Meet the world’s animals.

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• Montserrat Oriole Icterus oberi

  

  The Montserrat Oriole is endemic to the Caribbean island of Montserrat and breeds in its hill forests.

• Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti

  Pycroft's Petrel breeds on islands off the northeastern North Island of New Zealand. It is active at night around colonies and feeds on small crustaceans and squid near the sea surface during long flights.

• Orange-billed Babbler Argya rufescens

  The Orange-billed Babbler lives in flocks in Sri Lanka's wet-zone forests. Its reddish-brown body contrasts with a bright orange bill and legs.

• Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus

  The Chestnut-winged Cuckoo has a long tail, chestnut plumage, and a black crest. It breeds in temperate Eurasia and passes through or winters in Southeast Asia from autumn to spring.

• Ladder-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis climacocerca

  It is gray-brown with fine markings. The male has a long tail that looks W-shaped when spread. It is nocturnal and occurs along rivers.

• Galapagos Martin Progne modesta

  This martin is about 15 cm long. Males are almost entirely black with a blue sheen, while females are duller brown. It catches flying insects in the Galapagos and nests near cliffs and mangroves.

• Pale-eyed Thrush Turdus leucops

  The Birds of Bolivia account describes males with a white iris and black plumage, while females are warmer brown with a dark bill. It places the species at the edges of cloud forest on the eastern Andes.

• Black-faced Rufous Warbler Bathmocercus rufus

  The Black-faced Rufous Warbler moves through dense undergrowth in damp forests of central and eastern Africa. The male has a black face and throat, chestnut upperparts, and grayish underparts, and searches for insects. The identification account centers on males, so it does not represent full female plumage.

• Great Black-headed Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus

  Great Black-headed Gulls breed from the Black Sea region east to Mongolia and move south for winter. In Hong Kong, they have been recorded on an estuary mudflat during winter and passage periods.

• Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis

  A North American diving duck. Males are mainly black and white, females are brown, and the back of the head has a small peak.

• Bonaparte's Parakeet Pyrrhura lucianii

  Bonaparte's Parakeet is mostly green, with dark red on the forehead, around the eyes, and on the abdomen. It inhabits lowland humid and semi-humid forest and nests in abandoned woodpecker holes. Older classifications included it within the Pyrrhura picta complex.

• Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus

  The Red-fronted Rosefinch is about 20 cm long and eats plant seeds on rocky, shrub-covered high slopes by day. Call-recording sites in western China, including Qinghai and Sichuan, show only part of its range.

• Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa

  This small warbler is common in Mexico's mountain pine forests and sometimes moves to lower elevations in winter.

• Long-tailed Myna Mino kreffti

  The Long-tailed Myna lives on islands of the Bismarck and Solomon archipelagos. Glossy black plumage is set off by a white rump and yellow belly; it feeds on fruit in the canopy.

• Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus

  Males have a pink throat and black underparts dotted with white. The birds search for grass seeds on the ground and live in thickets and at forest edges.

• Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra alinae

  This sunbird has a metallic blue-green head and olive-green upperparts. It occurs in montane forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi.

• Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall

  The Barred Cuckoo-Dove is a long-tailed dove ranging from the western Himalayas through Southeast Asia. In Hong Kong it is recorded as a winter visitor and passage migrant to well-wooded areas.

• Stripe-backed Wren Campylorhynchus nuchalis

  A strongly marked wren recorded from Venezuelan savanna and woodland. At one central Venezuelan study site, group members helped breed and defend nests.

• Chestnut-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus palliatus

  The Chestnut-backed Antshrike is recorded from southeastern Peru through Bolivia and Brazil. It occurs at forest edges and in secondary growth.

• Peg-billed Finch Acanthidops bairdi

  This finch lives in volcanic highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. Its long upturned bill is distinctive, and it feeds on insects, seeds, and fruit in mountain forest and bamboo.

• Mimic Honeyeater Microptilotis analogus

  A New Guinea honeyeater with a yellow ear patch and mostly unmarked underparts.

• Philippine Bulbul Hypsipetes philippinus

  This bulbul lives in Philippine forests and forest edges. It has a brown back, an orange-brown throat and breast with pale streaks, and short, strong whistled phrases.

• Band-tailed Hornero Furnarius figulus

  A white eyebrow, rusty bars on the wings, and a rufous tail with black tips help identify it. It is recorded in open farmland with bushes, often near water.

• Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius

  A shorebird of North America. Breeding adults show dark spots on the belly, and the bird teeters as it walks by water.