yellow eye-ring.

• Black-tailed Cisticola Cisticola melanurus

  The Black-tailed Cisticola is recorded at scattered sites from eastern Angola to western Democratic Republic of Congo. An Angolan survey found it foraging in mature miombo woodland from near the ground to the canopy.

• Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris

  The Red-legged Kittiwake breeds on islands in the Bering Sea and is recognizable by its red legs and yellow bill.

• Collared Falconet Microhierax caerulescens

  The Collared Falconet is a small falcon of South and parts of Southeast Asia. It is active by day and catches insects and other small prey in flight, using open woodland, forest edges and farmland near water.

• Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus

  The Pink-eared Duck is a small duck with white and dark brown bars, a large brown patch around the eye, and a small pink patch behind it.

• Caica Parrot Pyrilia caica

  Adults have a dark head and a broad yellowish collar. Juveniles do not yet have the adult’s black facial mask.

• Spot-crowned Euphonia Euphonia imitans

  This euphonia occurs on the southern Pacific slope of Costa Rica. Males have a yellow forehead and underparts with blue-black upperparts; females have an olive back and rufous underparts.

• Collared Whitestart Myioborus torquatus

  This warbler lives in Costa Rica's highland forests. It stays in pairs and may forage in mixed-species flocks.

• Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius

  This starling lives in dry savanna from Ethiopia to northeastern Tanzania. Adults have blue-green upperparts and golden underparts; females have shorter tails than males.

• Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens

  The Lavender Waxbill is a small finch native to West Africa. It has also been introduced to the Hawaiian Islands. Cornell's current page uses the genus Glaucestrilda; this entry retains the pool's name.

• Lovely Sunbird Aethopyga shelleyi

  This sunbird lives in forests on Palawan and nearby islands. Males show iridescent purple and crimson, while females have more subdued olive coloring.

• Rufescent Imperial Pigeon Ducula chalconota

  The Rufescent Imperial Pigeon has glossy green upperparts and a chestnut-red belly. It feeds on fruit in the mountain forests of New Guinea.

• Antioquia Wren Thryophilus sernai

  This wren is known from the dry Cauca River canyon in northwestern Colombia. Its description paper records small patches of semideciduous forest and dry scrub, often along watercourses, and calls it uncommon within its range.

• Fringe-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena atra

  Pyriglena atra is an antbird of coastal forest in northeastern Brazil. It has red eyes; males are black, while females are mainly reddish brown. It forages in dense lower vegetation along forest edges.

• Passerini's Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii

  The male is black with a red rump, while the female has a gray head and a mustard-colored rump. They blend among branches and eat fruit and small arthropods.

• Yellow Wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa

  This honeyeater lives on Tasmania and nearby islands. Its orange-yellow wattles on the sides of the head stand out, and it often feeds on nectar from eucalypts and other plants.

• Moluccan Cuckooshrike Coracina atriceps

  Glossy black head and breast stand out against the grey back and white belly. This cuckooshrike uses the upper forest canopy on the northern Moluccas and Seram.

• Black-billed Peppershrike Cyclarhis nigrirostris

  It has a large head and a thick, hooked black bill. Its crown, cheeks, and back are olive, while its belly is white. A forest guide from Colombia records birds hopping from mid-level forest to high outer branches for food, alone or in pairs and sometimes in mixed flocks. The guide lists Colombia and Ecuador for its range.

• Crested Finchbill Spizixos canifrons

  The Crested Finchbill ranges across Bangladesh, mainland China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its thick pale bill and upright black nape crest are distinctive.

• Pink-legged Graveteiro Acrobatornis fonsecai

  This bird occurs in humid Atlantic Forest in southeastern Bahia, Brazil. Researchers recorded it in the canopy of tall trees retained over cocoa plantations.

• Dunlin Calidris alpina

  A visiting shorebird of tidal flats and other watersides that sometimes gathers in large flocks.

• Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni

  A crested hawk that waits on a perch for prey, it breeds in scattered areas from India to Southeast Asia.

• Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris

  The Familiar Chat is a small African bird of rocky places and sparse woodland. Its rufous-orange rump and tail stand out against its grey-brown body.