Meet the world’s animals.

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• Rufous-backed Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla haematonota

  

  The Rufous-backed Stipplethroat is a small bird of tropical South American forests. Males have a rufous back and white spots on the black throat.

• Brown Lory Chalcopsitta duivenbodei

  The Brown Lory has olive-brown plumage with a yellow face and yellow wing bands. It lives in moist lowland forests of northern New Guinea and feeds on nectar, pollen, and other plant material.

• White-striped Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes leucogaster

  A Mexican woodcreeper. The Sonora subspecies was described with grayer wing coverts; the species account lists pine and tropical deciduous forests among its habitats.

• Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris

  This small bird drinks nectar with its long, slender bill. Males have glossy black plumage, while females are more olive gray.

• Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis

  The Pacific Parrotlet is a small green parrot. Males show blue on the rump and wings, and the species eats fruits and seeds and moves in small groups.

• Lemon-bellied White-eye Zosterops chloris

  This white-eye is centered on Sulawesi and the Lesser Sundas in Indonesia. It has yellow underparts and a white eye-ring. A university reference lists open coastal forest, forest edges, plantations, and urban areas; a survey in south-east Sulawesi also recorded it at mangrove and riparian forest edges.

• European Herring Gull Larus argentatus

  The European Herring Gull is a large gull commonly seen in Britain and Ireland. Its grey back and pink legs help identify it.

• Flying Steamer Duck Tachyeres patachonicus

  A grey duck with a white wing patch, it lives around Patagonian lakes and rivers, with different head and bill colors by sex

• Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus microrhynchus

  This black cacique has a red lower back and rump. It inhabits lowlands from Central America to western Ecuador.

• Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis

  At Bui National Park, this cisticola was recorded in tall grass beside riparian forest and in mature woodland. A 2007 paper also distinguishes it from a related cisticola by its crown and wing coloring.

• Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii

  Reichenbach's Sunbird has an iridescent blue-green face, neck and breast above an olive-brown mantle. A field record placed it at a forest edge and small lakes near Kinshasa, DRC.

• Grey-throated Warbler Myiothlypis cinereicollis

  This warbler is recorded in the northeastern Colombian and western Venezuelan Andes. It has olive upperparts, a yellow belly, and a grey throat and chest.

• Yellow-browed Woodpecker Piculus aurulentus

  The Yellow-browed Woodpecker has a yellow line above the eye. At one nest in southeastern Brazil's Atlantic Forest, both parents took turns excavating the cavity and caring for the young.

• Blyth's Rosefinch Carpodacus grandis

  Blyth's Rosefinch is a large rosefinch of high-elevation conifer forest and areas near the treeline. Males and females differ in plumage.

• Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex

  The Simple Greenbul is marked by its white throat and two white crescents around the eye. In Upper Guinea it is found in regrowth and thickets.

• Edward's Pheasant Lophura edwardsi

  Edward's Pheasant is a pheasant of the forests of central Vietnam. Males have a white crest on the head.

• Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus

  The breeding male is red and black, while the nonbreeding male is yellow-brown and white. It uses damp grassland and farmland near water and feeds on seeds and grain on the ground.

• Large Grey Babbler Argya malcolmi

  The Large Grey Babbler is a big babbler with a long tail. It forages on the ground by day for small invertebrates.

• Pied Thrush Geokichla wardii

  The male has striking black-and-white markings. The species breeds in Himalayan forests and moves south for the winter.

• Wompoo Fruit Dove Ptilinopus magnificus

  The Wompoo Fruit Dove is a large green pigeon with a purple throat and chest and a yellow belly. It feeds in rainforest canopies and moves locally between fruiting trees.

• Frances's Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza francesiae

  Frances's Sparrowhawk is a small hawk endemic to Madagascar. Females are larger than males, and the birds dash from open perches to catch prey.

• Austral Negrito Lessonia rufa

  A flycatcher that walks on the ground near lakes, rivers and wetlands to find insects. Birds in north-western Patagonia spend summer there and move to central Argentina in winter.

• Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii

  A large kingfisher with blue shoulders and rump, it hunts in woodlands, along watercourses, and around wetlands, taking insects, frogs, and other small animals.

• Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus

  The male has a gray crown, a white patch on the nape, and a dark face and underside. The female is paler brown. This small lark searches for food on dry open ground.