Meet the world’s animals.

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• Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti

  

  A wheatear that searches the ground for small prey in dry country. Males show clear black-and-white markings, while females are sandier.

• Tricolored Brush Finch Atlapetes tricolor

  This brushfinch is recorded in the mountains of Peru's eastern Andes, at about 1,750–3,050 m in the PeruAves account. Clements 2024 split the former Tricolored Brushfinch into two species and uses Golden-crowned Brushfinch for A. tricolor, so this entry limits the range to Peru.

• Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia

  The Antillean Palm-Swift is a small bird that flies over lowlands with palms. Small colonies nest in mats of dead palm fronds.

• Nicobar Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza butleri

  The Nicobar Sparrowhawk occurs on India's Nicobar Islands and lives in humid lowland forest. It is listed at about 28–34 cm long, with a 50–57 cm wingspan, and is active by day, taking small animals.

• White-chinned Myzomela Myzomela albigula

  A myzomela of the Louisiade Islands. Nominate albigula on Rossell Island has dark grey-brown upperparts and a red chin-and-throat streak.

• Flores Monarch Symposiachrus sacerdotum

  Flores Monarch is a small bird restricted to Flores Island. It has slate-gray upperparts, clean white underparts, and a black mask across the face. It is found alone or in pairs in the understory of forested hills and often joins mixed-species flocks.

• Peruvian Martin Progne murphyi

  The Peruvian Martin is a swallow recorded along the coasts and lowlands of Peru and Chile. It catches insects in the air and nests in holes in cliffs, trees, and buildings.

• Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia

  The Magnolia Warbler is a small bird that breeds in dense conifer stands. Males and females have different facial and breast patterns, and the species uses a range of forests during migration.

• Rufous-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons

  This thornbird is marked by a long tail and a rufous forehead. It occurs in open places with scattered trees.

• 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.

• Mato Grosso Antbird Cercomacra melanaria

  This antbird occurs in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. A study in Brazil's Pantanal found it in understory thickets of forest and seasonally flooded savanna.

• Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea

  A small shorebird with a spoon-shaped bill. It migrates between breeding grounds in Russia and wintering wetlands in South Asia.

• Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris

  The Slender-billed Greenbul needs to be described with its source limits in view. A Liberian subspecies record from 1899 notes a narrow, flattened bill, while a 2026 survey in the DRC caught it in primary forest sites.

• Red-fronted Antpecker Parmoptila rubrifrons

  The Red-fronted Antpecker is a small bird that searches for ants in low forest-edge growth. Males have a red forehead, while females have a spotted underside.

• Bannerman's Shearwater Puffinus bannermani

  Bannerman's Shearwater is endemic to the Ogasawara Islands. Breeding colonies have been confirmed in forests on Minamiiwoto and Higashijima.

• Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus

  This African cuckoo stands out for its heavy yellow bill and greenish-blue back and tail. It searches the forest for insects and small animals.

• White-necked Laughingthrush Garrulax strepitans

  An older bird account describes a reddish-brown head, black face, and white neck spots, and reports flocks of twenty or more in deep forest ravines. These are historical observations.

• Collared Nightjar Gactornis enarratus

  The Collared Nightjar is a nocturnal bird found in Madagascar. It prefers humid forest, though it has also been recorded in other wooded habitats on the island.

• Principe Weaver Ploceus princeps

  This weaver is endemic to Príncipe Island. A breeding male has a bright orange head and golden underparts; females have a yellow head and breast with a paler belly. It also uses farms, gardens, and forest edges.

• Tui Parakeet Brotogeris sanctithomae

  The Tui Parakeet is a green parrot with a yellow patch on its forehead. It occurs in several parts of South America and uses wooded habitats near water.

• Scarlet-throated Tanager Compsothraupis loricata

  This tanager is recorded in dry woodland, caatinga, and carnauba-palm stands in northeastern Brazil. A bird guide for Sete Cidades National Park describes flocks of up to about 20.

• Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma

  In the nominate subspecies, the adult male has a red forehead and cheeks, blue above and in front of the eye, and an orange-yellow band on the hindcrown. Ficus seeds are its main wild food.

• 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.

• Marquesan Kingfisher Todiramphus godeffroyi

  The Marquesan Kingfisher was recorded on Tahuata in the Marquesas Islands by a 2011 survey. In forest it eats insects and small lizards and nests in tree cavities.