Meet the world’s animals.

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• White-barred Piculet Picumnus cirratus

  

  This tiny woodpecker is about 8.5–9 cm long. In Bolivia it occurs in dry to semi-humid forest and woodland, moving acrobatically among branches as it forages.

• Subtropical Cacique Cacicus uropygialis

  The Subtropical Cacique occurs in the Andes from northwestern Venezuela through Colombia and Ecuador to southern Peru. It is recorded in the western and central Colombian Andes and at scattered sites along the eastern slope.

• Spectacled Prickletail Siptornis striaticollis

  The Spectacled Prickletail occurs on the eastern Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It searches for food in the middle and lower canopy of humid montane forest.

• Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans

  The Tree Martin has a glossy blue-black head and back, a red-brown forehead, and a light gray rump. It catches insects in flight.

• Handsome Francolin Pternistis nobilis

  The Handsome Francolin has dark reddish-brown plumage, a grey head, red bill and legs, and bare red skin around the eyes. The sexes look similar, but females are slightly smaller and young birds are duller.

• Pacific Gull Larus pacificus

  A large gull seen along the coast of South Australia. It searches the intertidal zone for shellfish and crustaceans; shell-dropping has also been recorded there.

• Balsas Screech Owl Megascops seductus

  This owl occurs in Mexico’s Balsas River depression. It uses dry forest and thorn scrub and hunts small mammals around night and twilight.

• Shovel-billed Kingfisher Clytoceyx rex

  A large kingfisher recorded in montane forest of New Guinea. It digs for invertebrates on the forest floor with its stout bill.

• Yungas Sparrow Rhynchospiza dabbenei

  This large sparrow occurs in the Austral Yungas of northwestern Argentina. It uses high-elevation montane scrub, separated from the lowland Chaco scrub used by the related Chaco Sparrow.

• Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis

  An early twentieth-century African bird account records Cardinal Queleas breeding in eastern African grass and scrub. It describes the adult male's throat as bright scarlet and the rear crown as mottled with black.

• Azure Gallinule Porphyrio flavirostris

  The Azure Gallinule is a small wetland rail with a yellowish frontal shield and bill, blue-green wings, and a white belly. It searches for seeds and small animals in floating vegetation in northern South America.

• Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca

  A babbler found in central Kenya and eastern and northeastern Tanzania. It forages on the ground near cover and moves in family parties or larger groups.

• Mangrove Honeyeater Gavicalis fasciogularis

  This honeyeater lives along eastern Australia's coast, especially in mangroves and nearby coastal vegetation. It also uses offshore islands and adjoining forests.

• Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata

  The Spectacled Petrel is dark, with white markings around its eyes, and ranges over the South Atlantic. Its only known breeding site is Inaccessible Island in the Tristan da Cunha group.

• Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis

  The Blue-fronted Redstart is a mountain bird; males show blue on the head and back and orange underparts, while females are mainly brown. It uses different elevations at different times of year.

• Blue jay Cyanocitta cristata

  A jay of woodlands and parks in eastern North America. Blue, white and black feathers and a raised crest are conspicuous.

• Antillean Siskin Spinus dominicensis

  This small finch has strongly different male and female plumage. Males are conspicuously yellow, while females are mainly green. It lives in the mountains of Hispaniola.

• Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis

  This small bird occurs widely in South and Southeast Asia. It has olive upperparts and a rufous crown; males have a dark throat patch.

• Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas

  The Common Yellowthroat is a small bird that searches low vegetation for insects and spiders. Adult males and females have different facial markings.

• Greater Ani Crotophaga major

  The Greater Ani has glossy black plumage with a green sheen and a large bill. It forms groups in wet lowland forests and forages from the trees down into the lower forest layers.

• Timor Sparrow Lonchura fuscata

  This flocking bird is found in the eastern Lesser Sundas, in open scrub, farmland, and sparsely wooded country. eBird labels it Padda fuscata, while the batch list uses Lonchura fuscata, so the genus name differs.

• Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans

  An olive-green parrot with a yellow face and blue forehead band. It searches on the ground for seeds and nests in tree hollows.

• Tanna Fruit Dove Ptilinopus tannensis

  Endemic to Vanuatu, it feeds on fruit in the canopy of tall fruiting trees. Males have silver shoulder spots that females lack.

• Grey-backed Hawk Pseudastur occidentalis

  It has dark grey upperparts, a white underside, and a streaked head. A thick black band near the tip of its white tail is especially visible in flight.