Meet the world’s animals.

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• Silvereye Zosterops lateralis

  

  A small bird seen in Australia and other regions, with a conspicuous white eye-ring. It eats insects, fruit and nectar.

• Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi

  A small sunbird of tropical Africa. The male has metallic green on the head and back.

• Philippine Swiftlet Aerodramus mearnsi

  The Philippine Swiftlet is a small swiftlet found in the mountains of the Philippines. It has a shallowly forked tail and is often seen in flocks.

• Bananaquit Coereba flaveola

  This small nectar-feeding bird has a white eyebrow and yellow rump. It perches while feeding from flowers.

• Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus

  This tiny flycatcher stays in the lower levels of Amazonian forest. Its broad bill, rufous crown, and black-edged cheek markings distinguish it from similar spadebills.

• Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus

  The Olive Thrush is a southern African bird with a bright orange belly and dark gray head and back. It turns leaf litter over to find earthworms and insects.

• White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus

  A diving duck of sub-Saharan African waters with aquatic plants. It gathers seeds of aquatic plants from muddy bottoms by diving.

• Dusky-throated Antshrike Thamnomanes ardesiacus

  This bird lives in humid lowland forest of northern Amazonia. The female has a whitish chin, and in transitional forest it can join mixed flocks with another antshrike.

• Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii

  The Short-tailed Lark is a small lark, about 14–15 cm long. It walks on rocky ground and short-grass plains to eat seeds, and may also occur near human habitation.

• Black-browed Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla fusciceps

  The Black-browed Mountain Greenbul lives in montane forest in southeastern Africa. Its species account describes dense highland forest and fruit in its diet; a Tanzania photo page records birds in Poroto Ridge forest.

• Bali Myna Leucopsar rothschildi

  The Bali Myna is a white starling native to Bali, recognizable by its blue facial skin and white crest.

• El Oro Parakeet Pyrrhura orcesi

  The El Oro Parakeet lives on forested slopes of the western Andes in Ecuador. It feeds in social groups, and some breeding pairs are helped by other birds.

• Emerald-bellied Puffleg Eriocnemis aline

  This hummingbird ranges from Colombia through southwestern Ecuador to eastern Peru. It is usually solitary in the lower levels of humid cloud forest.

• Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros

  Its green-yellow upperparts and pale underparts are barred in black. Males have a red mark below the eye; in females it is black.

• Orange-crowned Oriole Icterus auricapillus

  Its yellow-orange plumage is brightest on the head, contrasting with its black face, breast, and tail; each black wing has an orange shoulder patch.

• Ruddy Spinetail Synallaxis rutilans

  This Amazonian spinetail has chestnut-rufous head and underparts with a black throat. It forages in the forest understory and appears associated with thick growth near treefall gaps.

• Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus

  A pheasant-family bird of high rocky slopes in the Caucasus, it may move lower during severe winter weather.

• Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus

  The Aleutian Tern breeds along coasts and islands of the northern North Pacific and catches small fish and crustaceans in summer.

• Long-eared owl Asio otus

  An owl with conspicuous long head tufts, using woods and dense cover near grassland.

• Madagascar Kingfisher Corythornis vintsioides

  This small kingfisher has bright blue plumage and rufous underparts. It uses rivers, lakes, wetlands, and mangroves and feeds on aquatic animals such as fish.

• Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia

  This sparrow has a russet-and-grey back and bold streaks on its white chest. It occurs across much of North America, though plumage varies by region.

• Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger

  A bird of African savannas and dry woodland, it forages on the ground and breeds in large groups.

• Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans

  The Clapper Rail is a large rail of salt marshes and mangroves in eastern North America, the Caribbean, and northeastern Central America. Its chestnut-and-gray body stays hidden among marsh grasses as it searches along mudflat edges.

• Red-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron formosum

  This large laughingthrush ranges from southwestern China to northern Vietnam. Its red wings and tail stand out, and it occurs in evergreen broadleaf forest and nearby scrub or bamboo.