Meet the world’s animals.

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• Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus

  

  The Edible-nest Swiftlet is a small swiftlet of Indo-Malayan forests. It catches insects and other invertebrates while flying.

• Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni

  A crested hawk that waits on a perch for prey, it breeds in scattered areas from India to Southeast Asia.

• Scarlet-and-white Tanager Chrysothlypis salmoni

  This tanager occurs in humid lowland forest in Colombia and northern Ecuador. Males are red and white, while females replace the red areas with brown; birds gather in canopy flocks.

• Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata

  The Black-capped Petrel is a seabird of the northwestern Atlantic. It breeds in highlands on Hispaniola and searches near the sea surface for fish and squid, mostly at night.

• Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota

  An East African bird guide places the Olive-green Camaroptera in forest undergrowth in Uganda and western Kenya. Its upperparts are dull olive-green; the underparts are grayish-white, with dusky buff on the chest and flanks.

• 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.

• Swinhoe's Pheasant Lophura swinhoii

  Swinhoe's Pheasant lives in Taiwan's forests. The male stands out with a white crest and back and two long white tail feathers.

• Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens

  The Yellow-footed Gull is a large gull that breeds on islands around the Gulf of California. Adults are marked by yellow legs, a gray back and wings, and a white body.

• Black-browed Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla fusciceps

  The Black-browed Mountain Greenbul lives in montane forest in southeastern Africa. Its species account describes dense highland forest and fruit in its diet; a Tanzania photo page records birds in Poroto Ridge forest.

• Red-and-green macaw Ara chloropterus

  A large parrot found mainly in South America, combining a red body with green and blue wing feathers.

• Tanimbar Monarch Carterornis castus

  This small monarch flycatcher lives in Tanimbar forest. Its black-and-white pattern is striking, and it searches for insects in trees.

• Cream-backed Woodpecker Campephilus leucopogon

  The Cream-backed Woodpecker inhabits open woodland and savanna in South America. It is marked by a black body, red head and pale triangular patch on the back.

• Philippine Green Pigeon Treron axillaris

  This pigeon is endemic to the Philippines and occurs on the islands except Palawan. It eats fruit in the forest canopy, and several birds may gather at fruiting trees.

• Green-chinned Euphonia Euphonia chalybea

  This small bird has a thick bill. Males have a yellow band on the forehead, while females are olive above and grey below.

• Black-backed honeyeater Ptiloprora perstriata

  This honeyeater lives in New Guinea's montane forests. It has dark upperparts and a streaked underside, and searches for insects, fruit, and nectar.

• Everett's White-eye Zosterops everetti

  Everett's White-eye has greenish upperparts, grayish underparts, and broad white spectacles. It forages in flocks along forest edges and in gardens across parts of the Philippines and the Talaud Islands of Indonesia.

• Streak-throated Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis

  This Andean flycatcher occurs at high elevations. It searches for insects and small vertebrates in scrub and along forest edges.

• Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla

  The Black-headed Waxbill is a 10–11 cm bird of forest clearings and lowland, partly open habitats in Central Africa.

• Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus

  The male Eversmann's Redstart has a silvery cap and orange back and underparts; the female is gray-brown with a rufous tail. It breeds in Central Asia and moves southwest for winter.

• Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti

  A kingfisher that perches in open African woodland and scrub to look for prey on the ground. Fine stripes mark its head and body.

• Great Eared Nightjar Lyncornis macrotis

  The Great Eared Nightjar is a nocturnal bird of forests and forest edges in the Indo-Malay region. Its ear-like tufts and upright resting posture are distinctive.

• Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum

  The Pearl-spotted Owlet has white spots on its back and eye-like markings on the back of its head. It catches small animals in open savanna and woodland.

• Plush-crested Jay Cyanocorax chrysops

  This South American jay has a plush black crest and black-and-yellow plumage. It forages in flocks and may cache surplus food.

• Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis

  The Black Rail is a very small, dark rail of North American wetlands. White speckles mark its plumage, and dense grasses make it difficult to see.