Meet the world’s animals.

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• Palawan Striped Babbler Zosterornis hypogrammicus

  

  The Palawan Striped-Babbler is a small bird of the mid-elevation mountains of Palawan in the Philippines.

• Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus

  The Aleutian Tern breeds along coasts and islands of the northern North Pacific and catches small fish and crustaceans in summer.

• Orange-fronted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons

  The Orange-fronted Fruit Dove lives in lowlands near the coast of New Guinea. It has a large orange patch on the forehead and a grey collar, and mainly eats fruit.

• Yap Cicadabird Coracina nesiotis

  The Yap Cicadabird is recorded from Yap in Micronesia. A short 1976 survey saw a few birds in a forested valley and at a forest edge.

• Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi

  The Indian Paradise Flycatcher catches insects while darting among branches. Some males have greatly elongated central tail feathers.

• Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

  A migratory wader that probes mudflats with its long bill. In Australia, it searches shallow water for small invertebrates during the austral summer.

• Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus

  A duck whose breeding male is slate blue with white markings and chestnut sides; it breeds in fast streams and winters on rough rocky coasts.

• Arabian Lark Eremalauda eremodites

  The Arabian Lark is a large-billed lark of sandy deserts and open arid plains on the Arabian Peninsula. It runs along the ground while feeding, occurring singly or in pairs when breeding and in larger groups outside the breeding season.

• Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli

  Pel's Fishing Owl lives near rivers and lakes south of the Sahara in Africa and catches fish. It uses waterside trees for roosting and nesting.

• 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.

• Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens

  The Rufescent Prinia is recorded at forest edges, in scrub, bamboo, and upland grassland in Bangladesh. The country's bird Red List describes it in small daytime flocks and foraging near the ground for insects.

• Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis

  This barwing occurs in the Eastern Himalaya, including Nepal. A pale throat and faint arcs around the eye are distinctive; winter records may occur at lower elevations.

• White's Thrush Zoothera aurea

  A thrush that breeds in mountain woods in Japan; a white band shows beneath its wings in flight.

• Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula

  The Black-crowned Waxbill is mostly gray, black, and white, with a noticeable red rump. It lives in pairs or flocks in grassland and along woodland edges.

• Mountain Peacock Pheasant Polyplectron inopinatum

  The Mountain Peacock-Pheasant is a pheasant of montane forests in the Indomalayan region. It spends time on the forest floor and eats small animals such as insects.

• Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus

  The Long-tailed Glossy Starling is an African starling with a metallic green back and a long purple tail.

• Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii

  The Wire-tailed Swallow has fine outer tail feathers that extend like wires. It is seen alone, in pairs, or in small flocks over open areas near water.

• Spectacled Finch Callacanthis burtoni

  A female observed in western Bhutan had conspicuous yellow-orange skin around the eye and a heavy yellowish bill.

• Fiji Goshawk Tachyspiza rufitorques

  This diurnal hawk is reported from open woodland, well-wooded farmland, suburbs, and parks. Audio records on Oiseaux.net are from Fiji.

• Tawny-crowned Honeyeater Gliciphila melanops

  This honeyeater lives mainly along the coasts and shrublands of southern Australia. Adults have a tawny crown separated from the black face by a white line, and eat nectar and insects. Juveniles have different facial markings.

• Subtropical Cacique Cacicus uropygialis

  The Subtropical Cacique occurs in the Andes from northwestern Venezuela through Colombia and Ecuador to southern Peru. It is recorded in the western and central Colombian Andes and at scattered sites along the eastern slope.

• Rusty-winged Barbtail Premnornis guttuliger

  An Andean forest bird that searches among foliage in the lower and middle forest layers.

• Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus

  The Malachite Kingfisher has a blue crest and a rufous belly. It perches near water and dives to catch fish and other prey.

• Raimondi’s Yellow-Finch Sicalis raimondii

  Raimondi’s Yellow-Finch is endemic to the Peruvian coast, where it occurs in lomas vegetation. It is usually uncommon but may gather in large numbers where food is available.