Meet the world’s animals.

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• Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica

  

  This diving duck has an adult male with a purplish head and long white crescent, while females have brown heads.

• Madagascar Lark Eremopterix hova

  This lark lives in open parts of Madagascar. Its pale-brown body has dark streaks, and it searches for seeds and small insects on the ground.

• Himalayan Owl Strix nivicolum

  The Himalayan Owl is a medium-sized owl of mountain forests from the Himalayas across East Asia. It has no ear tufts and a pale X-shaped mark across the face.

• Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris

  The Chestnut-breasted Malkoha is a large cuckoo of forests from the Malay Peninsula to the Sunda Islands. It has a long tail and curved bill.

• Philippine Tailorbird Orthotomus castaneiceps

  This tailorbird occurs in the Visayan Islands. A 1971 Philippine bird account treated castaneiceps as a subspecies and recorded a gray upper back and white underparts.

• Silver-eared Laughingthrush Trochalopteron melanostigma

  This laughingthrush occurs in northern mainland Southeast Asia. It uses evergreen forest understory and bamboo, and searches for food near the ground in pairs or small groups.

• White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis

  The White-tailed Ant Thrush keeps to forest undergrowth and the forest floor. The East African account describes broad white tips on the outer tail feathers and records the species in western Uganda and Kenya's Kakamega Forest.

• Black-lored Waxbill Estrilda nigriloris

  This waxbill is recorded in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A flock of eight was rediscovered by Lake Kabwe in Upemba National Park in 2023. Genetic work has not settled whether it is separate from the Common Waxbill.

• Taiwan Hill Partridge Arborophila crudigularis

  This pheasant-family bird is endemic to Taiwan's mountain forests. Its black-and-white face and red legs stand out as it forages on the forest floor.

• White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus

  The White-crowned Starling lives in open scrub and acacia woodland in East Africa. It has a white crown and is described feeding on the ground.

• Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes

  A bird with a thick bill that can crack hard seeds.

• Meyer's Goshawk Astur meyerianus

  Meyer's Goshawk is a forest hawk with black upperparts, a white underside, and fine bars on its flanks. Its legs and the base of its bill are yellow.

• Yellow Wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa

  This honeyeater lives on Tasmania and nearby islands. Its orange-yellow wattles on the sides of the head stand out, and it often feeds on nectar from eucalypts and other plants.

• Montserrat Oriole Icterus oberi

  The Montserrat Oriole is endemic to the Caribbean island of Montserrat and breeds in its hill forests.

• Orange-fronted Plushcrown Metopothrix aurantiaca

  This small bird has greenish-olive upperparts, a yellow throat, and orange legs. In Amazonian riverine forest, it searches foliage for food in pairs or small groups.

• Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris

  A black-and-white crested kingfisher of rivers and mountain lakes in Japan.

• Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza

  This honeycreeper ranges from southern Mexico to Brazil and Trinidad. It takes nectar and fruit and forages in forest canopies and edges.

• Rhinomyias additus

  This flycatcher is endemic to Buru. Recent accounts use the combination Eumyias additus.

• Red-necked Crake Rallina tricolor

  The Red-necked Crake ranges from eastern Indonesia through New Guinea to northeastern Australia. Adults are chestnut from the head to the breast.

• Rusty-backed Monjita Neoxolmis rubetra

  This tyrant flycatcher lives in Argentina’s dry shrub-steppe. It uses low shrubs and the ground, and the account also describes winter movement from breeding areas toward central Argentina.

• White-naped Jay Cyanocorax cyanopogon

  The white nape is a useful clue to this jay's identity. In dry scrub and woodland of eastern Brazil, it eats insects and other small animals as well as fruit and berries.

• Western Rosella Platycercus icterotis

  The Western Rosella is the smallest rosella and is marked by a yellow or cream cheek patch. It occurs in southwestern Australia.

• Javan Bulbul Ixos virescens

  The Javan Bulbul is a bulbul of Java's highland forests. Its long, slender bill and olive-colored back and wings are distinctive.

• Sahyadri Sunbird Aethopyga vigorsii

  The Sahyadri Sunbird is an approximately 11 cm sunbird endemic to the Western Ghats of southwest India. Males have a crimson breast with yellow streaks; females have olive-green upperparts.