Meet the world’s animals.

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• Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher Corythornis madagascariensis

  

  The Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher is a small kingfisher of Madagascar that searches for prey in forest habitat.

• White-rumped Tanager Cypsnagra hirundinacea

  This tanager inhabits Cerrado and open grassland with low trees in central Brazil. Its black head, white rump and rufous throat are distinctive; it may move in small groups or mixed flocks.

• Olivaceous Flycatcher Muscicapa olivascens

  This small flycatcher lives in humid forests of West and Central Africa. It launches from a perch to catch insects in the air.

• White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis

  The White-throated Crake hides among plants in wetlands. Its white throat and barred flanks are useful marks, while face and neck color vary among subspecies.

• Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum

  An olive-colored small bird of wet thickets. It darts from branches to catch insects on leaves or in the air.

• Curl-crested Jay Cyanocorax cristatellus

  The Curl-crested Jay is a social bird marked by blue wings and tail and a curled crest.

• Mountain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus trivirgatus

  The Mountain Leaf Warbler is a small bird that searches among leaves for insects in Borneo's montane forests. Pale lines bordering its dark crown are a useful field mark.

• Reischek's Parakeet Cyanoramphus hochstetteri

  Reischek's Parakeet is a parakeet of New Zealand's Antipodes Islands.

• Cameroon Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla montana

  This greenbul was recorded in a survey of the Tchabal Mbabo massif in Cameroon. It is uniformly yellow-olive and occurs in montane forest, secondary forest, and scrub.

• Violet-tailed Sunbird Anthreptes aurantius

  This sunbird uses wooded habitats near water in Central Africa and takes nectar and fruit. A study in the Republic of the Congo documented several adults feeding young both before and after they fledged.

• Magdalena Antbird Sipia palliata

  This antbird occurs in humid forest in Colombia and Venezuela. It forages low in dense undergrowth, including around fallen logs.

• Worthen's Sparrow Spizella wortheni

  This small sparrow is restricted to dry upland grasslands in northeastern Mexico. It keeps low among short shrubs and feeds mostly on seeds in winter.

• Maroon-fronted Parrot Rhynchopsitta terrisi

  This large parrot inhabits mountains of northeastern Mexico. It has a green body with a dark maroon forehead and wing edges, feeds mainly on pine seeds, and roosts in groups outside the breeding season. It may fly long distances to feeding areas.

• Grey-and-gold Warbler Myiothlypis fraseri

  A wood-warbler of humid forest in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. It searches for food in shrubs and dense lower vegetation.

• White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis

  This large petrel ranges widely over the Southern Ocean and breeds in burrows on vegetated island slopes.

• Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus

  The Large-tailed Nightjar is a nocturnal bird with mottled camouflage. It rests motionless on the ground or along a branch by day and catches flying insects at dusk.

• White-throated Woodpecker Piculus leucolaemus

  The White-throated Woodpecker is recorded in foothill forest of western Amazonia. It forages in the canopy and subcanopy and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus

  The Southern Masked Weaver lives in open areas of southern Africa. Breeding males have a striking black face and yellow body, and the species eats seeds and other foods.

• Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus

  This hummingbird lives in the understory of humid forests from Panama south to Bolivia, as well as on Caribbean islands. It takes nectar with a long, strongly curved bill.

• Veracruz Wren Campylorhynchus rufinucha

  The Veracruz Wren is found locally in a small area on Mexico's Gulf Coast.

• Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus

  The Brown-backed Needletail is a large swift with powerful flight and broad wings. Its subspecies have different ranges.

• Grey-hooded Ibon Lophozosterops pinaiae

  This white-eye occurs on Seram in Indonesia. It searches montane tree-fern forest for insects and fruit.

• South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea

  This tern lives along the coasts of South America. Adults have pale gray bodies, a black cap, and red bills and legs.

• Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris

  This pigeon ranges from southeastern Mexico through Central America to northwestern Colombia. Its body is reddish purple, with a browner belly and olive-brown upperparts.