Meet the world’s animals.

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• Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor

  

  This chat-tyrant searches for food in humid, semi-open places and often perches high in the vegetation. It has a brown back and rufous underparts.

• Palawan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis lemprieri

  This flycatcher occurs on Palawan and nearby Philippine islands. It is found alone or in pairs in the understory of moist lowland, foothill, and secondary forest.

• Island Swiftlet Aerodramus inquietus

  A swiftlet of Micronesian islands, with blackish-brown upperparts and dark grey-brown underparts. It nests in caves using plant material and saliva.

• Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula

  Rüppell's Weaver lives in dry parts of the Horn of Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula and often searches for food in groups.

• Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra alinae

  This sunbird has a metallic blue-green head and olive-green upperparts. It occurs in montane forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi.

• Banasura Laughingthrush Montecincla jerdoni

  A laughingthrush endemic to India's southwestern Western Ghats. A 2026 mountain survey recorded it in shola forest at the sites studied.

• Black Swan Cygnus atratus

  A large waterbird with mostly black adult plumage and a red bill.

• 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.

• Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus

  Males are black and yellow-orange, while females are pale yellow. Females sew their hanging nests to the undersides of palm fronds.

• Yellow-throated Apalis Apalis flavigularis

  This forest-associated bird is endemic to southern Malawi, where it is recorded on the Mulanje, Malosa, and Zomba massifs. A study on Mulanje found it using forest edges with understorey shrubs.

• Abyssinian Ground Thrush Geokichla piaggiae

  This ground thrush is marked by an orange head and breast, olive-brown upperparts, and a white eye-ring. It searches for fruit and small prey in the lower parts of mountain forest.

• Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata

  The Black-capped Petrel is a seabird of the northwestern Atlantic. It breeds in highlands on Hispaniola and searches near the sea surface for fish and squid, mostly at night.

• Kosrae White-eye Zosterops cinereus

  This grey white-eye lives on Kosrae. Adults lack the olive-brown back and flanks of the related Pohnpei bird and have a thin white eye-ring. Small flocks forage in forest, mangroves and other terrestrial habitats.

• Black-capped Siskin Spinus atriceps

  A siskin with a black cap and yellow-green body. It occurs in highlands from southern Mexico to Guatemala.

• Long-tailed Reed Finch Donacospiza albifrons

  This finch is patchily distributed across south-central South America in open habitats. Its plumage varies with age, feather wear, and geography, so the regional color pattern is described as a tendency rather than a rule.

• Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor

  It has long wings with white patches and hunts flying insects at dusk and dawn. It lays its eggs on open ground or flat gravel rooftops.

• Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus

  This small honeyeater lives in coastal areas of northeastern Australia and New Guinea. It is often seen in flowering trees near water.

• St. Lucia Warbler Setophaga delicata

  The St. Lucia Warbler has a yellow face and underparts, blue-gray upperparts, and white wing bars. It searches leaves and branches for insects on Saint Lucia.

• Fiery Minivet Pericrocotus igneus

  This long-tailed cuckooshrike lives in forests of the Malay Peninsula and Borneo. Males show connected red-orange wing patches, while females have a red-orange rump.

• Black-winged Myna Acridotheres melanopterus

  The Black-winged Myna is a black-and-white starling.

• Scarlet macaw Ara macao

  A parrot with vivid red, yellow and blue plumage and a large hooked bill.

• Short-crested Monarch Hypothymis helenae

  This monarch flycatcher occurs in the Philippines. A study on Luzon found a nest in secondary forest.

• Luzon Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba luzonica

  The Luzon Bleeding-heart is a ground-dwelling dove of forests on Luzon and Polillo. It has a red breast patch against pale plumage, and the sexes look alike.

• Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides

  The Mangrove Kingfisher has blue wings, white underparts, and a red bill. It occurs along eastern African coasts and catches fish, crabs, and other prey at waterside habitats.