Meet the world’s animals.

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• Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea

  

  A seabird that glides low over the sea on long wings. It breeds on Mediterranean islands; around Malta, birds gather offshore in the evening during the breeding season and return to their colony after dark.

• Racket-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia

  The Racket-tailed Treepie is a slender corvid with green sheen on its dark plumage and a long tail that spreads at the tip. In Thailand it searches shrubs in pairs or small groups along forest edges and in bamboo woodland.

• Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera ellioti

  This kingfisher is restricted to Kofiau Island in Indonesia. Its blue head, white body, and long central tail feathers are striking. Little is known about its ecology, and its feeding behavior is presented as probable.

• Grey-headed Munia Lonchura caniceps

  This small bird lives in grassland and cultivated areas in Papua New Guinea. Males have a gray head and throat, dark brown back, and orange rump.

• White-throated Hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis

  The White-throated Hummingbird is recognized by its moss-green body and white throat and belly. The sources include records from Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina.

• Cape Long-billed Lark Certhilauda curvirostris

  The Cape Long-billed Lark is about 20–24 cm long. It lives among coastal dunes and nearby low vegetation on South Africa's southwestern coast.

• Gray-headed Lovebird Agapornis canus

  This lovebird is native to Madagascar. Males have a pale gray head and upper chest, while those areas are green in females. Wild birds feed on grass seeds.

• Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana

  A tanager found from Amazonian lowlands into foothills. Males are blue and black; females are green with blue on the head.

• Black-collared Swallow Pygochelidon melanoleuca

  This swallow has a black chest band against a white belly. A study along a river in southeastern Brazil recorded it nesting in rock cavities.

• Brown Nightjar Veles binotatus

  This nightjar has dark brown plumage with pale and chestnut mottling, and rests in the lower growth of tropical forest.

• Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca

  A large eagle of open country from eastern Europe across parts of central Asia.

• Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus microrhynchus

  This black cacique has a red lower back and rump. It inhabits lowlands from Central America to western Ecuador.

• Great Black-headed Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus

  Great Black-headed Gulls breed from the Black Sea region east to Mongolia and move south for winter. In Hong Kong, they have been recorded on an estuary mudflat during winter and passage periods.

• White-browed Owl Athene superciliaris

  The White-browed Owl has a rounded brown head with white markings and is active at night. It is found only on Madagascar.

• Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus

  Cisticola marginatus occurs in western and eastern sub-Saharan Africa. The nominate subspecies in breeding plumage has a rufous crown and dark dorsal streaks.

• Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica

  The Chestnut-tailed Starling is a small, pale starling with chestnut on the tail tips and sides near the vent.

• Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus

  The Chinese Francolin is a ground-dwelling bird often found in cover. It searches for berries, insects and other food in the morning and evening.

• Lord Howe Rail Hypotaenidia sylvestris

  The Lord Howe Island Woodhen is a flightless olive-brown rail with a down-curving bill and red eyes. It feeds on forest-floor invertebrates, and adults pair for life.

• Speckle-throated Woodpecker Campethera scriptoricauda

  This East African woodpecker has a green, yellow-barred back and black spots that continue from the throat down the pale underside.

• Drakensberg Siskin Crithagra symonsi

  This small bird lives in the Lesotho highlands and neighboring highlands of South Africa. It searches high-altitude grassland and shrubland for seeds, buds, and insects.

• Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha

  This dabbling duck feeds mainly on plants in shallow wetlands. Males show an orange-red mark at the bill base and a large white wing marking.

• Pallid Dove Leptotila pallida

  This brown-toned dove has white tips on its tail. It uses humid forest and older secondary growth, walking on the ground to feed on plant seeds and other material.

• Common Scale-backed Antbird Willisornis poecilinotus

  This roughly 13 cm antbird is widespread in Amazonia. Male and female plumage differ, and markings also vary among subspecies.

• White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos

  The White-spectacled Bulbul is a bulbul with a clear white eye-ring. In Turkey it occurs from scrub to town gardens.