Meet the world’s animals.

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• Japanese sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis

  

  A small hawk that breeds in woods and even city parks in Japan.

• Mountain Cacique Cacicus chrysonotus

  The Peru account describes this cacique in montane forest on the eastern Andes. It reports a yellow wing patch north of Junín and a yellow rump in southern populations.

• Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides

  A medium-sized Arctic-breeding gull whose adult wingtips vary from pale to dark among regional forms.

• Stygian Owl Asio stygius

  A pale rim borders its dark facial disk, and it has long ear tufts. It uses semi-humid to wet woodland and forest edges and is seen alone or in pairs.

• Karamoja Apalis Apalis karamojae

  The Karamoja Apalis occurs in northern Uganda's mountains. A 2019 survey in northeastern Uganda recorded its gray-and-white plumage and insects taken from acacia.

• Stripe-headed Rhabdornis Rhabdornis mystacalis

  This bird lives in Philippine forest and woodland. The male has white streaks on the head and back, a white throat and central underparts, and black-striped flanks.

• Przevalski's Partridge Alectoris magna

  This partridge lives on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in China. A narrow, almost broken tawny-brown neck band helps distinguish it.

• Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus

  New Zealand birds of the Australasian Swamphen have a red frontal shield and bill and a deep blue-violet breast. Groups may defend territory and raise young cooperatively.

• Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera

  The Fine-spotted Woodpecker is a medium-sized, green-backed woodpecker. Males and females differ in head pattern, and the amount of spotting below varies across its range.

• Black Siskin Spinus atratus

  This small finch lives in high Andean grasslands and rocky areas. Yellow patches on its otherwise black wings and tail are especially visible in flight.

• Bronze-winged Duck Speculanas specularis

  The Bronze-winged Duck has a chocolate-brown head and neck, a white throat and facial patch, and a violet wing marking. The Argentine SIB lists the Andean-Patagonian region and Chile as its range.

• Yellow-breasted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus occipitalis

  The Yellow-breasted Fruit Dove lives in forests of the Philippines. It has green upperparts, a gray head, yellow breast, and maroon marks on the belly and behind the eye.

• Pectoral Antwren Herpsilochmus pectoralis

  The Pectoral Antwren occurs in northeastern Brazil. Males have a black-and-gray pattern, a white eyebrow and a black breast patch; nests have been recorded in relatively open coastal forest.

• Barred Cuckooshrike Coracina lineata

  This large cuckooshrike is recorded from New Guinea and the Bismarck and Solomon Islands to eastern Australia. The account describes it foraging in forest canopies.

• Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus

  A forest bird of West and Central Africa. Records from Upper Guinea place it singly or in pairs in the canopy of well-developed forest; it eats fruit.

• Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola riefferii

  The Green-and-black Fruiteater eats fruit in the canopy and middle levels of Andean montane forest. Males in northern Peru show striking green and black plumage.

• 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.

• Bay-crowned Brush Finch Atlapetes seebohmi

  The Bay-crowned Brush Finch occurs along the western Andes of southern Ecuador and north-western Peru. Its grey plumage is marked by a rufous crown and pale throat; it forages in montane scrub, dwarf forest, and forest edges.

• Sumatran Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx viridis

  The Sumatran ground-cuckoo is a large forest cuckoo with a long tail and sturdy green legs and bill. It lives on the ground and is thought to feed on prey found on the forest floor.

• Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla rufosuperciliata

  This foliage-gleaner lives in moist mountain forest and tall secondary growth on the eastern Andes of Bolivia. Its buff eyebrow and streaked underside help identify it.

• Moustached Wren Pheugopedius genibarbis

  A wren of forests in the Amazon Basin. It occurs in dense understory, especially near bamboo, in pairs or small groups.

• Sulphur White-eye Zosterops minutus

  This small white-eye lives on Lifou in New Caledonia. It has a white eye-ring, uses open places near settlements and cultivated land, and eats insects and fruit.

• Black-lored Yellowthroat Geothlypis auricularis

  A small bird of the Tumbesian region of Ecuador and Peru. Males have black around the eye; females show a yellow brow and eyering. It occurs in low thickets and open-woodland edges.

• Palau Swiftlet Aerodramus pelewensis

  This swiftlet occurs on Palau. It is blackish brown above, grey below, and has a short, shallowly forked tail.