Meet the world’s animals.

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• Yellow-eared Barbet Psilopogon australis

  

  The Yellow-eared Barbet lives in forest on Java and Bali, is active by day, and eats fruit.

• Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus

  

  This plover blends into dry grassland with pale brown plumage. Two dark head stripes and a white face pattern help identify it.

• Blue-capped Manakin Lepidothrix coronata

  

  The Blue-capped Manakin occurs widely east of the Andes in forest. Males have regional color forms, while females are green.

• Blue Crane Grus paradisea

  

  This crane lives in southern African grasslands. Its bluish-grey body and long trailing display feathers stand out.

• Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria

  

  The Solitary Snipe occurs in mountain wetlands and along streams in valleys. It searches damp ground for small invertebrates.

• Tasmanian Scrubwren Sericornis humilis

  

  This small bird lives in forests around Tasmania. It has an olive-brown back and pale, gray-streaked underparts, and searches for insects near the ground in moist forest.

• Great Woodswallow Artamus maximus

  The Great Woodswallow is the largest woodswallow, marked by a dark grey head and white rump and belly.

• Bornean Leafbird Chloropsis kinabaluensis

  This leafbird inhabits mountain forests of Borneo. A 2003 taxonomic review treated Chloropsis kinabaluensis as a distinct species after it had long been included as a subspecies of C. cochinchinensis.

• Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus

  The Eastern Marsh Harrier flies low over open areas such as grassland and marshes, and may perch close to the ground.

• Black-billed Brush-turkey Talegalla fuscirostris

  The Black-billed Brushturkey lives in lowland forests of New Guinea. Its black bill helps distinguish it from the very similar Red-billed Brushturkey.

• Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus

  The Olive Woodpecker inhabits forests and dense woodland from central to southern Africa. Its olive-gray underside and upper-canopy foraging are characteristic.

• Chestnut-tipped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus derbianus

  This green toucanet occurs in Andean mountain forest. The male has chestnut tips on the central tail feathers, and the birds may move in small groups high in the forest.

• Cuban Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus merlini

  The Cuban Lizard-cuckoo has red skin around the eyes and a long tail. It lives in forest and scrub and eats lizards, frogs, and other small prey.

• Black-tailed Myiobius Myiobius atricaudus

  Olive upperparts, a yellow rump, black tail, and white throat mark this flycatcher. Males have a hidden yellow crown patch. It searches for insects low in forest.

• White-eared Night Heron Oroanassa magnifica

  The White-eared Night Heron is a nocturnal heron with a pale stripe running from behind the eye along the cheek and throat. It lives in hill forests near water in parts of China and northeastern Vietnam.

• Green-backed White-eye Zosterops xanthochroa

  The Green-backed White-eye (Zosterops xanthochroa) is endemic to Grande Terre, New Caledonia. Its head, throat, breast, wings, and back are green, with a white ring around each eye and white on the lower belly and undertail. It uses dense forest as well as open habitats and eats insects and fruit.

• Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos

  With striking red-and-black plumage and a large colorful bill, it lives in waterside forests of Southeast Asia.

• Lemon-throated Barbet Eubucco richardsoni

  This barbet occurs in Amazonian floodplain and várzea forest. It is about 15 cm long, and the colors of its crown and breast vary among subspecies and between sexes.

• Variegated Antpitta Grallaria varia

  This ground-associated antpitta has a gray-and-brown pattern of scales, spots, streaks, and bars. A study tracking one bird in a reserve in Amazonas, Brazil, recorded slow movement, quiet behavior at most locations, and roosting in mid-story trees.

• South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi

  This oystercatcher is striking in black and white, with a long red bill. It occurs at estuaries across New Zealand and moves inland to South Island riverbeds and farmland to breed.

• Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus

  This sparrow is marked by its grey head and white throat, and occurs in the grasslands, farmland, and settled areas of western and central Africa.

• Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus

  The Blue-naped Mousebird is marked by a blue nape and long tail and lives in dry parts of Africa.

• Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis

  The contrast between its grey head and yellow belly is striking. It catches insects in woodland and appears in Hong Kong during autumn and winter migration.

• Andean Motmot Momotus aequatorialis

  A blue crown, dark eye mask, and long tail with racket-shaped tips make this motmot distinctive. It perches quietly and darts at prey when it spots an opportunity.