Meet the world’s animals.

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• Whistling Fruit Dove Ptilinopus layardi

  

  The Whistling Fruit Dove is a fruit-eating pigeon found on Kadavu and nearby Ono Island in southern Fiji. Few breeding records have been published.

• Plain Wren Cantorchilus modestus

  The Plain Wren lives along the Pacific side of Central America, from southern Mexico to Panama. It often uses forest edges and other open or modified habitats.

• Mato Grosso Antbird Cercomacra melanaria

  This antbird occurs in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. A study in Brazil's Pantanal found it in understory thickets of forest and seasonally flooded savanna.

• Brassy-breasted Tanager Tangara desmaresti

  The green plumage has black streaks, a turquoise forehead and eye area, a brassy ochre breast, and a yellow line down the belly.

• Wakolo Myzomela Myzomela wakoloensis

  This honeyeater occurs on Buru and Seram in Indonesia. A male described in a museum catalogue had a scarlet body, black wings and tail, and a scarlet band across the upper wing. It feeds on nectar and fruit.

• Black-and-white Bulbul Microtarsus melanoleucos

  The Black-and-white Bulbul lives in forests and forest edges in Southeast Asia. Its plumage differs by sex and age.

• Red-and-white Spinetail Certhiaxis mustelinus

  This spinetail inhabits wetlands in the Amazon basin. Its rufous upperparts contrast with a white underside.

• Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria

  The Solitary Snipe occurs in mountain wetlands and along streams in valleys. It searches damp ground for small invertebrates.

• Papuan Eagle Harpyopsis novaeguineae

  A large eagle of New Guinea’s forests, it hunts arboreal cuscuses and other animals.

• Thyolo Alethe Pseudalethe choloensis

  This forest bird occurs around the Thyolo Highlands of southern Malawi. It has rusty upperparts and searches among leaf litter for small arthropods.

• Olive-spotted Hummingbird Talaphorus chlorocercus

  The Olive-spotted Hummingbird is recorded in scrub and secondary vegetation on islands along Amazonian rivers. It has green upperparts, gray underparts, and olive spots on the throat and chest.

• Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus

  This tiny flycatcher stays in the lower levels of Amazonian forest. Its broad bill, rufous crown, and black-edged cheek markings distinguish it from similar spadebills.

• Little Lorikeet Parvipsitta pusilla

  A small parrot of eastern Australia. It is green with a black bill and a red patch that extends from the forehead to the throat.

• Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris

  This small woodpecker lives in dry places in the southwestern United States. Its back has black-and-white bars that resemble a ladder.

• Buru White-eye Zosterops buruensis

  The Buru White-eye is endemic to Buru Island, Indonesia, and has yellow underparts. A 1995 survey recorded it in logged and primary forest near Fogi and Waikeka; in 2011, small flocks were seen in forest near Waikeka.

• 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.

• Cabanis's Ground Sparrow Melozone cabanisi

  Cabanis's Ground-Sparrow is endemic to Costa Rica, from the Central Valley east toward Turrialba. Adults have black-and-white facial markings and a large black chest patch; juveniles are browner and more faintly marked. It uses thickets, young secondary growth, fragmented groves, and coffee plots.

• White-chested Swift Cypseloides lemosi

  The White-chested Swift is a small swift with a black body and a white triangular breast patch. Its full range remains poorly understood.

• Yungas Pygmy Owl Glaucidium bolivianum

  The Yungas Pygmy Owl lives in humid mountain forest on the eastern Andes and has eye-like markings on the back of its head.

• Yucatan Jay Cyanocorax yucatanicus

  A conspicuous jay of woodland and forest edges on the Yucatan Peninsula, usually seen in groups of about 5–25. Young birds pass through a brief pale plumage before acquiring adult colors.

• Karoo Long-billed Lark Certhilauda subcoronata

  The Karoo Long-billed Lark lives in dry shrubland in southern Africa. It searches the ground with its long, slightly decurved bill; plumage tone and streaking vary by region.

• North Philippine Dwarf-kingfisher Ceyx melanurus

  This small kingfisher lives in the northern Philippines. It is difficult to see in forest understory and feeds on insects, spiders, and other small invertebrates.

• Corn Crake Crex crex

  A small rail that hides in tall grass. Its rasping call may be heard before the bird is seen.

• Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis

  This weaver occurs widely in parts of southern, central, and eastern Africa. Males change in appearance between breeding and non-breeding plumages, and the birds eat grass seeds as well as insects.