Meet the world’s animals.
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- Long-billed Cuckoo Chalcites megarhynchus
Photo: Francesco Veronesi · CC BY-SA 2.0 The Long-billed Cuckoo lives in lowland forest and has a long bill with a drooping tip. Adult males have a black head, while females show fine reddish-brown barring.
- Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata
The Spotted Laughingthrush has a black crown, nape, and throat, with pale wing and tail patches. It occurs in mountain regions from the Himalayas to central and southwestern China.
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
The Black Noddy is a seabird with sooty dark plumage and a white cap. It gathers on islands to breed, and courting pairs repeatedly nod to one another.
- Sunda Owlet Taenioptynx sylvaticus
The Sunda Owlet is a very small owl of hill and montane forest on Sumatra and Borneo. In 2021, the eBird taxonomy separated it from the widespread Collared Owlet based on voice and plumage.
- Mindanao Pygmy Babbler Dasycrotapha plateni
A small bird distributed on Mindanao in the Philippines. It has fine white streaks on a brown body and is described moving through forest in mixed flocks.
- Williams's Lark Mirafra williamsi
This small lark lives on lava-strewn plains in Kenya's semi-desert. Its upperparts vary from dark to rusty brown, and its streaked chest and white outer tail feathers are noticeable in flight.
- Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus
A breeding male has a glossy black head, back, and chest with a white belly. The orange pectoral tufts may show when he is excited or displaying. The species feeds mainly on nectar.
- 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-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis
The White-necked Petrel is a large seabird marked by a white collar and black cap. It feeds mainly on squid at sea and migrates to the North Pacific.
- Apapane Himatione sanguinea
The Apapane is a Hawaiian honeycreeper that uses nectar as a major food source and also takes insects. It visits ʻōhiʻa blossoms and moves through the canopy as it feeds.
- Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus
The Bank Myna is a starling with a dark tufted cap and orange around the eyes, bill and legs. A study in northern Bangladesh found breeding colonies along riverbanks and similar sites.
- Tepui Whitestart Myioborus castaneocapilla
This New World warbler lives in the Tepui highlands. It has a grey head with a rufous crown patch and searches for insects in montane forests and along their edges.
- Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro
The Yellow-billed Kingfisher inhabits forest on New Guinea and on Australia's Cape York Peninsula. It watches for prey from low branches.
- Sumatran Green Pigeon Treron oxyurus
The Sumatran Green Pigeon lives in evergreen forest on Sumatra and western Java. It eats fruit, especially figs, and may form groups while feeding.
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
The Green Twinspot is a small bird with a green body and a black, white-spotted belly. It searches for seeds and other food in low vegetation.
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
The Southern Pochard lives around Andean wetlands and flowing waters, often in pairs or small groups.
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
Bullock’s Oriole occurs in open and riparian woodland in the western United States. It forages in the canopy and weaves hanging nests from branches.
- Collared Hill Partridge Arborophila gingica
A black collar edged with white stands out across the chest of this partridge. It lives in forests and bamboo scrub in southeastern China, eating seeds, fruits, and small animals.
- Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
The Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker has three toes and taps dead trees to find insect larvae.
- Simeulue Parrot Psittinus abbotti
The Simeulue Parrot is restricted to Simeulue and Siumat off northwestern Sumatra. Adult males have a blue face and green forecrown; females have an all-green head.
- Plumbeous-crowned Tyrannulet Phyllomyias plumbeiceps
This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in the Andes from Colombia through Ecuador to southern Peru. It searches forest vegetation for small invertebrates.
- Black-crested Finch Lophospingus pusillus
This small finch occurs in South American Chaco woodland, woodland edges and grasslands. Its usual range extends from southern Bolivia through Paraguay to west-central Argentina. A bird recorded near Mendoza city in 2024 may have escaped or been released.
- White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
A 1994 field-identification paper reports occurrence west to Sierra Leone in Upper Guinea, with an apparently isolated population in southern Senegal. It is encountered more often in gallery forest.
- Bornean Treepie Dendrocitta cinerascens
The Bornean Treepie is a long-tailed corvid with a pale grey nape and reddish-brown underparts. It moves through the canopy in small groups in Bornean forests.