Meet the world’s animals.

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• Marsh Owl Asio capensis

  

  The Marsh Owl is an owl of grassland and wetland. It is brown above and searches for prey while flying over open grassland.

• Dwarf Jay Cyanolyca nanus

  This blue-gray jay has a black face, a narrow lavender eyebrow, and a lavender throat. It searches for arthropods in humid mountain forest in eastern Mexico.

• Ecuadorian Rail Rallus aequatorialis

  This rail is recorded from southern Colombia through Ecuador and coastal Peru. It hides in dense grass and reeds and is found alone or in well-separated pairs.

• Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda

  A starling of Sierra Leone's forest canopy. Adults have a glossy purple head and breast, a blue-black body, and a coppery-bronze tail.

• Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster

  The Black-billed Weaver lives in dense undergrowth in African montane forest. Male yellow markings vary between its geographically separated forms: the Cameroon form has a yellow breast collar, while the eastern form has yellow on the face.

• Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus

  The Yellow-billed Cacique ranges from Mexico through Central America into northwestern South America. It lives in thickets and bamboo near forest edges.

• Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa

  The Red-breasted Swallow is a sub-Saharan African swallow with rufous underparts and long tail streamers. Females and juveniles differ in their streamers or plumage, and seasonal movements vary by region.

• Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi

  A small sunbird of tropical Africa. The male has metallic green on the head and back.

• Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis

  The Savannah Sparrow lives in grasslands and is marked by a short tail and fine breast streaks. It eats more insects in the breeding season and more seeds in winter.

• Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner Automolus rufipileatus

  This foliage-gleaner occurs in riverine forest and seasonally flooded várzea across the Amazon basin, feeding low in dense vegetation.

• Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis

  A lark of open grasslands in India. It is active on the ground by day and feeds on seeds and small animals.

• Rufous-capped Thornbill Chalcostigma ruficeps

  The Rufous-capped Thornbill is a small hummingbird of mountain regions from Colombia to Bolivia. Males have dark green upperparts and reddish-green underparts and feed on nectar and insects by woodland edges.

• Green Cochoa Cochoa viridis

  The Green Cochoa lives in moist forest, often near streams. Males combine green and blue plumage, while females have brown wings and a blue tail.

• Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica

  The Yellow-throated Warbler has a grey back and vivid yellow throat. It moves through the forest canopy, probing branches and pine needles for insects.

• Ihering's Antwren Myrmotherula iheringi

  This small antwren occurs in lowland eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and the southern Amazonian region of Brazil. Males have dark breasts and white wing spots, while females are lighter grey above with yellowish-brown underparts. It searches leaves and vines for insects in the forest understory.

• Madagascar Pochard Aythya innotata

  The Madagascar Pochard is a small brown diving duck. It spends much of its time on the water and dives to find food below the surface.

• Blue-crowned Lorikeet Vini australis

  This 19 cm lorikeet is active by day and feeds on nectar and fruit.

• Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus

  The Coppery-tailed Coucal is a large cuckoo relative of wetlands and dense cover in central and southern Africa. It searches for small animals on the ground.

• Grey Sibia Heterophasia gracilis

  It occurs in hill regions of northeast India, Myanmar, and western Yunnan in China, using evergreen, deciduous, pine, and secondary forests.

• Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri

  This small swift is about 14 cm long. It catches insects in flight by day and uses the airspace over forest and woodland.

• Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus

  The Long-legged Buzzard is a large raptor with highly variable plumage. A Qatar regional account records it as a rare winter visitor.

• Piura Hemispingus Sphenopsis piurae

  Sphenopsis piurae is recorded in southern Ecuador and northwestern Peru. A specialist species account reports it in bamboo patches.

• Murphy's Petrel Pterodroma ultima

  Murphy’s Petrel is a seabird that breeds on islands in the South Pacific. It is mostly dark brown to gray, with pale flashes at the wingtips.

• Mountain Masked Apalis Apalis personata

  This small apalis lives in Central African mountain forests and nearby openings. It has a dark head, a white spot on the side of the neck, a short tail, and a mostly insect diet.