Meet the world’s animals.

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• Western Woodhaunter Automolus virgatus

  

  The Western Woodhaunter is a secretive bird of humid-forest understory from Central America into northwestern South America. Birds Colombia notes that some taxonomies recognize it as a separate species while others do not.

• Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea

  The Red-capped Lark is a small lark of African grasslands. Its reddish crown stands out, and plumage varies among subspecies.

• Rusty-crowned Babbler Sterrhoptilus capitalis

  Rusty-crowned Babbler is about 14–15 cm long. It uses forest, forest edges, and secondary growth, and gleans invertebrates in trees. Oiseaux.net lists call recordings from near PICOP on Mindanao, Philippines.

• Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus

  The Green-tailed Towhee is marked by a green tail, rusty crown, and gray face and breast. It breeds in western U.S. shrublands and moves south to the southern United States and Mexico for winter.

• Scarlet macaw Ara macao

  A parrot with vivid red, yellow and blue plumage and a large hooked bill.

• Andaman Cuckoo-shrike Coracina dobsoni

  The Andaman Cuckooshrike is endemic to India's Andaman Islands and uses moist lowland and mangrove forest canopies. Males and females differ in their underpart pattern.

• White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps

  The White-headed Saw-wing is a small, stocky swallow with a short tail. It catches insects in flight around woodland and forest edges.

• Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa

  A round bird with a black band around its white throat and dark markings on its flanks. It feeds on seeds and other small foods in farmland and open scrub.

• Emerald Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta finschii

  This tiny parrot feeds upside down on lichens and fungi on tree trunks. Plumage and colour patterns vary among subspecies and between sexes.

• Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera

  The Golden-winged Warbler is a small North American migrant, with golden markings that stand out against its gray body.

• Canary Islands Bush Chat Saxicola dacotiae

  The Canary Islands Bush Chat is endemic to the Canary Islands and occurs in rocky, scrubby areas of Fuerteventura.

• Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri

  The Gough Moorhen is an island rail with short wings and no ability to fly. It is native to Gough Island and was introduced to Tristan da Cunha in 1956.

• Loveridge's Sunbird Cinnyris loveridgei

  Loveridge’s Sunbird is restricted to the mountains of Tanzania. Males have a golden-green head, a narrow violet breast band, and an orange-red breast; they visit flowers in montane forest.

• 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.

• Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens

  The Rufescent Prinia is recorded at forest edges, in scrub, bamboo, and upland grassland in Bangladesh. The country's bird Red List describes it in small daytime flocks and foraging near the ground for insects.

• Atiu Swiftlet Aerodramus sawtelli

  The Atiu Swiftlet is a small swiftlet endemic to Atiu. It flies over forest, agricultural land and village gardens on the island.

• Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus

  A wader that probes mud with its long bill. Its plumage changes between breeding and winter, and it moves from northern North American wetlands to coastal wintering areas.

• Kadavu Honeyeater Meliphacator provocator

  A honeyeater from Kadavu Island, Fiji. The species account is headed Xanthotis provocator, an older combination, and notes its placement in Meliphacator under Clements.

• Saffron Siskin Spinus siemiradzkii

  The male has a black head, an unstreaked yellow mantle, bright yellow underparts, and a broad yellow wing band. The female lacks the black head and is yellow-olive overall. The species uses open habitats and farmland.

• Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis

  The Canada Jay lives year-round in northern North American forests and stores food in trees for colder periods. Its round head, long tail, and gray-and-white plumage make it distinctive.

• Broad-tipped Hermit Anopetia gounellei

  This hummingbird has a broad tail and a curved bill. It feeds on nectar and small arthropods. Records in northeastern Brazil include humid forest as well as the drier Caatinga.

• Sumatran Green Pigeon Treron oxyurus

  The Sumatran Green Pigeon lives in evergreen forest on Sumatra and western Java. It eats fruit, especially figs, and may form groups while feeding.

• Socorro Wren Troglodytes sissonii

  The Socorro Wren is a wren of Socorro Island, Mexico. Species accounts record it in dry forest and dry shrubland.

• Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps

  A bird of the subspecies sinensis was recorded foraging in broad-leaved deciduous forest in southwest Hebei, China, in 2012. That individual had a chestnut crown and yellow wing-bars.