Meet the world’s animals.

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• Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana

  

  The Swamp Sparrow lives in wetlands from central Canada to the eastern United States. Its rusty cap and wings stand out, and it searches for food in shallow water.

• Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant Hemitriccus diops

  This small tyrant flycatcher has olive upperparts, a white eye-ring, a grey breast, and yellow at the bend of the wing. It occurs from south-eastern Brazil through eastern Paraguay to north-eastern Argentina, foraging in the understory of humid forest and secondary growth, especially bamboo patches.

• Black-capped Lory Lorius lory

  The Black-capped Lory is a parrot that visits flowering trees in forests to feed on nectar and fruit. It moves in pairs or small groups.

• Black-banded Fruit Dove Ptilinopus alligator

  The Black-banded Fruit Dove is marked by a white head and upper chest, a black breast band, and a grey back. It has a limited range on Australia's Arnhem Land Plateau.

• New Caledonian Myzomela Myzomela caledonica

  This small honeyeater weighs about 7 g. It is active by day and uses forest, mangroves, and woodland, feeding mainly on nectar.

• Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis

  The Great Shearwater breeds on South Atlantic islands and moves to the North Atlantic during boreal summer.

• Olive Oropendola Psarocolius bifasciatus

  This large oropendola occurs in the Peruvian Amazon canopy; its red bill tip and pink cheek patch are distinctive.

• Buru White-eye Zosterops buruensis

  The Buru White-eye is endemic to Buru Island, Indonesia, and has yellow underparts. A 1995 survey recorded it in logged and primary forest near Fogi and Waikeka; in 2011, small flocks were seen in forest near Waikeka.

• Little Heron Butorides atricapilla

  A small heron found around wetlands from Africa through Asia to Australia. Plumage varies, though many birds appear mostly gray.

• Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris

  The Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush lives in mountain forests of Asia, including the Himalayas. Adult males are blue and chestnut, while females have a different gray-brown pattern.

• Correndera Pipit Anthus correndera

  The Correndera Pipit has a dark-streaked back and pale belly. It searches for insects in wet grassland near lakes and ponds.

• Javan Kingfisher Halcyon cyanoventris

  This kingfisher is endemic to Java and Bali. Its blue head and wings and large red bill stand out, and it searches for prey in farms and parks as well as near water.

• Caribbean Grey Saltator Saltator olivascens

  This gray bird occurs in northern South America. It uses forest edges and thickets, and records note it feeding on morning-glory flowers.

• Black-tipped Cotinga Carpodectes hopkei

  The Black-tipped Cotinga occurs from southeastern Panama through western Colombia to northwestern Ecuador, mainly in humid forest canopy. Males are almost white and females mostly gray above. It eats fruit, but details are sparse and seasonal movement is only suspected.

• River Tern Sterna aurantia

  A tern with a yellow bill and a deeply forked tail. It flies over rivers and lakes in South Asia and catches fish.

• Palau Cicadabird Coracina monacha

  This cicadabird occurs in the Palau Islands. The current species account lists forest and shrubland habitat.

• Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus

  The Himalayan Cuckoo breeds in eastern Asia and moves from Southeast Asia to northern Australia for the winter. Males are gray, with white spots on the underparts.

• Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula

  This woodpecker is marked by a spotted black breast and red nape. In the Amazon it uses flooded and riverside forests.

• Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla

  This monarch flycatcher occurs in Fiji. Adult males have a blue crown, slate-blue upperparts, white underparts, and a chestnut throat; females are browner above.

• Bengal Bush Lark Plocealauda assamica

  A lark of open country in South Asia. It forages on the ground and also occurs on dry, stony ground and cultivated land.

• Rachel's Malimbe Malimbus racheliae

  Rachel's Malimbe occurs in lowland forest around the Gulf of Guinea. Males have a red crown and black face, with yellow on the lower breast and undertail coverts.

• Long-whiskered Owlet Xenoglaux loweryi

  The Long-whiskered Owlet is a tiny owl with long facial feathers like whiskers. It is recorded in humid mountain forests of northern Peru.

• Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus

  A thrush with rusty-brown chest and flanks, using mountain and snow-free forests in different seasons.

• Rufous-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus torquatus

  A sexually dimorphic antshrike found mainly in central and eastern Brazil, with records extending into northeastern Bolivia and Paraguay.