Meet the world’s animals.

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• Rufous-eared Warbler Malcorus pectoralis

  

  Its face and ear coverts are bright chestnut, while the head and back are buff-gray with black streaks. It lives in arid and semi-arid shrubland and searches for small invertebrates low in bushes or on the ground. It may move locally in response to rain.

• Mossy-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus salangana

  A small swiftlet that builds nests containing moss and other plant matter.

• Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus

  A wader with an upturned bill and orange legs. It breeds across northern Eurasia and moves to coastal areas of Africa and southern Asia outside the breeding season.

• Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii

  This honeyeater lives in forests of eastern Australia. Its dark greenish-gray body has large yellow crescent-shaped ear patches, and it feeds mostly on fruit.

• Black-headed Canary Serinus alario

  Males combine black, white, and chestnut, while females have a gray-brown head with a chestnut back and tail. This canary moves through arid scrub following rain and seeding events.

• Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis

  The Black-chested Jay has a blue nape and tail, a dark chest, and pale underparts. It searches forest canopies for fruit and insects and may move in small groups.

• Copper-rumped Hummingbird Saucerottia tobaci

  A hummingbird recorded in gardens and forest edges in Trinidad and Tobago. It feeds on flower nectar and also catches small prey near flowers.

• Banggai Fruit Dove Ptilinopus subgularis

  The Banggai Fruit Dove occurs in Indonesia's Banggai Islands.

• Thrush-like Wren Campylorhynchus turdinus

  Plumage brightness varies across the Bolivian account: a paler subspecies occurs through most of the country, while another is recorded in several northern areas.

• Broad-billed Flycatcher Myiagra ruficollis

  It has a bluish-grey head and back with an orange-rufous throat and chest. Birds in northern Australia use wet tropical forest and mangroves.

• Bearded Screech Owl Megascops barbarus

  This small owl is 16–20 cm long. It lives in highland pine, pine-oak, and cloud forest and is active at night.

• Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans

  This flycatcher is common in the western United States. It waits on low perches near water, then flies out to catch insects. Its black body and white belly stand out.

• Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus

  The Yellow-throated Bulbul is a breeding endemic of India and is about 20 cm long. It uses scrub and open forest on rocky hills.

• California Gull Larus californicus

  A medium-sized gull of western North America. It breeds at inland lakes and rivers and moves toward the Pacific coast with the seasons.

• Montane Widowbird Euplectes psammacromius

  Males have yellow wing patches that can act as signals in territorial contests. In a field experiment in southern Tanzania, males whose patches were blackened more often lost territories or contests.

• Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii

  The Antillean Nighthawk has long, pointed wings and catches insects in flight. It is a familiar sight over Caribbean evenings, and moves south after breeding.

• Green-faced Parrot-Finch Erythrura viridifacies

  This small finch is about 12 cm long. It often eats bamboo seeds and may gather where bamboo is seeding.

• Puaiohi Myadestes palmeri

  This thrush is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi. It lives in remote forest ravines, and its main foods vary with the season.

• Buff-bellied Tanager Thlypopsis inornata

  The Buff-bellied Tanager occurs in north-western Peru, with a record from extreme south-eastern Ecuador. It feeds on small arthropods in dry highland scrub. The account says females are duller than males and juveniles resemble females.

• Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides

  The Large Hawk-Cuckoo is a migratory cuckoo found at forest edges and in secondary growth. It breeds farther north, including around the Himalayas, and moves south into Southeast Asia for winter.

• Glittering Kingfisher Caridonax fulgidus

  The Glittering Kingfisher, also called the white-rumped kingfisher, has a red bill and white belly and rump. It lives in forest and wooded cultivated areas in the Lesser Sundas and eats insects.

• Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus

  The Grey-headed Woodpecker has a green body and grey head. In India’s Great Himalayan National Park, it is described feeding on ants and insects, as well as fruit in winter.

• Guianan Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis cantator

  This small antbird, about 12 cm long, occurs on the Guiana Shield. It searches for insects around vine tangles and forest edges.

• Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup

  This glossy black starling has pale wing patches and orange eyes. It lives among dry rocky hills in southern Africa.