Meet the world’s animals.

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• Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus

  

  The Bateleur is a raptor with striking black and white plumage, a red-orange face and legs, and a short tail. It occurs in South Africa’s bushveld and arid Kalahari.

• Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus

  This small hummingbird differs in appearance by sex and feeds on nectar and small insects.

• Black-capped Antwren Herpsilochmus atricapillus

  This antwren occurs in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, in dry or moist lowland forests.

• Grey-bellied Spinetail Synallaxis cinerascens

  The Grey-bellied Spinetail is described in reference data as a forest bird of dense understory that eats invertebrates. A 1997 specimen study recorded streaking on the breast of a bird considered juvenile.

• Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae

  The Tibetan Partridge is a pheasant-family bird of the Tibetan Plateau and nearby highlands. It walks through open mountain country and nests on the ground.

• Papuan Lorikeet Charmosyna papou

  A long-tailed parrot of montane forest in northwestern New Guinea, with a red body and green wings.

• White-necked Crow Corvus leucognaphalus

  The White-necked Crow is a large corvid. Its present range is on Hispaniola and nearby islands.

• Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata

  Two white lines frame the gray face of this North American sparrow, and a black triangular throat patch stands out. It searches for insects or seeds on the ground in dry scrub, with its diet changing by season.

• American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis

  The American Three-toed Woodpecker has three toes. It chips sideways at bark on dead or dying trees to find beetle larvae beneath it.

• Socotra Scops Owl Otus socotranus

  This small, pale-gray owl lives on Socotra in arid places with trees, including palms. It is more often detected by its voice than seen.

• Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii

  Couch's Kingbird is a large flycatcher with yellow and gray plumage and a greenish back. It appears in southern Texas during summer.

• Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka

  A black-and-white wheatear. In its UK account, BTO describes it as a rare autumn migrant arriving from southeastern Europe.

• Malagasy Palm Swift Cypsiurus gracilis

  This swift occurs in Madagascar and the Comoros. It inhabits open lowland secondary vegetation, uses palms for nesting, and catches insects in flight.

• Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius

  A small sunbird with a broad range in western and central Africa. The sexes look very different, and birds often feed at low flowers.

• Iraq Babbler Argya altirostris

  The Iraq Babbler is a social bird centered on the Tigris–Euphrates basin. Small groups use reed beds and riverside shrubs.

• Bernier's Teal Anas bernieri

  Bernier’s Teal is a duck of brackish lakes and wetlands in western Madagascar. It forms pairs in the breeding season and small groups at other times.

• Red-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius assimilis

  This blackbird occurs in western Cuba and the Isle of Youth. Adult males have red and yellow patches on the shoulders.

• Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi

  This apalis lives in thickets and woodland in southern Africa. Adults have a gray head with a short pale eyebrow and search foliage for insects.

• Everett's Thrush Zoothera everetti

  A Bornean mountain thrush of mossy forest and track edges, with olive-brown upperparts, a reddish tail and pale orange, scaly-looking underparts.

• Sulphur White-eye Zosterops minutus

  This small white-eye lives on Lifou in New Caledonia. It has a white eye-ring, uses open places near settlements and cultivated land, and eats insects and fruit.

• Antillean Siskin Spinus dominicensis

  This small finch has strongly different male and female plumage. Males are conspicuously yellow, while females are mainly green. It lives in the mountains of Hispaniola.

• Buff-bellied Tanager Thlypopsis inornata

  The Buff-bellied Tanager occurs in north-western Peru, with a record from extreme south-eastern Ecuador. It feeds on small arthropods in dry highland scrub. The account says females are duller than males and juveniles resemble females.

• White-fronted Honeyeater Purnella albifrons

  This honeyeater lives in arid and semi-arid scrub and woodland. It feeds mainly on nectar, but also takes insects and honeydew.

• Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens

  In breeding plumage, male Black-throated Gray Warblers have a black throat, gray back, a black-and-white face pattern, and a yellow spot near the eye. The species breeds west of the Rocky Mountains and winters in Mexico.