Meet the world’s animals.

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• Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata

  

  The Broad-billed Prion is a seabird with a broad bill. Comb-like edges in the bill help it filter small organisms from the sea.

• Brown-chested Alethe Pseudalethe poliocephala

  This forest flycatcher searches for invertebrates near the forest floor. The current Oiseaux.net account uses Chamaetylas poliocephala; the pool had the older genus Pseudalethe.

• Sulawesi Crow Corvus celebensis

  The Sulawesi Crow (Corvus celebensis) occurs on Sulawesi. Its glossy black plumage has a blue sheen, and small groups are reported at forest edges and farmland.

• Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis

  The Streaky-headed Seedeater lives in woodland and scrub in southern Africa. Fine streaks on the crown and a white eyebrow help identify it, and it eats flowers, buds, seeds, and fruit.

• Burnt-neck Eremomela Eremomela usticollis

  A small bird that gleans prey from leaves and branches in acacia woodland. It ranges across southern Africa and also occurs in dry riverbeds.

• Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum

  This warbler is known for frequently bobbing its tail. Eastern birds are more yellow, while western birds are generally paler.

• Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia

  The Striped Cuckoo ranges from southern Mexico into a broad part of South America. It is brown with a crest and lays its eggs in the nests of other birds.

• Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava

  A small passerine with an orange-red breast, it feeds on grass seeds in wetlands and dry savannas of equatorial Africa.

• Turquoise Parakeet Neophema pulchella

  A parakeet of southeastern Australia. Males show a turquoise-blue face and red shoulder patch, and the birds forage near the ground for grass seeds.

• Christmas Imperial Pigeon Ducula whartoni

  The Christmas Island Imperial Pigeon is a large pigeon found only on Christmas Island. Flocks feed on ripe fruit in the rainforest canopy.

• Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis

  The Savanna Hawk is a raptor with rufous plumage and long legs. It searches for prey by walking through lowland savanna or by hunting from a perch or in flight.

• Negros Striped Babbler Zosterornis nigrorum

  This small babbler is endemic to Negros Island in the Philippines. Records are concentrated in a few montane-forest areas, and a 2022 study notes uncertainty in its distribution and population estimates.

• Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa

  A sunbird of West African coastal woodland, gardens and cultivated areas. It feeds on nectar and other foods; one field account describes the male crown as gray-buff.

• Blyth’s Swift Apus leuconyx

  This swift breeds in the outer Himalayas and Assam Hills and is recorded in India in winter. In the Nilgiri region of southern India, a study confirmed breeding from observations of birds carrying food.

• Spotted Tanager Ixothraupis punctata

  This tanager is described in a Suriname guide as a bird of the middle forest layers, seen in pairs or small groups. Its green plumage has dark edges.

• Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus

  This gray tyrant flycatcher uses forest canopy, edges, and semi-open habitat. In Peru, austral migrants are usually recorded from February through November.

• Mountain Robin Turdus plebejus

  Adult males and females look alike, with olive-brown upperparts and a pale buff throat. Outside the nesting period, it may forage in small flocks.

• Black-headed Duck Heteronetta atricapilla

  The Black-headed Duck lives in wetlands and lakes of southern South America. It has an unusual breeding strategy: it lays its eggs in the nests of other waterbirds rather than building its own nest.

• Black-hooded Antwren Formicivora erythronotos

  This small antwren lives in coastal forest in southeastern Brazil. Males and females have different plumage.

• Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei

  A small lark of open grassland from Turkey through Central Asia to southern Mongolia. It is partly migratory and is classified as an omnivore.

• Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus

  This brownish African bird also visits orchards and gardens. It eats many kinds of fruit, and pairs or small groups call noisily.

• Bare-eyed Myna Streptocitta albertinae

  The Bare-eyed Myna has bare dark skin around the eyes, black-and-white plumage, and a long tail. It is restricted to Indonesia’s Sula Islands.

• Spectacled Parrotlet Forpus conspicillatus

  The Spectacled Parrotlet has three subspecies. In the nominate subspecies, males have blue-purple markings around the eye, on the wings and rump; these areas are green in females.

• Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis

  This hummingbird is described in a species account for Cundinamarca, Colombia. The account notes bronze-green upperparts, a rufous rump, and pale streaks on the throat.