Meet the world’s animals.

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• Vietnamese Cutia Cutia legalleni

  

  This babbler ranges across southeastern Laos and Vietnam. Males have rufous-chestnut backs, females have olive-brown backs, and both have black bars below. It searches mossy forest branches and trunks for food.

• Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus

  This plover occurs in southern South America. Breeding adults have two black bands across the breast.

• Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera

  The Great-winged Petrel is a large seabird with long wings and all-dark plumage. It breeds on Southern Hemisphere islands and disperses widely over the oceans outside the breeding season.

• Vivid Niltava Niltava vivida

  In the Taiwan endemic subspecies N. v. vivida, males are indigo, black, and orange-yellow, while females are mainly olive-brown and yellow-brown. It uses middle and upper forest layers.

• White-rumped Cuckooshrike Coracina leucopygia

  This gray bird has a black face and tail, with a white belly and rump. It is restricted to Sulawesi and nearby islands and moves through the canopy in small groups.

• Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii

  The Somali Starling occurs in northeastern Africa and on Socotra, using rocky hills and cliffs. The male is glossy black-purple with orange in the wings, while the female has a grey head and breast.

• Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota

  This lark has a noticeable white eyebrow. It searches the ground for insects and seeds in savanna and open woodland. Plumage and bill thickness vary by region.

• Iranian Ground Jay Podoces pleskei

  The Iranian Ground Jay is a ground-living corvid restricted to eastern Iran. Its sandy body, black facial marks, and dark throat patch contrast with the ground as it runs in search of food.

• Grey-headed Oliveback Nesocharis capistrata

  This small African bird uses savanna, shrubland and inland wetlands. The current IUCN assessment places it in the genus Delacourella.

• Bates's Swift Apus batesi

  Bates's Swift is a dark swift with a deeply forked tail. It occurs in humid forests from western Cameroon toward northern Gabon and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis

  This is the smallest friarbird, with a curved bill without a casque and a bare blue-gray face patch. It feeds on nectar and invertebrates in trees; some southeastern populations are seasonal visitors.

• Southern Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps

  The Southern Red-headed Weaver is a bird whose breeding male has a striking red head and chest. It searches for insects in trees.

• Band-winged Nightjar Systellura longirostris

  Its grey plumage with black and ochre markings camouflages it on the ground. It catches flying insects in open areas at dusk and at night, and rests on the ground by day. The range recorded here follows Argentina's national parks information system.

• Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja

  The Crimson Sunbird is a small bird that takes nectar, spiders, and insects. Males are red, while females are olive-colored, so the sexes look different.

• White-eyed Parakeet Psittacara leucophthalmus

  The White-eyed Parakeet is a medium-sized parrot that is mainly green. Red markings on the neck vary widely and may be barely visible. In South America, it feeds on fruit and other foods in flocks.

• Edwards's Fig Parrot Psittaculirostris edwardsii

  The adult male has red cheeks and throat and a blue-black breast band. Pairs and flocks visit fruiting trees in New Guinea.

• Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida

  The Peaceful Dove is a small grey-brown dove with barred plumage. In South Australia it feeds on the ground for seeds and usually occurs in pairs or small flocks.

• Nightingale Wren Microcerculus philomela

  This wren lives on the forest floor in wet evergreen forests from southeastern Mexico to Costa Rica. It is hard to see in dense cover, but its song can reveal its presence.

• Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea

  An African migrant with glossy blue-black plumage and a long tail. At its breeding grounds it nests in holes in the ground.

• Fulvous Owl Strix fulvescens

  This owl has a rounded, ear-tuftless head and a pale ochre face. It hunts at night and rests in shade or a cavity by day.

• Ecuadorian Rail Rallus aequatorialis

  This rail is recorded from southern Colombia through Ecuador and coastal Peru. It hides in dense grass and reeds and is found alone or in well-separated pairs.

• Acre Antshrike Thamnophilus divisorius

  This antshrike is known from Serra do Divisor in Acre, Brazil. Males are dusky grey; females are grey above and tawny-rufous below.

• Kloss's Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus ogilviegranti

  This leaf-warbler ranges from southern China through Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand. It is recorded in forest at 900–2,550 m during the breeding season.

• Little Stint Calidris minuta

  A tiny wader that passes through the UK on migration. Many pass in autumn, and most migrate to Africa for winter.