Meet the world’s animals.

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• Dusky-billed Parrotlet Forpus modestus

  

  A small parrot with different plumage in males and females. It uses forest edges and open lowland areas in northern South America, eating fruit, seeds, and berries.

• Pale-throated Pampa-Finch Embernagra longicauda

  A highland grassland bird of eastern Brazil that searches among rocks and shrubs for food.

• Goldie's Lorikeet Glossoptilus goldiei

  Goldie's Lorikeet is a New Guinea parrot with a red crown, blue nape, and green body. It gathers at flowering trees and moves in flocks.

• Longuemare's Sunangel Heliangelus clarisse

  Longuemare’s Sunangel is a hummingbird of the Perijá Mountains in Colombia and Venezuela. Males have a violet-red throat set off from the chest by a white band. The habitat assessment includes forest edges and secondary vegetation but says some forest is still needed.

• Bismarck Kingfisher Ceyx websteri

  This rarely recorded kingfisher lives along lowland rivers and forest streams in the Bismarck Archipelago.

• White-eyed Starling Aplonis brunneicapillus

  This starling has been observed on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Its white iris and long central tail streamers are notable features. A 2013 report recorded a flock on a forested ridge above a stream and a nest in epiphytic ferns in an emergent tree crown.

• Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica

  This lark lives in open, dry grassland in East Africa. It has dark streaks on its reddish-brown upperparts and streaking on the breast.

• Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi

  Shelley’s Francolin lives in grassy woodland and rocky areas of eastern and southern Africa. Its white throat, reddish-brown breast markings, and black-and-white barred belly help identify it.

• Yellow-throated Flycatcher Conopias parvus

  It occurs east of the Andes in South America. Its black crown, white eyebrow, and yellow throat and belly are distinctive; it uses the canopy and edges of humid forest.

• White-winged Duck Asarcornis scutulata

  The White-winged Duck lives in wetlands beside forests. It moves between feeding areas and resting places around dawn and dusk.

• Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana

  A rail that hides in dense vegetation near wetlands. Its body is dull blue-gray, with a reddish-brown undertail, and its call is loud.

• Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus bernsteinii

  This 28–29 cm dove is active by day and eats fruit in forests and hills on Halmahera.

• Rajah Scops Owl Otus brookii

  The Rajah Scops Owl is an owl of mountain forests in central Sumatra and northern Borneo. Long ear tufts and dark markings on its brown plumage stand out.

• Rook Corvus frugilegus

  A social black crow that often feeds in flocks on farmland.

• Bolivian Blackbird Oreopsar bolivianus

  This blackbird lives in dry scrub and open river-edge woodland in Bolivia's central Andes. Flocks forage on the ground and in fields, eating grains and fruit.

• Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema

  A sunbird ranging from western and central Africa into eastern Africa. Males have metallic blue-green on the forehead, chin and throat.

• 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.

• Mombasa Woodpecker Campethera mombassica

  The Mombasa Woodpecker lives in coastal forests of East Africa. It searches among trunks and leafy branches, feeding mainly on ants and their larvae.

• Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus

  The Desert Cisticola is a small bird of dry grassland and scrub. During breeding, males and females differ in their crown pattern and forage in low grass.

• Fieldfare Turdus pilaris

  A thrush that travels from northern Europe to Britain for winter, often moving through the countryside in flocks to find berries.

• Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos

  This large bird lives in Himalayan mountain forests. Males are black and yellow, while females are mainly olive brown, so the sexes differ in plumage.

• Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea

  The Ferruginous Flycatcher has a gray head, orange-brown body, and pale ring around the eye. It perches at mid-height in montane forest openings, often near running water, and sallies out to catch insects.

• Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni

  Nelson's Sparrow is a short-tailed bird with a yellow-orange face. It breeds in northern marshes and winters in coastal marshes of the southeastern United States.

• Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus

  The Black-nest Swiftlet is a small swift that feeds on flying insects and roosts communally in caves.