Meet the world’s animals.

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• Cameroon Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus poensis

  

  A greenbul of the Cameroon Highlands. A field account near Bamenda describes it searching for insects and fruit among mosses, lichens, and peeling bark.

• Guadeloupe Woodpecker Melanerpes herminieri

  This woodpecker occurs on Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre in Guadeloupe. It uses several island habitats, including humid forest, semi-deciduous forest, and mangroves.

• Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata

  A small warbler that breeds in northern North American forests and migrates south across the ocean in fall. Breeding males have a distinctive black cap.

• Javan White-eye Zosterops flavus

  A small white-eye of coastal Java and Madura, it also has an isolated coastal population in southern Borneo. It uses habitats such as wetlands, mangroves and coastal scrub.

• Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia

  It has a grey head, olive back, and bright red rump. It clings to grass stalks and flower heads while searching for seeds and small insects.

• Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus

  The Spotted Redshank is a slim wader with a long bill. Adults are black with white spots in summer and grey above with white underparts in winter.

• Bhutan Laughingthrush Trochalopteron imbricatum

  The Bhutan Laughingthrush occurs in the eastern Himalayas and searches for food near the ground in woodland and scrub.

• Steinbach's Canastero Pseudasthenes steinbachi

  Steinbach's Canastero is a small bird of dry mountains in western Argentina. It is seen alone or in pairs among scrub and ravines.

• Littoral Rock-Thrush Monticola imerina

  The Littoral Rock-Thrush lives in dry woodland and scrub in southwestern and southern Madagascar. It hops on the ground and perches higher when disturbed.

• Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus

  The Yellow-collared Lovebird is a small parrot with a green body, dark mask, and bright yellow collar. In eastern Tanzania it uses grassland and savanna and eats seeds.

• Kloss's Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus ogilviegranti

  This leaf-warbler ranges from southern China through Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand. It is recorded in forest at 900–2,550 m during the breeding season.

• Twite Linaria flavirostris

  A small, mostly seed-eating finch with brown plumage. In Britain and Ireland it breeds in northern uplands, and some birds move to southern coasts in winter.

• Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus

  The Blue-crowned Parakeet has a green body, blue on the face and crown, and a long tail. Its native range includes dry forest and scrub in South America.

• Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae

  The male's dark crest plumes and golden-green throat stand out on this small hummingbird. It visits flowers and gleans tiny arthropods along humid forest edges and coffee farms.

• Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus

  Adults show a strong contrast between black upperparts and wings and a white underside. The cuckoo ranges from sub-Saharan Africa to the Indian subcontinent.

• White-lined Honeyeater Territornis albilineata

  A 1967 Northern Territory list records it on the Arnhem Land Plateau and in sandstone ranges and canyons, especially near fruiting trees such as figs. A separate banding guide says adult males and females do not differ in plumage.

• Austral Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nana

  This small owl is described in a regional account for northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. It is brown to reddish, with a pale underside marked by heavy brown streaks.

• White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus

  An adult in breeding plumage has a black hood and white crescents around the eyes, but the irises are dark brown. This gull is endemic to the Red Sea.

• Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus

  The male has a purple forecrown and iridescent green head and upperparts. It eats nectar, fruit, insects, and spiders.

• Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus microrhynchus

  This black cacique has a red lower back and rump. It inhabits lowlands from Central America to western Ecuador.

• Chestnut-capped Brush Finch Arremon brunneinucha

  This finch occurs in humid montane forest in the eastern Peruvian Andes. The Peru account places its local subspecies in the understory at 1,300–2,200 m.

• Red-necked Crake Rallina tricolor

  The Red-necked Crake ranges from eastern Indonesia through New Guinea to northeastern Australia. Adults are chestnut from the head to the breast.

• Blue Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone cyanescens

  The male has blue plumage and a dark face. This paradise flycatcher occurs on Palawan and the Calamian Islands in the southwestern Philippines, where it catches flying insects in primary and secondary forest.

• Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni

  The Black Petrel is seen in pelagic waters around northern New Zealand. It breeds in island burrows and feeds at sea at night, including on squid.