Meet the world’s animals.

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• Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans

  

  The Tree Martin has a glossy blue-black head and back, a red-brown forehead, and a light gray rump. It catches insects in flight.

• 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.

• Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana

  This very small cisticola occurs in dry scrub and grassland in East Africa. It is about 9–10 cm long and feeds on small invertebrates near the ground.

• 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.

• Andean Teal Anas andium

  A small duck of high Andean lakes and wetlands, it has finely spotted gray-brown plumage and feeds close to the water surface.

• Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus

  The Blue-headed Parrot has a blue head and green body. In South America it may visit clay banks to take minerals that help neutralize toxins in seeds.

• Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris

  The Thick-billed Euphonia is a small bird about 11 cm long. Males have a glossy blue back and yellow-orange underparts; females have an olive back and yellow-orange underparts. It feeds on fruit.

• Pink-headed Warbler Cardellina versicolor

  This small bird is about 13 cm long and uses pine–oak and montane evergreen forest. The account describes gleaning invertebrates from vegetation. Sound recordings include Chiapas, Mexico.

• Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii

  Tristram's Starling is a starling whose orange wing panels stand out in flight. It uses rocky ravines and wadis, feeding on fruit and small animals.

• Black-throated Finch Poephila cincta

  Adults have a black throat, white cheeks, a gray head, and a yellow bill. They search for seeds on the ground in northeastern Australian grasslands and open woodland.

• Mariqua Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis

  The Mariqua Sunbird shows strong differences in plumage between males and females. It feeds on nectar and uses dry acacia savanna and other wooded habitats.

• Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris

  This dove ranges from the eastern Lesser Sundas through Australia and New Guinea to Vanuatu and New Caledonia. It uses forest and mangroves and feeds mainly on fallen fruit and seeds on the ground.

• Black-bellied Wren Pheugopedius fasciatoventris

  The throat and chest are white, a black band crosses the upper chest, and the belly is black with white bars. In Panama’s moist forests it nests in low vine tangles.

• Yapacana Antbird Aprositornis disjuncta

  A grey antbird with a conspicuous white patch between the shoulders. It searches for small prey in dense lowland forest undergrowth.

• Orange-headed Tanager Thlypopsis sordida

  A small tanager with a yellow-orange head. It moves through scrub, savanna, and forest edges.

• Macleay's Honeyeater Xanthotis macleayanus

  A honeyeater of tropical rainforest in northeastern Queensland, Australia, from Cooktown to Paluma. It takes nectar as well as insects and ripe fruit.

• Jerdon's Minivet Pericrocotus albifrons

  A minivet recorded in the central plains of Myanmar. Males and females differ in plumage, and the species is reported from dry scrub and places with scattered bushes.

• Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris

  A bulbul of sub-Saharan Africa, it is marked by a yellow underside and reddish eyes. It feeds on fruit and insects in trees.

• 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.

• Subantarctic Snipe Coenocorypha aucklandica

  The Subantarctic Snipe lives on islands south of mainland New Zealand. Its brown and blackish back feathers have buff edges, and it hides among dense vegetation during the day.

• Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides

  A small eagle with a wingspan over one metre. In woodland and along rivers in the Australian Capital Territory, it watches for prey from above and then swoops down.

• Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens

  The Ashy Flycatcher is grey to blue-grey, with a pale brow line that joins a narrow white eye-ring. It uses edges and clearings in dry and moist forest as well as moist savanna, catching mainly insects. The source uses Fraseria caerulescens and notes its former placement in Muscicapa.

• Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas

  This entry covers the southern species Patagona gigas. It looks very similar to the Northern Giant Hummingbird, P. peruviana, but differs in breeding range and vocalizations.

• Variegated Bristle Tyrant Pogonotriccus poecilotis

  This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in humid Andean mountain forest from Colombia to Peru.