Meet the world’s animals.

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• Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

  

  A migratory wader that probes mudflats with its long bill. In Australia, it searches shallow water for small invertebrates during the austral summer.

• Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis

  The Red-browed Finch lives in eastern Australia, in grassy areas and along creeks. Small flocks search for grass seeds and insects, and the bright red eyebrow, rump, and bill are distinctive.

• Jonquil Parrot Aprosmictus jonquillaceus

  The Jonquil Parrot comprises two subspecies on Timor, Roti, and Wetar. A male of the nominate subspecies is green with a blue rump and red wing patches, and the species uses woodland and Acacia savanna.

• White-bibbed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus rivoli

  The male's white crescent-shaped breast patch helps identify this fruit-eating pigeon. It lives mainly in mountain forests and feeds on fruit in the canopy.

• Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana

  Cassin's Hawk-Eagle is a forest eagle marked in black and white, with a short crest. In humid tropical forest it is secretive and rarely seen soaring.

• Mountain White-eye Zosterops montanus

  The Mountain White-eye is described from Wallacea, the Greater Sundas, and the Philippines. The KOMIU profile places it in primary forest on high mountains.

• 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.

• American Black Swift Cypseloides niger

  The American Black Swift is a large swift that breeds in mountains of western North America. It moves south for winter, but its winter range is poorly known.

• Yellow-bridled Finch Melanodera xanthogramma

  This finch inhabits Andean rocky ground and high-altitude grassland. Males are yellow and olive, while females and young birds are brown and streaked; it searches for seeds on the ground.

• Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus

  The Brown-capped Tyrannulet is a small bird of forest canopy, usually seen alone or in pairs. It has a short tail and yellow underparts, with a white eyebrow that curves across the forehead.

• 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.

• Brant Branta bernicla

  A small, short-necked goose. The white markings on adult necks and the belly color vary among subspecies and populations.

• Spot-winged Antbird Myrmelastes leucostigma

  This antbird lives in Amazonian forest. Males are gray with white wing bars, females are brown with rufous wing spots, and the birds forage in wet places inside forest.

• Sclater's Lark Spizocorys sclateri

  A lark of dry, open landscapes in western southern Africa. In its core range it is mostly sedentary or moves only locally.

• Banggai Golden Bulbul Hypsipetes harterti

  KOMIU, a local forest-care foundation, presents Hypsipetes harterti as the Banggai Golden Bulbul. Its profile lists forest and mixed plantations as habitat and gives a photo locality on Bakalan Island.

• Golden Myna Mino anais

  The Golden Myna has a black head and back with a broad orange-yellow collar along the sides of the neck. It forages for fruit in the canopy of New Guinea's lowland forests.

• Yellow-faced Amazon Alipiopsitta xanthops

  This parrot is marked by a yellow face and orange flanks or belly. In northern Bolivia it is usually seen in pairs and may form flocks in the austral winter.

• White-vented Violetear Colibri serrirostris

  This hummingbird lives in dry forest and dry savanna in South America. It has a violet-blue patch behind the eye and feeds on nectar.

• Red-collared Woodpecker Picus rabieri

  Adult males show a red head and upper breast, green upperparts, and pale bars on the belly; females have a black crown. The species uses forest and bamboo-rich woodland and searches low branches or the ground for ants.

• Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor

  This bird is native to western coastal North America. Males have red shoulder patches and females are gray. They nest in colonies among waterside vegetation and form large flocks outside the breeding season.

• Puerto Rican Nightjar Antrostomus noctitherus

  The Puerto Rican Nightjar is endemic to Puerto Rico and lives in dry forests in the southwest. Its mottled brown plumage helps it blend into leaf litter.

• Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris

  The Red-billed Scythebill is a forest bird with a very long, down-curved bill and fine streaks on the face and breast.

• Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii

  The Wire-tailed Swallow has fine outer tail feathers that extend like wires. It is seen alone, in pairs, or in small flocks over open areas near water.

• Red junglefowl Gallus gallus

  A bird of South and Southeast Asia and the wild ancestor of domestic chickens. Males and females differ strongly in appearance.