Meet the world’s animals.

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• Santa Marta Warbler Myiothlypis basilica

  

  This warbler lives in the understory of humid forest in the Santa Marta Mountains. Its black head has white markings, its upperparts are olive, and its underside is yellow.

• Spot-throated Flameback Dinopium everetti

  Spot-throated Flameback is a woodpecker of the Palawan island group. Males have a red forehead and crest, while females have white spots on a black crown.

• Spot-winged Rosefinch Carpodacus rodopeplus

  A Himalayan rosefinch that breeds at high elevations and moves lower in winter.

• Ashy-fronted Bulbul Pycnonotus cinereifrons

  The Ashy-fronted Bulbul occurs on Palawan and nearby islands in the western Philippines. It is treated here as the separate species Pycnonotus cinereifrons, rather than under older treatments that included it as a subspecies of the Olive-winged Bulbul. It eats fruit in forest edges and coastal scrub.

• Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis

  Stubble quail live in pairs or small groups among grasslands and crops. When disturbed, they run first and fly only when pressed, usually for a short distance.

• Kilombero Weaver Ploceus burnieri

  The Kilombero Weaver lives in Tanzania's Kilombero River floodplain. Breeding males are bright yellow with a black face pattern, and the birds nest on reeds.

• Collared Laughingthrush Trochalopteron yersini

  This laughingthrush is listed in a Langbiang Biosphere Reserve guide for evergreen broadleaf forest. Its black hood, silvery-gray cheeks, and rusty chest and wings stand out.

• Song Thrush Turdus philomelos

  A thrush with brown upperparts and a spotted breast that repeats short phrases in its song.

• White-fronted Quail-Dove Geotrygon leucometopia

  This dove has a purplish-blue sheen on the back and a white forehead. It walks on the leaf litter of humid montane forest in Hispaniola.

• Japanese sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis

  A small hawk that breeds in woods and even city parks in Japan.

• Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus

  Long black crown feathers form a crest, and the pale belly has dark streaks. In Chile it occurs widely in scrub and open places with scattered trees.

• Javan Kingfisher Halcyon cyanoventris

  This kingfisher is endemic to Java and Bali. Its blue head and wings and large red bill stand out, and it searches for prey in farms and parks as well as near water.

• Rudd's Lark Heteromirafra ruddi

  This lark occurs locally in the highland grasslands of eastern South Africa. Its large head, short thin tail and upright posture help identify it.

• Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus

  The Red-throated Twinspot is a small estrildid finch of thickets and riparian forest edges. The male has a red head and a black, white-spotted belly.

• Visayan Rhabdornis Rhabdornis rabori

  This bird is endemic to forest on Panay and Negros in the Philippines. It has a grey head and neck, a brown back, and dark tail and flight feathers, with a subtle facial mask and white streaks on the mantle. Field observations describe it high in the canopy or on exposed perches.

• Hooded Cuckooshrike Coracina longicauda

  This bird is about 33 cm long and lives in dense highland forest. It is active by day and searches the trees for small invertebrates.

• Black-faced Brush Finch Atlapetes melanolaemus

  This brush-finch lives in montane forest on the eastern Andean slope. The account describes dark sides of the head, back, and tail, a rufous crown and nape, a dark throat, and dull yellow underparts. It forages in low shrubs at forest edges.

• Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus

  This small grassquit is widespread around the Caribbean. Males have a black face and chest with a yellow eyebrow and throat, while females are dull olive. It feeds on seeds in grassy and weedy open places.

• White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis

  The White-necked Petrel is a large seabird marked by a white collar and black cap. It feeds mainly on squid at sea and migrates to the North Pacific.

• Green-backed Flycatcher Ficedula elisae

  This flycatcher breeds in eastern China and winters in southern Thailand and the Malay Peninsula. It is recorded mainly during autumn passage in Hong Kong.

• Verreaux's Coua Coua verreauxi

  Verreaux's Coua lives in southwestern Madagascar. Its grey crest and blue bare skin around the eyes are distinctive, and it often spends time in trees.

• Sick’s Swift Chaetura meridionalis

  Sick’s Swift (Chaetura meridionalis) breeds from eastern Bolivia to northern Argentina and east-central Brazil, then moves north for winter. Specimen descriptions give adults a sooty-brown body and a pale throat. In central Argentina, two nests were recorded in tree hollows in Chaco woodland.

• Torresian Crow Corvus orru

  The Torresian Crow is distinguished by glossy black plumage and a white eye.

• Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis

  The Spotted Owl is a large owl of western North American forests. It silently hunts small mammals at night.