Meet the world’s animals.

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• Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura

  

  A bulbul of western and central African forests. It eats fruit and other plant food and occurs in raffia-palm stands and damp forest near water.

• Tsavo Sunbird Cinnyris tsavoensis

  Tsavo Sunbird occurs in Somalia, eastern Kenya, and northeastern Tanzania. Males are blue-green and black, while females are mainly gray-brown.

• Guianan Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis cantator

  This small antbird, about 12 cm long, occurs on the Guiana Shield. It searches for insects around vine tangles and forest edges.

• Bridled Sparrow Peucaea mystacalis

  This bird lives in scrub and grassland in central Mexico. It has a gray head with white lines around the brow and eye, and eats seeds and small animals.

• Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus

  The Blue-headed Parrot has a blue head and green body. In South America it may visit clay banks to take minerals that help neutralize toxins in seeds.

• Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla

  The Ovenbird has a spotted breast and bold black-and-orange crown stripes. It walks on the forest floor, searching among leaf litter for insects and other small prey.

• Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow

  An open-ocean petrel with brownish-grey upperparts and white underparts. It breeds in burrows on offshore Bermuda islets.

• Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis

  The Savanna Nightjar rests on the ground or rocks by day, blending into its surroundings, and catches flying insects at dusk and at night.

• Japanese pygmy woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki

  A small woodpecker with black-and-white markings, seen throughout the year in Japan from lowlands to low mountains.

• Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi

  This weaver is endemic to Madagascar and is associated especially with humid forest in the east and north. It is usually alone or in pairs and eats insects and spiders as well as some fruit and nectar.

• Coppery Metaltail Metallura theresiae

  This small hummingbird is endemic to Peru. It is recorded on the eastern Andean slopes in humid montane forest and scrub at 2,800–3,550 m.

• Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris

  In Hong Kong it flies over wetlands and fishponds. In Hunan, China, it occupies caves and uses clicks in their dark interiors.

• Indochinese Yuhina Yuhina torqueola

  This small flocking bird occurs from Indochina into southern China. It is rufous-brown with a short grey crest and white underparts; chestnut ear-coverts have white streaks. Flocks forage in mature closed-canopy forest while calling to one another.

• European Herring Gull Larus argentatus

  The European Herring Gull is a large gull commonly seen in Britain and Ireland. Its grey back and pink legs help identify it.

• Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris

  This large pigeon is shaded in purple, pink, and blue-gray. It ranges through tropical deciduous forests and feeds on fruit and berries high in trees.

• Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus

  A wader with an upturned bill and orange legs. It breeds across northern Eurasia and moves to coastal areas of Africa and southern Asia outside the breeding season.

• King Eider Somateria spectabilis

  Adult males have a black-and-white body, a blue-green head, and an orange-red bill; adult females are brown with black patterning. The species breeds near water in the Arctic.

• Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti

  Dupont's Lark has a pale eyebrow and a short, white-edged tail. It feeds on seeds and insects on the ground in dry grassland.

• Snowy owl Bubo scandiacus

  A white owl of Arctic and surrounding tundra. Some move south in winter.

• Cocos Cuckoo Coccyzus ferrugineus

  This cuckoo occurs only on Cocos Island off western Costa Rica, where it uses humid forests and shrubland.

• Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava

  The Tawny-flanked Prinia is a small bird with a long graduated tail and short, rounded wings. In northern Namibia it uses grass and waterside shrubs, searching for insects on the ground and in bushes.

• White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia

  An eastern African babbler of rocky hill woodland, scrub, riparian cover, and reedbeds. Its scaled breast and white rump and lower belly are useful field marks.

• Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus

  The Hermit Thrush is a forest bird with a brown back, spotted breast and reddish tail. It searches for insects on the ground and eats more fruit in winter.

• Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata

  The Cut-throat Finch is a small finch occurring in separate areas along the Sahel and in southern Africa. It forages on the ground for seeds and termites. Males have a red throat band.