Meet the world’s animals.

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• Madagascar Serpent Eagle Eutriorchis astur

  

  The Madagascar Serpent Eagle is a bird of prey about 66 cm long. It is active by day in forests, and northeastern Madagascar is part of its native range.

• Yellow Honeyeater Stomiopera flava

  The Yellow Honeyeater has yellow-olive upperparts and dull-yellow underparts. A regional field guide lists nectar, insects, manna, and fruit as foods, and a Queensland government list includes it in the Wet Tropics.

• Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis

  The Tawny-shouldered Blackbird is widespread in Cuba and is also recorded in northern and west-central Haiti. It occurs at forest edges and in open places, including gardens.

• Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilus

  This ovenbird searches for food as it moves along trunks and branches in the forest canopy. The Peru account records it in eastern Andean forests and southeastern lowlands.

• Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia

  The Chocolate-backed Kingfisher has a chestnut head, dark brown back, and bright blue rump. It lives in pairs and launches from high perches to catch insects and other prey.

• Blue-whiskered Tanager Tangara johannae

  The Blue-whiskered Tanager is a rare tanager restricted to lowland and foothill rainforest in western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador.

• Swynnerton's Robin Swynnertonia swynnertoni

  Swynnerton's Robin has a blue-grey back and bright orange breast. It searches for insects on the forest floor, tossing aside leaf litter as it forages.

• Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor

  The Black-tailed Crake lives around wetlands and water from the eastern Himalayas to southwestern China and Indochina. It has a gray head, reddish-brown back, and black tail.

• White-browed Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola albilora

  The White-browed Ground-tyrant visits the high Andes seasonally and searches for food on the ground. Peruvian records are from April to October.

• Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio

  A large, long-tailed jay with dark brown plumage and a pale belly. It often forages in groups; cooperative breeding is reported in Texas.

• Blue Lorikeet Vini peruviana

  Adult Blue Lorikeets are dark blue-purple with white on the face and upper breast. They feed on nectar and soft fruit and move in small groups between flowering coconut palms.

• Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster

  This bulbul has a dark head, brown body, and red undertail. In Thailand it is found around towns, plantations, and forest edges, foraging in pairs or small flocks.

• Maroon-naped Sunbird Aethopyga guimarasensis

  This small sunbird occurs on Negros, Panay, and Guimaras in the western Visayas of the Philippines. It is recorded in forest and along forest edges; a species-level ecological dataset classifies nectar as its main food niche.

• Rio Madeira Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla amazonica

  This antbird forages in the lower and middle forest layers of Amazonia and may join mixed-species flocks. Males and females differ in throat and wing markings.

• Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis

  This small sparrow breeds on rocky hillsides in the southwestern United States and winters in Mexico. It forages on the ground but does not stay in the open for long.

• Maroon-faced Parakeet Pyrrhura leucotis

  This parakeet lives in humid lowland forest in eastern Brazil. It has a white ear patch, chestnut face, and dark-red belly and tail underside, and forages from treetops to the ground.

• Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica

  The Yellow-throated Warbler has a grey back and vivid yellow throat. It moves through the forest canopy, probing branches and pine needles for insects.

• Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus

  The Persian Shearwater is a seabird with a dark upper surface set against a white underside. Breeding has been recorded in southern Arabia and around Socotra, while seasonal records have also been reported off East Africa.

• Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus

  A small woodpecker with a gray head that searches bark and branches for insects. It uses habitats with trees, from woodland to gardens.

• Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni

  Jackson's Widowbird inhabits grasslands in Kenya and northeastern Tanzania. In the breeding season, the male displays its black plumage and long tail.

• Mangrove Hummingbird Amazilia boucardi

  The Mangrove Hummingbird is endemic to Costa Rica and mainly lives in Pacific-coast mangroves, especially where Pelliciera rhizophorae is abundant.

• Mascarene Swiftlet Aerodramus francicus

  A swiftlet of Réunion and Mauritius, it has brown upperparts, a pale rump and a shallowly forked tail. It roosts in caves and lava tubes.

• African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis

  A yellow face and belly, with a narrow white eye-ring, help identify this small bird. It searches leaves and flowers for insects, nectar, and fruit.

• Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii

  A large tern with a shaggy black crest and cap. It feeds mainly on small fish, searching from above the water and diving head-first to catch them.