Meet the world’s animals.

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• Angel Tern Gygis alba

  

  The Angel Tern is a seabird with all-white plumage and a dark bill, living widely among tropical and subtropical islands.

• Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum

  Adults have a chestnut back and a prominent white throat patch. Black streaks mark the underside, and the eyes are bright yellow. It lives in small groups in wet forest in southwestern Sri Lanka and hunts or calls in daylight. It mainly eats insects such as beetles, and also takes mice, small birds, and reptiles.

• Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps

  This breeding resident ranges from Senegal to central Africa. A 2018 paper reports observations at several Liberian locations from 2013 to 2018 and confirms that it is resident there.

• Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum

  The Brahminy Starling has a brown body and a black cap. It searches for food on the ground and nests in tree cavities.

• Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus

  The Western Tragopan is a pheasant that lives in forests of the northwestern Himalaya. Males and females differ greatly in plumage, and males display with calls and their appearance during breeding.

• Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis

  The Buff-banded Rail is marked by a chestnut-buff breast band and black-and-white barring. In Australia it keeps to cover around wetlands and crops while probing for food in mud.

• Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla

  A long-tailed woodpecker relative camouflaged by fine grey-brown patterning.

• Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus

  The Common Rosefinch breeds across northern Asia and parts of eastern and central Europe, then moves southeast for winter. Older males are red; females and young males are brown.

• Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata

  The Surf Scoter is a sea duck that nests in northern North America and spends the rest of its annual cycle mostly near ocean coasts.

• Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer

  The Blue-spotted Wood Dove is a small dove with blue spots on its wings. It lives along forest edges and streams, searching for seeds on the ground.

• White-plumed Antbird Pithys albifrons

  The White-plumed Antbird follows army-ant columns while foraging in the lower forest understory of Amazonia. Adults have long white plumes along the face, and chestnut neck, underparts, and tail.

• Pygmy Cuckooshrike Coracina abbotti

  This small cuckooshrike is restricted to Sulawesi, where it inhabits montane forest. Current accounts place it in Celebesica.

• Ruby-throated Bulbul Rubigula dispar

  This bulbul occurs on Sumatra, Java, and Bali. In forest and dense scrub, it uses the lower and middle storeys and gathers in small parties at fruiting trees.

• Mexican Parrotlet Forpus cyanopygius

  This small parrot lives in western Mexico. Males show blue on the rump and wings, and flocks feed on fruit and grass seeds.

• California Towhee Melozone crissalis

  The California Towhee is a sparrow-like bird of scrub in California and Oregon. It forages on the ground and stays near low shrubs.

• Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis

  Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo is a small cuckoo with a bronze-green sheen and a white eyebrow. It eats insects and lays its egg in another bird's nest.

• Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus

  This foliage-gleaner ranges from eastern Central America into northern South America and the western Amazon. In current taxonomy it is separate from two closely related species with which it was formerly grouped.

• Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys

  The Gray-breasted Wood-Wren forages in the understory of Andean montane forest. Its white eyebrow and gray throat and breast are useful field marks.

• Negros Striped Babbler Zosterornis nigrorum

  This small babbler is endemic to Negros Island in the Philippines. Records are concentrated in a few montane-forest areas, and a 2022 study notes uncertainty in its distribution and population estimates.

• Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica

  The Chestnut-sided Warbler is a small bird of young deciduous woods and thickets. Its plumage changes between breeding and nonbreeding seasons.

• White-naped Swift Streptoprocne semicollaris

  This large swift occurs in the mountains of Mexico. It catches flying insects above forests and uses caves or cliff crevices for roosting and nesting.

• Dark-eared Honeyeater Myza celebensis

  This honeyeater has fine dark streaks across its brownish plumage and a curved black bill. The sexes look alike in plumage, but males are larger in the Lore Lindu study.

• Ethiopian Thrush Turdus simensis

  This thrush occurs on the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands. Adults have gray-brown upperparts and a short tail, and forage on the ground for insects and worms. It uses open or scrubby habitats rather than dense forest.

• Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus

  The Superb Sunbird occurs in western and central Africa. Males have a blue crown and throat with maroon underparts; the species uses woodland and savanna.