Meet the world’s animals.

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• Bar-throated Minla Actinodura strigula

  

  This laughingthrush relative lives in mountain forests from the Himalayas to the Malay Peninsula. Flocks move through the middle and upper trees, eating insects and plant foods.

• Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata

  A tern of islands in the southern Indian Ocean. Observations on Kerguelen showed it feeding on fish and crustaceans at sea as well as small land invertebrates.

• Hoy's Screech Owl Megascops hoyi

  This owl occurs in the mountains of southern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. It has brown, gray, and red color morphs; the brown morph is described with pale eyebrows and bold cross-hatched belly markings.

• Meratus White-eye Zosterops meratusensis

  Zosterops meratusensis was described from the Meratus Mountains of southeastern Borneo. The paper suggests that its range may be confined to this mountain area.

• Rufous-tailed Lark Ammomanes phoenicura

  The Rufous-tailed Lark is a lark whose earth-toned plumage blends into dry, open ground. It walks on the ground while searching for seeds and insects.

• Cameroon Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra oritis

  This small sunbird lives in highland forests, where it uses flower nectar and dense woodland cover.

• Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus

  The Brown-cheeked Rail has long legs and a slightly curved bill. In Hong Kong it is recorded as a scarce winter visitor.

• Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis

  The Black-winged Petrel breeds on islands in the southwest Pacific and moves north and east across the Pacific outside the breeding period.

• Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus

  The Purple Finch is a finch of North American forests. It cracks seeds with its large bill and often sings from high in the trees.

• Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni

  This starling lives in East African montane forest. Males have a blue-black sheen, while females are greyer. It eats fruit.

• Olive-capped Warbler Setophaga pityophila

  This warbler inhabits pine woodland in western Cuba. Its yellow-green forehead and dark breast streaks are useful field marks, and it often uses the upper canopy. A Cuban study recorded it in lower strata only during breeding.

• White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster

  The White-bellied Kingfisher is a small kingfisher that watches for prey from low perches near forest streams.

• Purple Quail-Dove Geotrygon purpurata

  This dove occurs only in western Colombia through northwestern Ecuador, in the wet rainforests of the Chocó. Adults show purple, blue, and iridescent colors, with a dark blue stripe across a white face. Females and juveniles are duller than males.

• Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild

  A small African finch with a red bill and red around the eyes. It also occurs in grassy places near people.

• Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus

  The Masked Duck rests and dives in wetlands with dense vegetation. A breeding male has a black face and reddish body, while females and nonbreeding males show strong dark stripes on the face.

• Dusky-green Oropendola Psarocolius atrovirens

  Adults are dark olive overall, with paler throat and ear-coverts and darker lores and wings. The species occurs in the Andes of southeastern Peru and northwestern Bolivia, using both dry and wet mountain forest as well as canyons.

• Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae

  The Tibetan Partridge is a pheasant-family bird of the Tibetan Plateau and nearby highlands. It walks through open mountain country and nests on the ground.

• Rufous-headed Woodpecker Celeus spectabilis

  This woodpecker often uses bamboo stands in western Amazonian lowland forest. One observation records it feeding in a non-bamboo tree.

• Emerald Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta finschii

  This tiny parrot feeds upside down on lichens and fungi on tree trunks. Plumage and colour patterns vary among subspecies and between sexes.

• Black-capped Tyrannulet Tyranniscus nigrocapillus

  This small tyrant flycatcher has a black crown and two pale wing bars. It lives in moist Andean montane forest and often joins mixed-species flocks.

• Mountain Saw-wing Psalidoprocne fuliginosa

  The Mountain Saw-wing occurs in the mountains of Cameroon and on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea. It is about 12 cm long, weighs 11–12 g and catches insects while flying above mountain forest.

• Boulder Finch Idiopsar brachyurus

  This finch lives among boulder fields and high-altitude grasslands in the southern Andes. Its large bill is distinctive.

• Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus

  The Olive-winged Bulbul is marked by olive-toned wing feathers and a pale streak behind the eye. It occurs in forests and mangroves across Southeast Asia and is described as a common resident in Singapore.

• Pied Crow Corvus albus

  The Pied Crow is a large crow found across much of Africa. Its black head and wings contrast with a white body patch.