Meet the world’s animals.

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• Jerdon's Bush Lark Plocealauda affinis

  

  A lark of open grasslands in India. It is active on the ground by day and feeds on seeds and small animals.

• Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta

  A small bird of forests from the Himalayas into mainland Southeast Asia. Its black crest and red bill base are distinctive.

• Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys

  Breeding males are black with a white wing patch, while females, young birds, and males outside the breeding season are brown. It gathers in grasslands and shrubsteppe of the Great Plains.

• Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys

  This parakeet is leaf green with a red head, a heavy white eye-ring and a pale bill. It is native to dry forests in western Peru and Ecuador and roosts communally in large groups.

• Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui

  The Coqui Francolin lives on the ground in woodland and savanna. When alarmed it may freeze in cover, and it is often found in pairs.

• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus

  This lorikeet is marked by yellow, scale-like feathers on its breast. It feeds on nectar and pollen in eastern Australian forests.

• Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae

  Lucy's Warbler is found in mesquite woodland along streams in the arid Southwest. Adult males show cinnamon on the crown and rump, while females and young birds can be duller.

• Siberian blue robin Luscinia cyane

  A bird of shaded forest undergrowth whose male has a blue back.

• African Crake Crecopsis egregia

  A small rail that moves through grass. It has mottled upperparts and bold black-and-white bars visible in flight.

• Temminck's Sunbird Aethopyga temminckii

  This sunbird lives in lowland and montane forest on Borneo and Sumatra, in Malaysia, and in southwestern Thailand. It is active by day, often in pairs or small family groups, and feeds mainly on nectar.

• Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica

  This seabird forages in waters around Antarctica. Its dark wings have broad white trailing edges, and it gathers at sea and rests on icebergs.

• White-winged Apalis Apalis chariessa

  The White-winged Apalis is a small East African bird with black upperparts, yellow underparts and white wings. It searches for insects in the canopy and along forest edges.

• Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica

  Chimney Swifts catch insects in flight and cling to the inside walls of chimneys or tree cavities when they rest.

• Bridled Honeyeater Bolemoreus frenatus

  This honeyeater occurs in the upland rainforests of northern Queensland. Its overall plumage is sooty grey, with a bright yellow base to the bill.

• Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus

  The Common Rosefinch breeds across northern Asia and parts of eastern and central Europe, then moves southeast for winter. Older males are red; females and young males are brown.

• Mariana Crow Corvus kubaryi

  The Mariana Crow is black with green and blue gloss across its feathers. Its native range includes Guam and Rota, and it searches for food from forest trees down to the ground.

• Ecuadorian Hillstar Oreotrochilus chimborazo

  This hummingbird occurs in the Cajas highlands of Ecuador. A local guide describes it visiting Chuquiragua flowers and records different head and belly colors in males and females.

• Maroon-chested Ground Dove Paraclaravis mondetoura

  This nomadic dove lives in dense undergrowth of montane forests and is strongly associated with bamboo. It appears when bamboo fruits and searches on the ground for seeds and fallen fruit.

• Austral Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nana

  This small owl is described in a regional account for northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. It is brown to reddish, with a pale underside marked by heavy brown streaks.

• Straneck's Tyrannulet Serpophaga griseicapilla

  Straneck's Tyrannulet is a small bird recorded in Argentina. It has a gray, streaked head and sometimes catches prey in flight while foraging alone or in pairs.

• Streak-breasted Bulbul Hypsipetes siquijorensis

  This bulbul is divided among four Central Philippine islands: Tablas, Romblon, Siquijor, and Cebu. It uses forest edges and secondary growth, but in degraded places it occurs only where forest remains nearby.

• Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda

  Breeding adults have a black head and belly, an orange bill and a deeply forked tail.

• Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis

  The Red-headed Malimbe occurs in Africa from Guinea to Kenya and uses lowland forest and secondary growth. Its identification note describes red on the crown, nape, and mantle against black underparts.

• Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus

  Males have a pink throat and black underparts dotted with white. The birds search for grass seeds on the ground and live in thickets and at forest edges.