Meet the world’s animals.

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• Streaked Bulbul Ixos malaccensis

  

  Adults are olive above, with whitish streaks on the grayish throat and breast and a pale belly. They use broadleaf evergreen forests and edges, eating fruit and insects.

• Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis

  The Canada Jay lives year-round in northern North American forests and stores food in trees for colder periods. Its round head, long tail, and gray-and-white plumage make it distinctive.

• Grey-sided Thrush Turdus feae

  The Grey-sided Thrush is a migratory bird that uses mountain forests in different seasons. It breeds in broadleaf forest and winters in evergreen forest.

• Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri

  The Little Forktail is a small streamside bird with striking black-and-white plumage. It flicks its short, shallowly forked tail while searching for aquatic insects on rocks.

• Grey-crested Cacholote Pseudoseisura unirufa

  This ovenbird occurs in seasonally flooded savannas and woodland in parts of Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil. It has mainly rufous-cinnamon plumage and a greyish crest.

• Spectacled Parrotlet Forpus conspicillatus

  The Spectacled Parrotlet has three subspecies. In the nominate subspecies, males have blue-purple markings around the eye, on the wings and rump; these areas are green in females.

• Rusty-bellied Brush Finch Atlapetes nationi

  This brush finch occurs in scrub on the western Peruvian Andes. The rusty belly varies among populations.

• Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis

  This is the smallest friarbird, with a curved bill without a casque and a bare blue-gray face patch. It feeds on nectar and invertebrates in trees; some southeastern populations are seasonal visitors.

• Dusky-tailed Antbird Drymophila malura

  This long-tailed antbird is associated with dense understory in humid forest, as well as woodland and forest edges.

• Black-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis nigrivestis

  A hummingbird of high-elevation forest in northwestern Ecuador. It is marked by white leg puffs and feeds on flower nectar.

• Black-throated Shrikebill Clytorhynchus nigrogularis

  A forest bird of Fiji's islands, inhabiting closed-canopy forest; the sexes differ in head pattern.

• Pallid Swift Apus pallidus

  This brown swift has a white throat, breeds from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf and winters in the Sahel.

• Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher

  The species account separates two subspecies, and Kenya is one part of its range. It lives low in dense lowland-forest undergrowth and eats insects and other small invertebrates.

• Malaysian Eared Nightjar Lyncornis temminckii

  The Malaysian Eared Nightjar is a bird of forests and their edges. Its dark plumage and narrow pale collar help identify it.

• Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis

  The Sedge Wren is a small bird of wetlands with dense grasses and sedges. The North American breeding population moves south for winter, while the taxonomic account also notes that South American populations may warrant separate treatment.

• Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus

  The Broad-winged Hawk is a small, stocky raptor with black-and-white tail bands. During migration it forms large flocks.

• Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis

  This weaver occurs in wooded edges, riverside vegetation, and gardens across sub-Saharan Africa. It eats insects as well as fruit and nectar.

• Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus

  This African cuckoo stands out for its heavy yellow bill and greenish-blue back and tail. It searches the forest for insects and small animals.

• Nilgiri Laughingthrush Montecincla cachinnans

  The Nilgiri Laughingthrush occurs in the Nilgiri Hills of southwestern India. The genus account notes a white eyebrow and olive-gray upperparts, with breast color differing among species.

• Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii

  A tern that breeds on islands in eastern North America and the Caribbean. It flies offshore to catch small fish. Aspects of its nonbreeding life in South America and elsewhere remain poorly known.

• Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae

  The Morepork has dark brown, lightly spotted plumage and large yellow eyes. It is active at night and catches insects and small animals.

• Mindanao Ibon Lophozosterops goodfellowi

  This forest bird occurs on Mindanao in the Philippines. Sources use different generic combinations, including Heleia, Lophozosterops, and Apoia.

• Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei

  A small lark of open grassland from Turkey through Central Asia to southern Mongolia. It is partly migratory and is classified as an omnivore.

• Sahyadri Sunbird Aethopyga vigorsii

  The Sahyadri Sunbird is an approximately 11 cm sunbird endemic to the Western Ghats of southwest India. Males have a crimson breast with yellow streaks; females have olive-green upperparts.