Meet the world’s animals.

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• Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus

  

  This redstart lives on rocky high mountains. An adult male stands out for its white crown, black throat and chest, and reddish-brown belly and tail.

• Rufous Sabrewing Pampa rufa

  A large hummingbird of the Pacific slope from southern Mexico to El Salvador. It is green above and rufous below and on the tail, and is recorded in forests and coffee plantations.

• Small-headed Elaenia Elaenia sordida

  Elaenia sordida is a small-headed, crestless elaenia. A 2022 study in northeastern Argentina recorded foraging in scrub and secondary forest, including fruit feeding.

• Geelvink Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta geelvinkiana

  The Geelvink Pygmy Parrot is a small parrot from Biak, Supiori, and Numfor off Papua. It uses forests and nests in arboreal termite nests.

• 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.

• Teardrop White-eye Rukia ruki

  The Teardrop White-eye is recorded on four islands in the Faichuk group of Chuuk Lagoon, Federated States of Micronesia. It has been observed in old native forest and secondary forest, where it gleans insects from foliage.

• Gray-breasted Francolin Pternistis rufopictus

  This ground-dwelling gamebird uses Tanzanian savannas and grassland. Its red bill, orange-red bare throat, and black-and-white facial pattern are conspicuous.

• Zapata Sparrow Torreornis inexpectata

  This sparrow has separated populations in Cuba. The nominate form at Zapata Swamp lives in sawgrass marsh; adults have a chestnut crown and white throat, and its diet changes with the seasons.

• White-rumped Swift Apus caffer

  A swift that catches insects in flight. In southern Africa, it may breed in nests taken over from other birds.

• Hantu Boobook Ninox squamipila

  The Hantu Boobook is a small-to-medium owl restricted to Seram Island, with no ear tufts.

• Lidth's Jay Garrulus lidthi

  This jay, endemic to the Amami Islands, has a blue head and rusty body. Its calls carry through the forest, and it may be seen in small flocks.

• Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura

  The Rufous-tailed Lark is a lark whose earth-toned plumage blends into dry, open ground. It walks on the ground while searching for seeds and insects.

• Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis

  The Woodland Kingfisher is an African kingfisher with blue upperparts and wings and a white underside. A southern African regional guide records it as a summer resident.

• African Crake Crecopsis egregia

  A small rail that moves through grass. It has mottled upperparts and bold black-and-white bars visible in flight.

• Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei

  A weaver of East African scrub and woodland near water; breeding males have striking yellow and black plumage.

• Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris

  A breeding-plumaged male shows a red throat and chest against dark plumage; the breeding female is more buff and streaked, with a duller red breast. The species searches for food on the ground.

• Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas

  The Black-vented Shearwater is a seabird with brown-black upperparts and pale underparts. It breeds off Baja California and also ranges in coastal waters of Mexico and California.

• Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii

  This social African bird inhabits woodland and savanna. White arrow-shaped marks across the breast and belly are its distinctive feature.

• Rarotonga Monarch Pomarea dimidiata

  The Rarotonga Monarch’s native range is Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. Its plumage changes with age; it uses wet forested valleys near stream headwaters and feeds on small insects.

• Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis

  The Lesser Coucal has black plumage and chestnut wings and may be seen basking among grassland shrubs. The observations and range shown here are from its native population in Singapore.

• Least Nighthawk Chordeiles pusillus

  This small nighthawk flies by night over open grassland and catches airborne invertebrates. A breeding record in Misiones, Argentina, also describes one female and a nest on the ground.

• Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena

  A blue-black back, rusty throat and long forked tail help identify it. It catches insects in flight and builds mud-and-grass nests on structures such as bridges or buildings.

• Varied Solitaire Myadestes coloratus

  The Varied Solitaire has a gray crown and underparts, a black face, brown back, and orange bill and legs. It lives in humid mountain forest from southern Panama to northwestern Colombia.

• Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus

  This cisticola is about 13–14 cm long. The account lists acacia woodland and thornbush, with ground foraging for invertebrates. Sound recordings include the Amboseli area in Kenya.