Meet the world’s animals.

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• Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla

  

  It breeds in forests and thickets across Canada and the western United States, then winters in Mexico and Central America. It searches for insects on low leaves and branches.

• Orange-bellied Antwren Terenura sicki

  This antwren is recorded in remaining evergreen forest in Alagoas and Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil. The 1983 type description gives a streaked black and buff crown, chestnut back and orange underside. In 2018, ICMBio reported severe fragmentation and continuing habitat loss and assessed the species as Critically Endangered in Brazil.

• Musk Duck Biziura lobata

  The Musk Duck occurs only in Australia. It dives in deep freshwater lakes and lagoons to search for food underwater.

• Yellow-billed Lorikeet Neopsittacus musschenbroekii

  The Yellow-billed Lorikeet lives in the mountains of New Guinea, and its plumage varies between subspecies.

• Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus

  A long-tailed cuckoo with a black bill that hides in woods and thickets while waiting for large insects.

• Brown Fulvetta Alcippe brunneicauda

  The Brown Fulvetta has a plain brown head, warm brown back, and rufous rump. It searches lower forest branches for insects and fruit.

• Cape Verde Swift Apus alexandri

  The Cape Verde Swift is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands and breeds in crevices on cliffs and ravines.

• White-rumped Hawk Parabuteo leucorrhous

  This forest hawk is conspicuous for its dark body and white rump. Argentine records place it in humid and subtropical forests.

• Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis

  In Bolivia, the Swallow Tanager is seen in forest canopies and feeds mainly on fruit. Females have a dark facial mask and barred flanks.

• Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan

  The Yelkouan Shearwater is a seabird with a dark back and white underside. It glides low over the sea and feeds on fish and squid.

• Ruwenzori Apalis Oreolais ruwenzorii

  A small bird with a slate-grey back, rufous-buff throat and a narrow breast band. It lives in central African montane forest, where pairs duet.

• Sclater's Monal Lophophorus sclateri

  Sclater's Monal is a pheasant of the eastern Himalaya's high country. Males show iridescent blue-green plumage and a white terminal tail band. Detailed behavior has been recorded mainly from captive birds.

• Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida

  This small tern uses wetlands. In breeding plumage, its black head and dark grey underside stand out. It makes a nest from vegetation, floating or anchored, and both sexes care for the young.

• Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis

  The yellow throat helps identify this bulbul. It eats fruit and insects in woodlands and thickets of western and central Africa.

• White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis

  The White-crowned Parrot is a Central American parrot with a white head and blue-green cheeks. It flies in pairs or small flocks and eats fruits and seeds.

• Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus

  The Abyssinian Woodpecker has a golden-yellow back and red rump and occurs in the Ethiopian highlands. It uses wooded habitats but is described as elusive.

• Red-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus greyi

  This fruit-eating dove feeds on forest fruits. Males are green with purple markings on the forehead and belly; a survey on Pentecost also recorded it in secondary and native forest.

• 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.

• Gilbert's Honeyeater Melithreptus chloropsis

  This honeyeater inhabits the wetter forests of southwestern Western Australia. Adults have pale bare skin around the eye and feed on nectar and insects.

• Black-capped White-eye Zosterops atricapilla

  This white-eye lives in montane forest. In 2025, a pair was observed taking nectar from flowers near a nest at Kinabalu Park, Malaysia.

• Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus

  The Brown-crested Flycatcher launches from a branch to catch insects in the air; it is a large member of the tyrant flycatchers.

• Black-faced Quail-Finch Ortygospiza atricollis

  This small bird searches grasslands for seeds, and males have a noticeable black facial mask

• Bluethroat Luscinia svecica

  The Bluethroat is a small bird that searches for insects in low shrubs near water and elsewhere. A male's blue throat pattern changes with season and region.

• Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting

  The blue-eared kingfisher is a small kingfisher of rivers and hill streams that hunts small fish from the water's edge.