Meet the world’s animals.

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• Yellow-rumped Mannikin Lonchura flaviprymna

  

  A finch of northwestern Australia. Adults have a pale gray head and yellow-brown rump, unlike the brown head and rump of juveniles.

• Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus

  A small snipe that hides in wet grassland and visits Britain for the winter, from autumn into spring.

• Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger

  This laughingthrush ranges through South and Southeast Asia. It is diurnal and gregarious, and the described subspecies has a dark breast necklace and a white eyebrow.

• Hudson's Canastero Asthenes hudsoni

  This canastero is concentrated in the humid Pampas and has black streaking on its back. A research review describes partial seasonal movement; Brazilian records include tall grass and sedges on a coastal plain.

• Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher Dioptrornis chocolatinus

  The Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher occurs in the Ethiopian highlands and southern Eritrea. It catches insects from branches in forest and woodland.

• Green Rosella Platycercus caledonicus

  The Green Rosella is the largest rosella. Its two described subspecies differ slightly in colour pattern, with yellow head and underparts, blue-violet cheeks, a red forehead band, and a green-and-black back among the notable features.

• Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica

  Males are bluish grey with a yellow band across the mid-belly; females and young birds are olive and grey. It eats fruit and buds.

• Red-fronted Parrotlet Touit costaricensis

  This green parrotlet has a red forehead. In Panama, it may forage in small groups low in the canopy early in the morning.

• Purple-throated Woodstar Calliphlox mitchellii

  Its main range is western Colombia and western Ecuador. The male has a glittering purple throat; the female lacks that purple throat. Residency in eastern Panama is presumed from two female specimens.

• Scaled Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus squamiger

  This rare, terrestrial cuckoo inhabits rainforest between the Xingu and Tapajós rivers in Brazil. Its behavior is still poorly known.

• Ruby-throated Myzomela Myzomela eques

  The Ruby-throated Myzomela lives in forests on New Guinea and nearby islands. Males have an iridescent red throat patch, and the species mainly feeds on nectar.

• Tawny Fish Owl Ketupa flavipes

  This nocturnal owl has mottled tawny plumage and a white throat. In Taiwan it lives in low-elevation streamside forest and catches crabs, frogs, and other animals.

• Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus

  The Brown-headed Gull develops a brown head in breeding plumage. It moves between its breeding range and wintering areas with the seasons.

• Handsome Sunbird Aethopyga bella

  The Handsome Sunbird is a Philippine sunbird. Males have iridescent green on the head, while females have a yellow rump. A field study on Cebu recorded it taking nectar from forest mistletoe flowers.

• Orange-crowned Oriole Icterus auricapillus

  Its yellow-orange plumage is brightest on the head, contrasting with its black face, breast, and tail; each black wing has an orange shoulder patch.

• White-eared Ground Sparrow Melozone leucotis

  This ground-dwelling bird occurs in the highlands of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. It searches on or near the ground for insects, spiders, and seeds.

• Dot-winged Crake Laterallus spiloptera

  The Dot-winged Crake is a small rail of wetlands and flooded grasslands in southeastern South America. It hides in dense vegetation and is active around dusk and at night.

• Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri

  This small seabird breeds on islands near the southern tip of South America and in the southern Indian Ocean. Some reach New Zealand waters in winter.

• Pale Martin Riparia diluta

  This small swallow flies over open country near rivers and other water. Its pale breast band and shallowly forked tail help identify it.

• Hooded Treepie Crypsirina cucullata

  A bird restricted to Myanmar's lowlands, with a long silver-gray tail and black head.

• Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris

  The Collared Kingfisher has turquoise upperparts and a white collar and underside. In Singapore it is a resident found throughout the country, from coastal areas to parks.

• Short-clawed Lark Certhilauda chuana

  This ground-dwelling lark occupies semi-arid savanna in Botswana and South Africa. It feeds on insects and seeds on the ground in open areas with low bushes.

• Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus

  Pallas's Fish Eagle is a large raptor found across parts of central, southern, and eastern Asia. It uses rivers and wetlands where it can catch fish.

• Black Thrush Turdus infuscatus

  This thrush ranges from eastern and southern Mexico into Central America. Males are dark, while females are browner and differ in appearance.