Meet the world’s animals.

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• Chapada Flycatcher Guyramemua affine

  

  The Chapada Flycatcher inhabits cerrado and seasonally flooded savanna. It forages alone or in pairs in tree crowns, taking arthropods from foliage and branches as well as fruit.

• Blue-headed Racket-tail Prioniturus platenae

  The Blue-headed Racket-tail is marked by a blue head and spatula-shaped tips on its central tail feathers. It is restricted to Palawan and nearby islands, and much of its wild ecology remains poorly known.

• Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis

  A small, long-tailed dove with a reddish-brown breast and belly. In southern Africa it is often seen in pairs or small groups, feeding on seeds on the ground.

• Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens

  A honeyeater found in northern Australia and New Guinea. It occurs in open tropical forests and woodlands, often near rivers or wetlands.

• Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus

  The Southern Giant Petrel occurs in brown and rarer white phases. It breeds on Southern Ocean islands and the Antarctic Continent and is a distinct species from the related Northern Giant Petrel.

• Mountain Cacique Cacicus chrysonotus

  The Peru account describes this cacique in montane forest on the eastern Andes. It reports a yellow wing patch north of Junín and a yellow rump in southern populations.

• Black-capped Speirops Zosterops lugubris

  This white-eye occurs throughout São Tomé in forest and plantations. Cornell Lab's eBird account says it prefers highland forest above 900 m.

• White-browed Shama Copsychus luzoniensis

  The White-browed Shama is a Philippine forest bird. A male of the nominate subspecies was observed on Mount Makiling, Luzon; the account describes the species in low thickets and vines near the ground.

• Cerulean Kingfisher Alcedo coerulescens

  The Cerulean Kingfisher is a small bird with a blue back and white underside. It hunts from waterside branches and posts and eats small fish and aquatic insects.

• Golden-eared Tanager Tangara chrysotis

  The Golden-eared Tanager is a small tanager about 11.5 cm long. In Bolivia it is recorded in humid cloud forest of the lower Yungas and is seen alone or in pairs.

• Vega Gull Larus vegae

  This large gull breeds mainly in northeastern Siberia and moves to the East Asian coast for winter. Its gray-and-white body, black wingtips, yellow bill, and pink legs are distinctive.

• Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris

  This minivet uses open forest, forest edges and secondary growth. It is recorded in mountains at 900–2,450 m and gleans invertebrates from trees.

• Eastern Koel Eudynamys orientalis

  The Eastern Koel has glossy black males with a blue-green sheen and brown females with many white spots. Its loud calls are familiar around dawn, and it migrates to Australia to breed in spring.

• Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius

  A large woodpecker of European forests, recognized by its black plumage and red head. It searches for ants and beetles on the ground and in trees, sometimes peeling bark to reach prey.

• Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca

  Male Satin Flycatchers are blue-black and white; females combine bluish grey, rusty red, and white. They breed in southeastern Australia and move north for the non-breeding season.

• Sclater's Lark Spizocorys sclateri

  A lark of dry, open landscapes in western southern Africa. In its core range it is mostly sedentary or moves only locally.

• Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius

  A weaver whose male has a black facial mask and pale eye. It weaves a round grass nest and breeds in colonies.

• Arabian Scops Owl Otus pamelae

  The Arabian Scops Owl is a resident owl of the southern Arabian Peninsula that hunts invertebrates at night.

• Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis

  This thrush is noted for its black bill. Its chest markings vary, and in northern and western Bolivia it uses forest edges, riverside woods, the ground and trees.

• Stub-tailed Antbird Sipia berlepschi

  This antbird occurs in lowlands of western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It uses densely vegetated lowland forest edges, light gaps, and second growth.

• Black-collared Bulbul Neolestes torquatus

  The Black-collared Bulbul has a dark band that forms a collar and lives in pairs in tall grassland with scattered trees.

• Hawaii Creeper Loxops mana

  The Hawaii Creeper searches for small invertebrates in wet ʻōhiʻa and koa forest. A 2015 state plan describes four separated populations above 1,500 m on Hawaiʻi Island.

• 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.

• Philippine Bush-hen Amaurornis olivacea

  The species account gives a body length of 24–31 cm, freshwater wetland habitat, and an omnivorous diet. Its listed sound recordings come from several parts of the Philippines.