Meet the world’s animals.

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• Polynesian Triller Lalage maculosa

  

  This cuckooshrike occurs across islands of the southwest Pacific. A Niue regional guide describes it in vegetated habitats, where it searches leaves of trees and shrubs for insects.

• Great Myna Acridotheres grandis

  The Great Myna is a dark myna with a prominent crest, yellow bill, and white vent. It forages in open places such as grasslands, fields, and parks, often with other mynas and starlings.

• Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima

  The Tibetan Lark occurs on the Tibetan Plateau and was first documented in northwestern Nepal in 2015. Flocks have been observed in high-elevation grassland.

• Eastern Jungle Crow Corvus levaillantii

  Corvus levaillantii is a crow reported from South Asia and parts of Southeast Asia. The Bangladesh species assessment records it widely across that country, from woodland to towns.

• Mountain Firetail Oreostruthus fuliginosus

  The Mountain Firetail is a chunky finch of the New Guinea highlands. It occurs along montane forest edges and where subalpine grassland meets shrubland.

• Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis

  The Mottled Swift is a large swift found across much of Africa. It has gray plumage and a mottled belly.

• Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala

  The Noisy Miner is a grey bird with yellow bare skin around the eye and feeds on nectar and insects.

• Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii

  A bird with separated populations in western, central and eastern Africa. Breeding males are conspicuous for a black head and rump with an orange-yellow back.

• White-winged Nightjar Eleothreptus candicans

  This nightjar lives in open grasslands from central Brazil to Paraguay. In breeding season males make short display flights with wing sounds; Bolivia has only a few September records from seasonally flooded savanna.

• Bannerman's Sunbird Cyanomitra bannermani

  Adult males have a green head, throat and chest, with a violet sheen on the throat and upper breast; the upperparts are olive. The species uses evergreen and riverine forest, sometimes miombo, and feeds on nectar and insects. The profile lists Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia.

• Blue-bellied Parrot Triclaria malachitacea

  The Blue-bellied Parrot lives in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Males have a violet-blue belly, females are green, and they nest in tree cavities.

• Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi

  Geoffroy's Parrot is a medium-sized parrot that eats fruit and flower buds. It feeds in pairs or small groups in the treetops and calls noisily around dawn and dusk.

• Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata

  This widespread South American dove has black spots on the neck and wings and reddish legs. It may gather in flocks in open areas and towns.

• Sumichrast's Wren Hylorchilus sumichrasti

  Sumichrast's Wren is a wren restricted to limestone areas of southern Mexico. It probes rock crevices with its long bill.

• Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta

  This small swallow flies near cliffs and gorges, catching insects in the air. It ranges from northern Africa through Arabia to southern Pakistan.

• Luzon Scops Owl Otus longicornis

  A small scops owl found only on Luzon. Its long ear tufts are distinctive, and records come from humid foothill and mountain forest as well as pine forest.

• Isabelline Bush-hen Amaurornis isabellina

  This large, long-legged rail has chestnut underparts and greenish legs. It occurs in dense grassland and scrub in the lowlands and lower hills of Sulawesi.

• Stripe-backed Antbird Myrmorchilus strigilatus

  This antbird occurs in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. It lives in the lower growth of scrub and woodland, and the sexes differ in eyebrow color.

• Little Curlew Numenius minutus

  A small wader with mottled brown and white plumage. It breeds in northern Eurasia and migrates to northern Australia for winter.

• Augur Buzzard Buteo augur

  The Augur Buzzard is notable for its reddish tail and variable underparts. It watches from perches or scans from the air for small prey.

• Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus

  The Streak-throated Woodpecker lives in forests of South and Southeast Asia. It also uses open woodland and bamboo and feeds on small invertebrates.

• Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus

  The Sahul Brush Cuckoo often waits quietly on a branch for hairy caterpillars and other insects. It lays eggs in other birds’ nests, leaving the hosts to raise its young.

• Reunion Grey White-eye Zosterops borbonicus

  The Reunion Grey White-eye is endemic to Réunion. Highland populations contain grey and brown plumage morphs, and the species also uses gardens, cultivated areas, and savannas created by people.

• White-naped Monarch Carterornis pileatus

  It occurs on Halmahera and Buru in moist lowland forest. Salvadori's description of a male from Halmahera records a black forehead, back, wings and tail against a white crown, pale eye-area patches, white cheeks, chest and belly. A field report recorded small groups in logged forest and forest edges.