Meet the world’s animals.

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• White-streaked Honeyeater Trichodere cockerelli

  

  This honeyeater lives in northeastern Australia. Field reports describe feeding at flowering eucalyptus and banksia in two Queensland locations.

• Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula

  A long-tailed owl with a white face bordered in black. It lives in northern forests and hunts from treetops during the day.

• Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus

  The Lesser Black-backed Gull is a large gull with a dark gray back and white body. It breeds from northern Europe to western Siberia and moves south for winter.

• Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes neglectus

  Males have an iridescent violet back, while females are brown above. This small sunbird lives in forests and woodland in eastern Africa.

• Black Oropendola Psarocolius guatimozinus

  The Black Oropendola is a large bird of restricted humid lowlands in eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia. It searches high in trees and is thought to take nectar from flowers.

• Stripe-headed Brush-Finch Arremon torquatus

  The Stripe-headed Brush-Finch (Arremon torquatus) is a brush-finch of the southern Andes and forest understory. It has a black head with a pale central stripe and eyebrow, a white throat and a black breast band. The former Stripe-headed complex was divided into several lineages; this account is restricted to A. torquatus sensu stricto.

• Black-backed Swamphen Porphyrio indicus

  This wetland bird has a black head and back and a red bill. It occurs from Sumatra to Sulawesi and uses reedbeds, swamps, lake edges, and damp pastures, feeding on vegetation and small animals.

• Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius

  Kittlitz's plover walks along African coasts and inland sand or mud, searching for small prey.

• Bates's Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone batesi

  This paradise-flycatcher occurs in Central African forests. Its species account describes it as sedentary and associated with wooded habitats.

• Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea

  An all-white seabird that breeds along the Antarctic coast and on nearby islands. It feeds on fish, squid, krill, and other prey in cold seas.

• White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita

  The White-bibbed Swallow has glossy blue-violet plumage and a white throat patch. It catches insects while flying low over rivers.

• Stresemann's Bush Crow Zavattariornis stresemanni

  Stresemann's Bush Crow is a crow found in a restricted area of southern Ethiopia. It has a gray body with black wings and tail, and searches the ground for insects.

• Guam Kingfisher Todiramphus cinnamominus

  The Guam Kingfisher formerly lived on Guam. It has not lived in the wild since 1986; males have cinnamon head and underparts, while those of females are paler or white.

• Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti

  The Desert Lark has a sandy back and a pale underside. It lives in dry, rocky country, and its plumage varies.

• Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni

  The Long-winged Harrier searches for prey over wetlands and grasslands in South America. Plumage differs by sex, and birds occur in light and dark forms.

• Spotted Wren Campylorhynchus gularis

  The Spotted Wren is a brown wren marked with spots. It searches for animal and plant food in dry scrub and woodland in Mexico.

• Nilgiri Thrush Zoothera neilgherriensis

  A thrush recorded in India's Nilgiri Hills. Its pale, scaled underparts stand out, and the species account lists forest habitat and an invertebrate diet.

• Rufous-crested Tanager Creurgops verticalis

  This tanager inhabits the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. It joins mixed-species flocks high in the canopy and mainly forages for insects.

• Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius

  A weaver whose male has a black facial mask and pale eye. It weaves a round grass nest and breeds in colonies.

• Black-faced Antbird Myrmoborus myotherinus

  The Black-faced Antbird lives in humid Amazonian forests. Males are bluish grey and black, while females are brown with a black mask, so the sexes have different plumage. It forages in the middle and upper canopy for insects and other arthropods.

• Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella

  It occurs in dry savanna, mostly among acacia trees, where pairs and small groups feed actively in the canopy. Its legs and bill are pink.

• Rufous-winged Tyrannulet Mecocerculus calopterus

  This small tyrant flycatcher uses Andean forest and tall montane scrub. Its white eyebrow and rufous-edged wing feathers contrast with a gray crown and back.

• Lined Quail-Dove Zentrygon linearis

  A ground-dwelling dove of foothill and mountain forests in Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad.

• Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta

  The Glossy Swiftlet is a small swiftlet with a square tail and a blue sheen on its upperparts. It catches insects in flight and often uses low airspace over forests, streams, and clearings.