Meet the world’s animals.

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• Spectacled Prickletail Siptornis striaticollis

  

  The Spectacled Prickletail occurs on the eastern Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It searches for food in the middle and lower canopy of humid montane forest.

• Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps

  A honeyeater of northern Australia. Adults have a silvery-white crown, black bare facial skin and casque, and males are slightly larger than females.

• Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus

  The Sombre Nightjar catches flying insects on the wing and lives in open stony bushland, scrub and grassland.

• Santarem Parakeet Pyrrhura amazonum

  The bird described as the Santarém Conure is a small, mostly green parakeet with a blue band before the eye and reddish patches on the belly and tail.

• Buru White-eye Zosterops buruensis

  The Buru White-eye is endemic to Buru Island, Indonesia, and has yellow underparts. A 1995 survey recorded it in logged and primary forest near Fogi and Waikeka; in 2011, small flocks were seen in forest near Waikeka.

• Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii

  A tern that breeds on islands in eastern North America and the Caribbean. It flies offshore to catch small fish. Aspects of its nonbreeding life in South America and elsewhere remain poorly known.

• Black Swan Cygnus atratus

  A large waterbird with mostly black adult plumage and a red bill.

• Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius

  This blackbird occurs around lakes and lagoons in Argentina. Males are black and may show brown flecking in spring; females are streaked brown. A yellow shoulder stands out in flight.

• Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica

  In Hong Kong, this swallow is recorded most often from autumn into winter. It flies over lowland fish ponds and catches insects in the air.

• Riverside Wren Cantorchilus semibadius

  The Riverside Wren is recorded in the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica. It has rufous-chestnut upperparts and fine barring across its pale underside.

• Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla

  The Neddicky is a small bird about 11 cm long. By day it uses light woodland, savanna, and grassland, searching the ground for invertebrates.

• Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei

  The Western Violet-backed Sunbird is a small, short-billed bird. Males show violet on the head, back, and throat. It ranges across sub-Saharan Africa and uses woodland and savanna edges.

• Black-polled Yellowthroat Geothlypis speciosa

  Males have a black face mask and yellow underparts; females have an olive face without the mask. A wetland survey documented the remaining populations in central Mexico.

• Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi

  This large woodpecker is endemic to Sri Lanka’s forests. It has deep crimson upperparts, and pairs have been reported in the forest understory.

• Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus

  This small African finch searches for seeds low in mountain forests. Males are black and yellow, while females are mostly greenish.

• White-throated Bulbul Alophoixus flaveolus

  The White-throated Bulbul is a forest and scrub bird that feeds on fruit.

• Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus

  The Brown Quail searches among ground vegetation and leaf litter for food. This account focuses on the population introduced to New Zealand.

• White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli

  The White-headed Buffalo Weaver is a stocky bird with a white head and brown back that forages on the ground near acacia trees.

• White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia

  An eastern African babbler of rocky hill woodland, scrub, riparian cover, and reedbeds. Its scaled breast and white rump and lower belly are useful field marks.

• Christmas Island Thrush Turdus erythropleurus

  Turdus erythropleurus occurs on Christmas Island. The Parks Australia account treats it as a subspecies of Turdus poliocephalus under an older classification.

• Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata

  A small dove with white-spotted wings and a red eye-ring. It lives in dry, open parts of inland Australia.

• African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus

  The African Harrier-Hawk is a sub-Saharan raptor that uses unusually flexible legs to reach prey in holes and nests.

• Ecuadorian Tyrannulet Phylloscartes gualaquizae

  This small tyrant flycatcher occurs on the eastern Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It forages in the canopy of humid montane forest.

• White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster

  The White-bellied Kingfisher is a small kingfisher that watches for prey from low perches near forest streams.