Meet the world’s animals.

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• Reeves's Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii

  

  A pheasant endemic to China, living in evergreen forest and open woodland. It scratches leaf litter for seeds, berries, leaves, and invertebrates.

• Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus

  The Nkulengu Rail walks through dense vegetation beside streams in lowland rainforest.

• Rusty-necked Piculet Picumnus fuscus

  This small woodpecker inhabits riverine lowland forest in northeastern Bolivia and west-central Brazil. Males have reddish-orange tips on the crown feathers.

• Velvet-fronted Euphonia Euphonia concinna

  This small finch-like tanager occurs in the Colombian Andes. It feeds in the mid-levels and canopy of forest, taking fruit and small insects.

• Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca

  The male is black with a white marking, while the female has pale patches on the head. It breeds in northern Europe and uses coastal waters in winter.

• White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii

  The White-bellied Green Pigeon is a green pigeon with a noticeable white belly and uses mountain forests in East Asia.

• Dusky-throated Antshrike Thamnomanes ardesiacus

  This bird lives in humid lowland forest of northern Amazonia. The female has a whitish chin, and in transitional forest it can join mixed flocks with another antshrike.

• Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus

  The Yellow-streaked Greenbul has a gray head, gray-brown back, and white throat. It occurs patchily in eastern and southern African forests and feeds mainly on arthropods.

• Cobalt-winged Parakeet Brotogeris cyanoptera

  This small parakeet has a yellow-green body and blue-violet wings. Outside the breeding season it moves through the canopy in flocks and gathers with other parrots at clay licks.

• White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis

  This migratory sparrow has both white-striped and tan-striped head patterns.

• Running Coua Coua cursor

  The Running Coua is a ground-dwelling bird of dry woodland and scrub in southwestern Madagascar. It walks while searching for insects and fallen fruit.

• McConnell's Spinetail Synallaxis macconnelli

  This spinetail occurs in the understory of evergreen forest and woodland in Guyana. It has a warm rufous crown and wings against a gray body.

• Slender-billed White-eye Zosterops tenuirostris

  This small bird lives only on Norfolk Island. It probes bark crevices with its long, slender bill to find insects and also feeds on nectar.

• Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii

  Swainson's Warbler has a stocky body and a heavy bill that it uses to turn leaf litter while searching for insects and spiders. It breeds in dense swamps and canebrakes of the southeastern United States.

• Cook's Swift Apus cooki

  Cook's Swift has long, sickle-shaped wings and a tail that closes to a needle-like point. It flies high over mountains, woodland, towns, and coasts, catching insects in the air.

• Tawny Straightbill Timeliopsis griseigula

  This New Guinean honeyeater has been observed in mixed flocks of brown birds, and field accounts describe it hanging upside down to probe leaves.

• Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus

  The Gray-cheeked Thrush has a grayish face and spotted breast. It breeds in far northern North America and migrates to South America for winter.

• Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus

  A breeding male has a glossy black head, back, and chest with a white belly. The orange pectoral tufts may show when he is excited or displaying. The species feeds mainly on nectar.

• White-bellied Robin-Chat Cossyphicula roberti

  This small Old World flycatcher is about 13 cm long. In southwestern Cameroon, it was recorded in primary and secondary forest at 1,100–1,300 m.

• Yellow-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus flavigularis

  The Yellow-throated Spadebill is a small bird of cloud-forest understory in the Andes. Its range is patchy; a 2002 field study recorded it at 1,370 m on the Río Rumiyaco in Colombia.

• Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus

  The Southern Masked Weaver lives in open areas of southern Africa. Breeding males have a striking black face and yellow body, and the species eats seeds and other foods.

• Variegated Laughingthrush Trochalopteron variegatum

  This olive-and-buff laughingthrush has a black throat stripe and a broad gray band near the end of its tail. It searches for insects and fruit in Himalayan woodland and scrub.

• Wandering Tattler Tringa incana

  The Wandering Tattler has heavily barred gray-and-white underparts in breeding plumage and a plain gray chest outside the breeding season. It breeds beside northern rivers and moves to rocky Pacific shores and islands.

• Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae

  The Cape Verde Petrel spends most of its life at sea and returns to the highlands of the Cape Verde Islands to breed. It nests in rocky crevices and cavities.