Meet the world’s animals.

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• Blanford's Lark Calandrella blanfordi

  

  This lark lives in open grasslands in eastern Africa and nearby regions. Its rufous crown and small dark patch on the side of the neck stand out.

• Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos

  The black-faced waxbill has a black face and red rump and flanks. The southern African form lives in Acacia thornveld and eats grass seeds and insects.

• Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis

  The Black-collared Starling is a starling marked by a black-and-white collar and yellow skin around the eyes. It forages on the ground and also occurs in parks and farmland.

• Golden Cuckooshrike Campochaera sloetii

  This cuckooshrike is described from the canopy of tall forest in New Guinea. It has an orange-yellow body and black wings with white bars.

• Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda

  This sparrow occurs from Mexico through Central America. Dry shrubland is its main habitat, with additional records from grassland, pasture, farmland, and woodland.

• Cone-billed Tanager Conothraupis mesoleuca

  A field study in Chapada dos Parecis, Brazil, repeatedly recorded the species in seasonally flooded forest and grassland beside rivers. The paper also describes a female captured in the study area.

• Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni

  The Tropical Shearwater dives for small fish and squid and breeds in burrows on islands. In Seychelles it has breeding sites on several islands.

• Rufous-browed Flycatcher Anthipes solitaris

  This flycatcher lives in montane forest in Malaysia. The MyBIS account includes a record from Fraser's Hill in Pahang.

• Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus geoffroyi

  The Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo forages on the ground and has a prominent rufous-and-black crest and a black breast band. Peru Aves illustrates adults of unknown sex from Panama.

• Malagasy Palm Swift Cypsiurus gracilis

  This swift occurs in Madagascar and the Comoros. It inhabits open lowland secondary vegetation, uses palms for nesting, and catches insects in flight.

• Palawan Crow Corvus pusillus

  This crow occurs on Palawan and Mindoro. It is known for short, low calls likened to a frog’s croak.

• Rote Boobook Ninox rotiensis

  An owl endemic to Rote Island, Indonesia. A 2010 field study recorded it in dry woodland and around settlement trees.

• African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus

  The African Wattled Lapwing is a large brown plover with yellow legs and yellow facial wattles beside the bill.

• Palau Broadbill Myiagra erythrops

  This forest bird is endemic to Palau. It occurs across the islands' forests and is especially numerous in mangroves in the cited field guide.

• Black-backed Swamphen Porphyrio indicus

  This wetland bird has a black head and back and a red bill. It occurs from Sumatra to Sulawesi and uses reedbeds, swamps, lake edges, and damp pastures, feeding on vegetation and small animals.

• Green-backed Firecrown Sephanoides sephaniodes

  This small hummingbird occurs in Chile and Argentina. Males have an iridescent red crown and visit flowers for nectar. ROC reports that insects become a priority in its diet during the breeding season.

• Giant Antshrike Batara cinerea

  A large, robust antshrike with distinct male and female plumage; the Argentina account records it in forest habitats.

• Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer

  A shorebird that breeds in East Asia and winters on coasts of South and Southeast Asia, Nordmann's Greenshank has a thick bill and neck and relatively short legs.

• Violet-necked Lory Eos squamata

  This lory inhabits islands of eastern Indonesia. Purple neck bands and red wings are prominent, though plumage varies among subspecies. It feeds on nectar, pollen, and fruit, usually in pairs or small groups.

• Pinto's Spinetail Synallaxis infuscata

  Pinto's Spinetail inhabits forest thickets in northeastern Brazil. A specimen comparison describes a dark gray belly, chestnut crown, and glaucous flanks, while the pale eyebrow line varies among specimens.

• New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae

  The New Holland Honeyeater is a small bird found in southern Australia’s forests and gardens. It feeds mainly on nectar, as well as insects and other foods.

• Laura's Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus laurae

  A historical record places this warbler on Mount Moco in Angola. Laura Boulton's account described it as apparently confined to the montane rainforest of the Benguela Highlands.

• Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis

  The Lesser Nighthawk lives in dry country and catches insects on the wing at dusk. It lays eggs directly on the ground with little or no nest material.

• Red-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops

  The Red-faced Parrot has red around the bill and on the wing shoulders, with blue on some flight feathers. It feeds quietly in the canopy of humid mountain forest.