Meet the world’s animals.

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• Raso Lark Alauda razae

  

  The Raso Lark is a small lark known from Raso Islet in Cabo Verde. In 2018, BirdLife reported a translocation to Santa Luzia, part of its historical range.

• Taita White-eye Zosterops silvanus

  This small bird lives in forests of the Taita Hills and Mount Kasigau in southeastern Kenya. Its white eyering and yellow brow stand out; it uses forest edges and gleans insects and small fruit.

• Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus

  This sparrow ranges from southeastern Mexico to Belize and Honduras. Its upperparts are olive to grass green, and the head is black-striped. A study in Campeche found three nests on the ground near thickets.

• Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi

  Its dark green body has scalloped feather edges, with red-orange markings on the forehead, thighs, and wing bends. The extent of these markings varies among subspecies.

• Udzungwa Forest Partridge Xenoperdix udzungwensis

  The Udzungwa Forest Partridge was described from restricted montane forest in Tanzania's Udzungwa Mountains. It walks on the forest floor in small groups while searching for food.

• Colasisi Loriculus philippensis

  The Colasisi is a small parrot of the Philippine islands that feeds on nectar, blossoms, and fruit. It may forage upside down in the canopy.

• Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli

  This warbler ranges from Mexico into northern Central America and lives in humid montane forest. It also occurs in pine and pine-oak forest and along edges.

• Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens

  The Fiscal Flycatcher is endemic to southern Africa. It uses open habitats with scattered trees or bushes, including grassland, fynbos, semi-arid scrub, and valley bushveld.

• Horned Coot Fulica cornuta

  This rail lives on rocky-bottom lakes in the high Andes. Adults are dark with a fleshy frontal caruncle and build stone nests that rise to the water surface.

• Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus

  A small sunbird of mangroves and riverine forest, with a pale eyebrow and a short, down-curved bill. It gleans insects from foliage and also drinks nectar.

• Barau's Petrel Pterodroma baraui

  Barau’s Petrel spends most of its life at sea and breeds in the highlands of Réunion.

• Common Jery Neomixis tenella

  A small bird endemic to Madagascar. It uses woody habitats including forest, scrub, savanna, plantations and vegetation around villages.

• Pallid Swift Apus pallidus

  This brown swift has a white throat, breeds from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf and winters in the Sahel.

• Drab Myzomela Myzomela blasii

  This small honeyeater lives in forests on islands in eastern Indonesia. It is drab brown, with a dark, slightly downcurved bill.

• Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta

  The Southern Citril is recorded in Tanzania, Malawi and north-western Mozambique. A survey in Niassa found small groups in mountain habitats, including one larger evening gathering.

• House Crow Corvus splendens

  A crow of South Asian settlements and farmland that feeds on a wide range of animal and plant foods, including human food scraps.

• Stripe-breasted Starthroat Heliomaster squamosus

  This hummingbird occurs in eastern Brazil. Males have a bright breeding plumage and a duller post-breeding plumage.

• Buru Green Pigeon Treron aromaticus

  The Buru Green Pigeon is a forest pigeon with green plumage. Males have a chestnut back, females a green back, and the species is endemic to Buru Island.

• Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio

  The Eastern Screech-Owl is a small owl that hides in tree cavities and nest boxes. It lives in woods, suburbs, and parks east of the Rocky Mountains, and its calls can be heard at night.

• Ash-throated Casiornis Casiornis fuscus

  A rufous flycatcher of Brazil. Its breeding habitat differs from the open woodland and savannas used by migrants outside the breeding period.

• White-headed Bulbul Hypsipetes thompsoni

  The White-headed Bulbul is a bulbul with a grey body and a striking white head. It has a forked tail and feeds on fruit and berries.

• Brown Noddy Anous stolidus

  A tern that breeds in colonies on small islands in tropical and subtropical seas. Adults are dark brown, with a white forehead fading to grey at the nape, and take fish and squid near the ocean surface.

• Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius

  The Orange Weaver has an orange throat and bright yellow plumage in the male, while the female is duller greenish-yellow. It nests colonially around wetlands.

• Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala

  A chunky gray-brown finch with scalloped underparts and white-tipped outer tail feathers, it breeds in pairs in dry thorn scrub and forms flocks at other times.