Meet the world’s animals.

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• Javan Munia Lonchura leucogastroides

  

  An adult Javan Munia has a black face, throat, and upper breast that contrast with its white underparts.

• Brown Bush-hen Zapornia akool

  A rail of wet grass and marsh edges, with brown upperparts and a gray face and breast. It searches for food in damp cover.

• Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis

  A raptor with a long crest and white wing markings. It hunts small mammals in open country with trees.

• Archer's Lark Heteromirafra archeri

  This lark runs through high-plateau grassland; in the breeding season, the male makes a singing display flight.

• Green-backed Firecrown Sephanoides sephaniodes

  This small hummingbird occurs in Chile and Argentina. Males have an iridescent red crown and visit flowers for nectar. ROC reports that insects become a priority in its diet during the breeding season.

• Grey Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens

  This antbird inhabits Amazonian forest, foraging among dense leaves and vines in the lower and middle layers. Males are grey and females are brownish.

• Spix's Spinetail Synallaxis spixi

  A small South American bird recorded at woodland edges, grasslands, and savannas. Its rufous crown and wings contrast with its darker throat.

• Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus

  A rounded partridge with a short tail that lives in thickets and grassy places.

• Edwards's Fig Parrot Psittaculirostris edwardsii

  The adult male has red cheeks and throat and a blue-black breast band. Pairs and flocks visit fruiting trees in New Guinea.

• Mexican Jay Aphelocoma wollweberi

  The Mexican Jay ranges from Mexico into the southwestern United States, inhabiting mountain woodlands in family groups.

• Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni

  Nelson's Sparrow is a short-tailed bird with a yellow-orange face. It breeds in northern marshes and winters in coastal marshes of the southeastern United States.

• Orange-backed Woodpecker Reinwardtipicus validus

  Males have a red crest and underparts with an orange back; females have a dark crown. It searches tree trunks for insects in forests.

• Cinnamon Screech Owl Megascops petersoni

  This small owl lives in humid montane forest on the eastern Andes. Its cinnamon-colored plumage has fine markings, and BirdLife describes it as highly dependent on forest.

• Ochraceous Pewee Contopus ochraceus

  This flycatcher occurs in the highlands of Costa Rica and far western Panama. It has a yellow-brown back, yellow belly, and pale wing bars, and catches flying insects from a perch.

• Shiny Whistling Thrush Myophonus melanurus

  This thrush is found in the mountains of Sumatra. Its black plumage has deep blue glossed spots, and it forages on the ground and in the lower levels of moist forest.

• White-chinned Swift Cypseloides cryptus

  This swift has blackish plumage and a pale gray chin. It catches insects on the wing above forests and gorges in Central and South America.

• Finn's Weaver Ploceus megarhynchus

  Finn's Weaver is a localized weaver of grasslands in northern India and the extreme southwest of Nepal.

• Bornean Spiderhunter Arachnothera everetti

  The Bornean Spiderhunter inhabits lowland and submontane forest and forest edges in Borneo. It has an olive back and streaked grey underparts, and feeds mainly on understory nectar.

• Black-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus chinensis

  The Black-throated Laughingthrush lives in forests from southern China through Indochina. It usually moves in pairs or small groups and searches for food in the lower parts of trees and shrubs.

• Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula

  The male has a green-black head with a round white spot, while the female's head is brown. In North America, it breeds by northern forest lakes and winters on lakes and coasts.

• Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx

  A black-and-yellow oriole that feeds on fruit, nectar, and insects.

• Black-faced Rufous Warbler Bathmocercus rufus

  The Black-faced Rufous Warbler moves through dense undergrowth in damp forests of central and eastern Africa. The male has a black face and throat, chestnut upperparts, and grayish underparts, and searches for insects. The identification account centers on males, so it does not represent full female plumage.

• Redwing Turdus iliacus

  A thrush similar in appearance to a Song Thrush that arrives in Britain in autumn and stays through winter. It searches open country for berries, sometimes visiting parks and gardens in severe cold.

• Black-capped White-eye Zosterops atricapilla

  This white-eye lives in montane forest. In 2025, a pair was observed taking nectar from flowers near a nest at Kinabalu Park, Malaysia.