Meet the world’s animals.

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• Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus

  

  A seabird that breeds on Arctic tundra and may steal food from other seabirds. Adults vary from dark to pale color forms.

• White-necked Thrush Turdus albicollis

  

  This thrush is described from Trinidad and Tobago. It searches among leaf litter for small prey and also eats fruit.

• Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys

  

  A small vireo found from Central America into northwestern South America. In Colombia, it is recorded in forest from 1,000 to 2,800 m, feeding in middle and upper vegetation layers, alone or in mixed flocks.

• New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae

  

  The New Zealand Falcon is endemic to New Zealand. Its regional forms differ in size and color, from a small dark forest form to a larger, paler form in dry open country.

• Samar Hornbill Penelopides samarensis

  

  A hornbill of several central Philippine islands. The male is strongly patterned in cream and black, while the female is mostly black.

• Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis

  

  The Rusty-flanked Treecreeper is a small bird of high forests from the eastern Himalayas into southwestern China. It is recorded in mixed conifer and broadleaf forest with tall trees.

• Pink-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus waltoni

  A rosefinch found in central China and Tibet. It uses open areas such as forest edges and shrubby expanses.

• Javan Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratum

  The Javan Black-capped Babbler has a black head and chestnut-brown back. On Java, it searches for small prey among leaf litter in moist forest.

• Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata

  For the nominate subspecies described in the Ehime account, chestnut ear patches and bands across the breast are distinctive. It breeds in Japanese grassland and uses grassy riverbanks and rice-field areas in Ehime during winter.

• Ash-throated Casiornis Casiornis fuscus

  A rufous flycatcher of Brazil. Its breeding habitat differs from the open woodland and savannas used by migrants outside the breeding period.

• Mountain Owlet-Nightjar Aegotheles albertisi

  The Mountain Owlet-nightjar lives in New Guinea's mountain forests and is active at night. It has rufous and brown plumage forms and roosts in hollows by day.

• White-cheeked Turaco Menelikornis leucotis

  The White-cheeked Turaco is a green turaco centered in the Ethiopian Highlands. Its rounded crest, white cheek patch, and crescent-shaped white neck mark are distinctive.

• Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana

  The Buff-crested Bustard lives in dry scrub and open woodland. Males have a reddish buff crest and a black throat stripe.

• Selva Cacique Cacicus koepckeae

  The Selva Cacique is about 23 cm long, with a black body, yellow rump, blue eyes, and pale bill. It forages in the midstory and canopy of Peru's floodplain forests.

• Ward's Trogon Harpactes wardi

  Ward's Trogon is a mountain forest bird with strikingly different male and female plumage. It lives in evergreen forests of the eastern Himalayas.

• Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor

  The Eastern Black-headed Batis is a small, dark bird with a sharply defined white eyebrow. It searches for insects in the dry forests and savannas of East Africa.

• Chestnut-bellied Cotinga Doliornis remseni

  The Chestnut-bellied Cotinga is recorded in the high Andes of Ecuador and Colombia. A 2008 paper reported one male observed in 2006 at Llanganates National Park, Ecuador, and described its habitat.

• Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris

  This medium-sized owl lives in grassland and has long legs that project beyond the tail in flight.

• Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki

  The Yellow-legged Buttonquail is a ground-dwelling bird of open grasslands from India to East Asia. It eats both plant matter and small animals.

• Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus

  The Greater Yellow-headed Vulture lives mainly in the Amazon rainforest. It has a yellow head, a dark body, and feeds on animal carcasses.

• African Jacana Actophilornis africanus

  The African Jacana walks on floating plants with its long toes and forages in wetlands. During breeding, the male incubates the eggs and cares for the chicks.

• Grey-crowned Crocias Laniellus langbianis

  The Grey-crowned Crocias is confined to a small area around Vietnam's Da Lat Plateau. It has a gray crown and long tail and searches the middle and upper forest layers for small invertebrates.

• Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus

  The Grey-headed Lapwing has a grey head, yellow legs, and a dark breast band; it breeds in Japan and northeastern China.

• Hume's Bush Warbler Horornis brunnescens

  Hume's Bush Warbler is a small bird of the Himalayan region. It occurs in grassy places and bamboo thickets and has brown upperparts with a pale line above the eye.