Meet the world’s animals.
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- Corsican Finch Carduelis corsicana
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0 A small finch endemic to Corsica and Sardinia. Males have a brighter yellow face and breast than females, with a streaky brown back.
- Sulphur-throated Finch Sicalis taczanowskii
A finch of northwestern Peru's tropical savanna. It has gray-brown upperparts, light-brown underparts, and a yellow face and throat.
- Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta
This small honeyeater occurs in eastern Australia. Males are red and black, while females and immature birds are mainly brown. It often visits flowers for nectar.
- 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.
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
An adult Asian Glossy Starling is dark green-black with red eyes. It eats fruit and insects and is often seen in flocks.
- Imperial Amazon Amazona imperialis
The Imperial Amazon is endemic to Dominica, with a green body, red eyes and violet underparts.
- Philippine Green Pigeon Treron axillaris
This pigeon is endemic to the Philippines and occurs on the islands except Palawan. It eats fruit in the forest canopy, and several birds may gather at fruiting trees.
- New Britain Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx sacerdotis
A very small kingfisher of New Britain and Umboi in Papua New Guinea. It is usually seen alone near streams and rivers.
- Black-headed Bulbul Brachypodius melanocephalos
The common color morph has a glossy black head with olive and yellow body plumage. Small groups feed on fruit in forests and forest edges from northeastern India through Southeast Asia.
- Kai Coucal Centropus spilopterus
The Kai Coucal is endemic to the Kai Islands. A field account records it mainly singly or in pairs, in tall alang-alang grass, village gardens, coconut plantations, and mangrove edges.
- Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus
The Aleutian Tern breeds along coasts and islands of the northern North Pacific and catches small fish and crustaceans in summer.
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
The Black-crowned Waxbill is mostly gray, black, and white, with a noticeable red rump. It lives in pairs or flocks in grassland and along woodland edges.
- Galapagos Crake Laterallus spilonota
The Galapagos Crake is a ground-living bird endemic to the islands and now found in the highlands of the major islands. It turns leaf litter for insects and seeds and is a poor flier.
- White-collared Kite Leptodon forbesi
The White-collared Kite is a raptor with a white band at the back of its neck. It has been recorded soaring over Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil.
- White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera
The White-winged Lark is a lark whose white wing patches stand out in flight. It uses dry steppe and fields, and may gather in flocks outside the breeding season.
- White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis
This hummingbird lives in mountain forests from Nicaragua to northern Mexico. It has a white ear-stripe on a dark head; in bright light, an adult male's face appears violet and its throat gleams green.
- Western Fire-eye Pyriglena maura
This antbird lives in dense forest understory from northern to central South America. It searches near the ground for insects and small lizards.
- Pinto's Spinetail Synallaxis infuscata
Pinto's Spinetail inhabits forest thickets in northeastern Brazil. A specimen comparison describes a dark gray belly, chestnut crown, and glaucous flanks, while the pale eyebrow line varies among specimens.
- Natal Francolin Pternistis natalensis
The Natal Francolin is a ground-dwelling bird with red legs and bold black-and-white barring. Small groups occur around rocky ground and thickets near water in southern Africa.
- Blue-crowned Lorikeet Vini australis
This 19 cm lorikeet is active by day and feeds on nectar and fruit.
- Little Raven Corvus mellori
The Little Raven is a black raven with a blue-green to blue-purple sheen and white eyes. It occurs in southeastern Australia and uses places with abundant food, including farms and pastures.
- Striped Sparrow Oriturus superciliosus
This sparrow lives in the Mexican highlands. It has a bold white eyebrow, a rusty-brown crown, and dark facial markings. It searches for food on the ground in dry bunchgrass and open pine woodland.
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
This woodpecker ranges from southern Mexico through Central America into northwestern South America and the Andes. It has olive plumage with fine bars, and males show a red facial stripe.
- Mantanani Scops Owl Otus mantananensis
This small owl lives in island forests and woodland. Its plumage varies from gray to rufous-brown, and it has a dark-edged facial disc and short ear tufts.