Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus

  

  This lapwing occurs in separated areas of the East African highlands and southern Africa, where it forages on open ground.

• Grey-sided Laughingthrush Pterorhinus caerulatus

  This laughingthrush lives in forests of the eastern Himalayas. It has a brown crown and back, a white throat and breast, and broad gray flanks.

• Fuegian Snipe Gallinago stricklandii

  The Fuegian Snipe occurs in the temperate-forest region of southern South America. It probes wet soil for small invertebrates with its long, slender bill; some birds have been recorded year-round in Cape Horn National Park.

• Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea

  The Grey Petrel ranges widely over the Southern Hemisphere's oceans. It has a grey body and white belly, and uses burrows on its breeding islands.

• Bornean Black Magpie Platysmurus aterrimus

  This forest corvid is restricted to Borneo. The 2024 Clements treatment separates it from the Malay Black Magpie.

• Brown-winged Kingfisher Pelargopsis amauroptera

  Adults have orange-brown underparts and a blue back. In southwestern Bangladesh's mangroves, the bird watches waterways from low perches and dives for prey.

• Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina

  The Western Bluebill is a small finch with black-and-red males and brown-and-red females. It feeds on seeds and fruits in forests and at woodland edges from West to Central Africa.

• Blue-mantled Thornbill Chalcostigma stanleyi

  This hummingbird occurs in the high Andes of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. It uses humid scrub, Polylepis woodland and open areas with short grass.

• Sichuan Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus forresti

  This leaf-warbler breeds in Sichuan. Its yellow crown stripe, yellow eyebrow, and pale yellow rump are among the field marks described in a specialist field guide.

• Rufous-capped Lark Calandrella eremica

  This small lark occurs in southwestern Arabia and the northern Horn of Africa. Its crown is rufous and is sometimes raised into a small crest.

• Papuan Lorikeet Charmosyna papou

  A long-tailed parrot of montane forest in northwestern New Guinea, with a red body and green wings.

• Ruby-crowned Tanager Tachyphonus coronatus

  Males are black and females reddish brown. It uses moist forest, forest edges, and secondary growth, feeding on fruit and insects.

• Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense

  Adults have glossy blue-black upperparts, a white rump and underparts, and a black throat and undertail. The species uses Himalayan valleys, cliffs, and settlements.

• Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis

  This nocturnal bird has a rusty band across the throat and chest. It catches flying insects at dusk and during the night.

• White-backed vulture Gyps africanus

  A vulture that gathers with others and searches for carcasses in African savannas.

• Montserrat Oriole Icterus oberi

  The Montserrat Oriole is endemic to the Caribbean island of Montserrat and breeds in its hill forests.

• Brown Noddy Anous stolidus

  A tern that breeds in colonies on small islands in tropical and subtropical seas. Adults are dark brown, with a white forehead fading to grey at the nape, and take fish and squid near the ocean surface.

• Striped Owl Asio clamator

  This owl has long ear tufts and vertical streaks on its body. It is active at dusk and night, hunting small animals in open country and along woodland edges.

• Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus

  The Desert Cisticola is a small bird of dry grassland and scrub. During breeding, males and females differ in their crown pattern and forage in low grass.

• Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus

  The Superb Starling is an East African bird with a blue-green breast, a white band, and a reddish belly. It forages on the ground in small flocks.

• White-throated Francolin Campocolinus albogularis

  This ground-dwelling bird walks through savanna with patches of grass. Males and females have different breast patterns.

• Weka Gallirallus australis

  This large rail occurs in New Zealand. It uses habitats from forest and scrub to grassland and coasts, and eats invertebrates and fruit found on or near the ground.

• Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula

  This woodpecker is marked by a spotted black breast and red nape. In the Amazon it uses flooded and riverside forests.

• Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis

  The Streaky-headed Seedeater lives in woodland and scrub in southern Africa. Fine streaks on the crown and a white eyebrow help identify it, and it eats flowers, buds, seeds, and fruit.