Meet the world’s animals.

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• Puff-throated Bulbul Alophoixus pallidus

  

  The Puff-throated Bulbul is a bulbul of the forest understory. Its rufous crest and conspicuous, puffy white throat stand out.

• Blue Cuckooshrike Coracina azurea

  This cuckooshrike occurs in forests from West Africa into parts of Central Africa. Adult males are blue, while females are duller.

• Sinaloa Crow Corvus sinaloae

  The Sinaloa Crow is a small crow of northwestern Mexico. Its glossy black plumage has a purple sheen.

• White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus

  The White-collared Blackbird is a thrush whose male has a broad white collar against black plumage. It searches for food among leaf litter and moves in pairs or small groups. It occurs in Himalayan mountain forests and alpine meadows.

• Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata

  A flycatcher whose wing markings differ between males and females.

• Ochre-breasted Pipit Anthus nattereri

  This small bird is recorded in scattered grasslands of southeastern South America. Its ochre chest is streaked, and it searches for insects on the ground.

• Freckle-breasted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticollis

  This South American ovenbird is found in shrub cover along grasslands and wetland edges and builds its nest in shrubs.

• Grey parrot Psittacus erithacus

  An African forest parrot with grey plumage and a striking bright red tail.

• Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus

  The lark sparrow walks through open grassland and scrub, searching on the ground for seeds and insects.

• New Zealand Plover Charadrius obscurus

  The northern form of this plover lives on New Zealand’s North Island. Its underside changes color with the season, and males tend to be more richly colored than females.

• Orange-breasted Myzomela Myzomela jugularis

  The Orange-breasted Myzomela is a small, common nectar-feeding bird in Fiji. It also eats spiders and insects and is usually alone or in small groups. Larger gatherings form at flowering trees. On Lakeba in the Lau Group, a field study recorded relatively high nectarivore abundance in coastal coconut plantations.

• Mouse-colored Antshrike Thamnophilus murinus

  An antshrike that often forages with mixed-species flocks in the middle levels of Amazonian evergreen forest.

• Coppery-headed Emerald Microchera cupreiceps

  This small hummingbird is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica. The adult male's copper-colored crown and tail, with white outer tail feathers, are useful field marks.

• Blue Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone cyanescens

  The male has blue plumage and a dark face. This paradise flycatcher occurs on Palawan and the Calamian Islands in the southwestern Philippines, where it catches flying insects in primary and secondary forest.

• White-rumped Spinetail Zoonavena sylvatica

  A broad white rump stands out against its black upperparts, which may shine blue. It catches insects high over forested hills.

• Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens

  The Chirping Cisticola is a small bird of wetlands and flooded grassland in south-central Africa. It has a greyish-brown back, brown head and grey throat.

• Nacunda Nighthawk Chordeiles nacunda

  The Nacunda Nighthawk lives in open habitats in northern and eastern South America, catching insects in flight around dusk.

• Stripe-breasted Wren Cantorchilus thoracicus

  This wren occurs on the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its rufous back, barred tail and wings, and heavily streaked throat and breast stand out. Pairs forage in the understory of moist lowland forest.

• Andaman Serpent Eagle Spilornis elgini

  The Andaman Serpent Eagle is a dark brown eagle with small white spots. It uses forest clearings in the interior of the Andaman Islands and eats snakes and other animals.

• Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus

  This weaver lives in dry savanna and scrub. In breeding plumage the male has a black face and yellow body, and he builds a woven grass nest.

• Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis

  This cuckoo ranges from Ethiopia into southeastern Africa. It has green back, wings, and tail, with a heavy yellow bill.

• Large Grey Babbler Argya malcolmi

  The Large Grey Babbler is a big babbler with a long tail. It forages on the ground by day for small invertebrates.

• Common Gull Larus canus

  A relatively small gull seen year-round in the UK, along coasts, wetlands, and farmland.

• Wetar Scops Owl Otus tempestatis

  A small owl endemic to Wetar Island, Indonesia. Gray and rufous forms occur. It was recorded in tropical forest and heard in eucalyptus woodland at 300 m, calling at night.