Meet the world’s animals.

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• Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus

  

  A goose seen in large flocks in Britain during winter. Its pink feet and pink band on the bill are distinctive.

• Taiwan Barwing Actinodura morrisoniana

  The Taiwan Barwing is endemic to Taiwan and lives in broadleaf and mixed forests at about 1,300–2,500 m.

• Olive Oropendola Psarocolius bifasciatus

  This large oropendola occurs in the Peruvian Amazon canopy; its red bill tip and pink cheek patch are distinctive.

• Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus

  The Pale Chanting Goshawk is a raptor of open, dry country in southern Africa. It watches for prey from an exposed perch.

• Buffy Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes lawrencii

  The Buffy Tuftedcheek inhabits wet mountain forests in Costa Rica and western Panama. A study in Costa Rica recorded it searching among the leaves of epiphytic bromeliads for arthropods.

• Stark's Lark Spizocorys starki

  This small lark inhabits dry country and is nomadic, moving after rain. Outside the breeding season it may gather in large flocks.

• Sulphur White-eye Zosterops minutus

  This small white-eye lives on Lifou in New Caledonia. It has a white eye-ring, uses open places near settlements and cultivated land, and eats insects and fruit.

• Rusty Sparrow Aimophila rufescens

  This sparrow ranges from Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica. It is recorded in shrubby secondary woodland, forest edges, and pine or oak woodland.

• Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus

  The Blue-crowned Parakeet has a green body, blue on the face and crown, and a long tail. Its native range includes dry forest and scrub in South America.

• Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis

  This North American swallow catches insects while flying low over water and nests in burrows in banks.

• Gray Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum

  A pheasant whose male has rows of eye-like spots on its tail and wings. It lives in evergreen forests of South and Southeast Asia.

• Rock Parrot Neophema petrophila

  The Rock Parrot is a small parrot of coastal and offshore-island habitats along southern Australia. It searches for seeds and fruit in coastal grassland and scrub.

• White-lored Warbler Myiothlypis conspicillata

  This warbler is restricted to Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. It searches for insects in the lower vegetation of humid mountain forest.

• Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis

  The Collared Flycatcher breeds in Europe and winters in southeastern Africa. Breeding males show a distinct white collar.

• Rouget's Rail Rougetius rougetii

  This rail lives in the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea and walks through grassland and marshy ground.

• Purple-throated Sunbird Leptocoma sperata

  This sunbird occurs in the Philippines. Males have a purple throat and red belly, and feed on nectar and small insects.

• Desertas Petrel Pterodroma deserta

  A seabird that breeds on Bugio Island in the Madeira archipelago. During incubation it can make long flights across the North Atlantic; after breeding it winters mainly in the South and West Atlantic.

• Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus

  The Tinkling Cisticola lives in scrub and open woodland in south-central Africa. Its orange-rufous tail and call help distinguish it from the Rattling Cisticola.

• Bradfield’s Swift Apus bradfieldi

  Bradfield’s Swift occurs from southwestern Angola through Namibia to northern South Africa. It flies in flocks over arid country and catches flying insects.

• Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius

  It is reddish in breeding plumage and gray and white in winter. It breeds in the Arctic and spends winter on the open ocean.

• White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons

  The White-fronted Chat occurs across southern Australia, including Tasmania, from Shark Bay to the Queensland–New South Wales border. It uses damp, open places with low vegetation.

• Black Rosy Finch Leucosticte atrata

  The Black Rosy-Finch is a finch of the high mountains of western North America. It uses rocky high elevations for breeding and descends in winter.

• Purplish Jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas

  This jay is recognizable by its bluish-purple body and black facial mask. Family groups search for food in forests and along their edges.

• White-vented Plumeleteer Chalybura buffonii

  The White-vented Plumeleteer is a hummingbird ranging from Central America into northwestern South America. A study in Colombia found a nest in dense understory beside a stream.