Meet the world’s animals.

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• Pohnpei Kingfisher Todiramphus reichenbachii

  

  This kingfisher is endemic to Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. It occurs at forest edges and mangroves and excavates a nest burrow in rotten wood.

• Bridled Sparrow Peucaea mystacalis

  This bird lives in scrub and grassland in central Mexico. It has a gray head with white lines around the brow and eye, and eats seeds and small animals.

• Yellow Weaver Ploceus subaureus

  A yellow weaver that nests among reeds near water. Males and females differ in eye and bill color, and it eats seeds, insects, and nectar.

• White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera

  Its dark body contrasts with white wing tips and white undertail feathers. It swims in lakes and wetlands with abundant aquatic plants, sometimes in moderate-sized groups.

• Rufous-fronted Laughingthrush Garrulax rufifrons

  This Javan laughingthrush has a rufous forehead and chin. It eats fruit and insects, and may forage in noisy small groups or mixed-species flocks.

• 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.

• White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis

  This large petrel ranges widely over the Southern Ocean and breeds in burrows on vegetated island slopes.

• Dull-blue Flycatcher Eumyias sordidus

  This blue flycatcher is endemic to Sri Lanka and occurs in the central hills and humid wet-zone. A study in Horton Plains cloud forest found nests in tree holes and road-bank cavities; beetles were the main food recorded for nestlings.

• White-tailed Jay Cyanocorax mystacalis

  The White-tailed Jay is a large jay with striking white, blue, and black plumage. It searches forests and scrub in pairs or family groups from northwestern Peru into Ecuador.

• Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii

  Cassin's Finch is a small finch of the mountains of western North America. Males have a red crown, and the birds eat tree seeds and buds.

• Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi

  This apalis lives in thickets and woodland in southern Africa. Adults have a gray head with a short pale eyebrow and search foliage for insects.

• Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca

  Breeding males have a bright orange face and throat and forage high in leafy forest canopies.

• Lesser cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus

  A cuckoo visiting Japanese mountain forests, where the male’s loud call carries through the trees.

• Fuegian Snipe Gallinago stricklandii

  The Fuegian Snipe occurs in the temperate-forest region of southern South America. It probes wet soil for small invertebrates with its long, slender bill; some birds have been recorded year-round in Cape Horn National Park.

• Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes

  The Black-rumped Waxbill is a small bird of tall grass and scrub. It mainly eats plant seeds, and adults have a red line behind the eye.

• Flores Hanging-parrot Loriculus flosculus

  The Flores Hanging Parrot is a small green parrot. Males have a red mark on the throat, and the species eats fruit and nectar.

• Sulawesi Ground Dove Gallicolumba tristigmata

  The Sulawesi Ground Dove is a forest pigeon of Sulawesi, marked by a yellow forehead and green hindneck. It searches for food on the forest floor.

• Swamp Harrier Circus approximans

  A large raptor that glides low with its wings in a shallow V, searching open areas for prey and carrion.

• Pemba White-eye Zosterops vaughani

  This white-eye occurs on Pemba Island and nearby offshore islets in Tanzania. A regional taxonomic review records it throughout Pemba.

• Red-throated Sunbird Anthreptes rhodolaemus

  Male Red-throated Sunbirds show glossy green and violet plumage, while females are subdued olive. They forage for flowers and small prey in forest canopies.

• Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii

  This small pipit has grey-brown upperparts and a clearly streaked breast. The species is endemic to Macaronesia—Canary Islands, Madeira and the Selvagens—and may make short local movements during dry periods.

• Tenggara Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone floris

  Ecology Asia presents a male white morph of the Tenggara Paradise Flycatcher from Flores, Indonesia, and identifies hill forest as its habitat.

• Timor Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus presbytes

  The Timor Leaf Warbler is a small warbler recorded on Timor and Flores. It uses forest edges and montane woodland on Flores, and lowland scrub on Timor.

• Bradfield’s Swift Apus bradfieldi

  Bradfield’s Swift occurs from southwestern Angola through Namibia to northern South Africa. It flies in flocks over arid country and catches flying insects.