Meet the world’s animals.

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• Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri

  

  The Brewer's Sparrow has black streaks on its back and a slim white eye-ring. It searches dry shrublands for insects and also eats seeds in winter or during migration.

• Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps

  This large finch-like tanager occurs from Mexico to Panama in lowlands and hills, using forest edges and open trees. Its black head and breast bib contrast with bright golden-green upperparts.

• Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia

  The Fluttering Shearwater is a small shearwater with dark brown upperparts, white throat and belly, and a partial dark collar.

• Philippine Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias ruficauda

  A Philippine forest flycatcher. The historical male description records olive-brown upperparts and a rusty tail.

• Giant Coua Coua gigas

  This large ground-dwelling bird lives in forests of western and southern Madagascar. The bare blue skin around its eyes is conspicuous, and it forages on the forest floor.

• Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura

  The Short-tailed Swift has broad wings, an extremely short tail, and a pale beige rump. In the Brazilian Amazon, it catches insects while flying.

• American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos

  The all-black American Crow searches the ground for many kinds of food. In some places, large flocks gather to roost in winter.

• Lesser Horned Owl Bubo magellanicus

  The Lesser Horned Owl ranges from central Peru toward the southern tip of South America. It hunts in open country and roosts or nests in scrub, forest edges, and similar sites.

• Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

  A small shorebird that breeds on beaches. Britain has birds present year-round, winter visitors, and birds passing through on migration.

• Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca

  Male Satin Flycatchers are blue-black and white; females combine bluish grey, rusty red, and white. They breed in southeastern Australia and move north for the non-breeding season.

• Dot-winged Crake Laterallus spiloptera

  The Dot-winged Crake is a small rail of wetlands and flooded grasslands in southeastern South America. It hides in dense vegetation and is active around dusk and at night.

• Magenta-throated Woodstar Calliphlox bryantae

  This small hummingbird occurs in the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. Adult males have a magenta throat, white collar, and long forked tail. The species uses forest edges, secondary growth, and scrub, and is described as solitary. Some checklists place it in Philodice rather than Calliphlox.

• Cinereous Antshrike Thamnomanes caesius

  The Cinereous Antshrike is a small antbird about 14.5 cm long. It forages in the middle levels of Amazonian forest and is usually found with a mixed-species feeding flock.

• Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis

  The Buff-breasted Sandpiper is a shorebird with buff plumage and a short bill. It walks through dry grass to find insects, and males display with raised wings on the breeding grounds.

• Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus

  This medium-sized parrot is notable for its red shoulder patches. It feeds in the canopy of open woodland and trees along watercourses.

• Ocellated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus ocellatus

  This woodcreeper is recorded from Amazonian lowlands to the eastern Andean slope. Pale, dark-edged spots mark its head, back and underparts, and it searches for food in lower and middle forest layers.

• White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata

  This honeyeater lives in woodland and forest on mainland Australia. A white neck plume is its key mark, and it feeds in tree crowns and shrubs.

• Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii

  The Yellow-streaked Warbler breeds in China and moves from southwestern China to northern Indochina for the nonbreeding season. In Hong Kong it is recorded on passage and in winter.

• Rufous Nightjar Antrostomus rufus

  The Rufous Nightjar is a nocturnal bird with rufous plumage.

• Canary-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus

  The Canary-winged Parakeet has a pale green body and a white wing band that is conspicuous in flight. It is native to South America and has become feral in parts of North America.

• Canary White-eye Zosterops luteus

  This white-eye occurs along northern Australia's coast, chiefly in mangroves. Breeding records from the Darwin region suggest year-round breeding, with many nests in the upper part of short mangroves.

• Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens

  The Yellow-footed Gull is a large gull that breeds on islands around the Gulf of California. Adults are marked by yellow legs, a gray back and wings, and a white body.

• Falkland Steamer Duck Tachyeres brachypterus

  The Falkland Steamer Duck is a marine duck endemic to the Falkland Islands, with short wings and a heavy build. It feeds along rocky coasts and may gather in pairs or small groups in sheltered bays.

• St. Lucia Oriole Icterus laudabilis

  An oriole endemic to St. Lucia. Black plumage is sharply set off by russet-orange patches, and it has a long, slender bill.