Meet the world’s animals.

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• Purple Needletail Hirundapus celebensis

  

  The Purple Needletail is a swift that flies over forests and open country.

• Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata

  A small tanager of humid tropical lowlands, it also uses evergreen-forest edges, plantations, and gardens.

• White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps

  A white crown, olive-grey back and pale wing bars identify this flycatcher. In Chile it occurs from the north of the country to Magallanes, in woods, scrub and gardens.

• Usambara Thrush Turdus roehli

  The Usambara Thrush occurs in the Usambara and North Pare Mountains of northeastern Tanzania. Its reported habitat includes forest with a closed canopy, a more open lower layer, and many tall shrubs.

• Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata

  An Australian duck that often walks on land to find food in grassland.

• Amazonian Antshrike Thamnophilus amazonicus

  An antshrike of Amazonian forests. Males are grayish, while females have a cinnamon head and breast; birds search for insects among vines and forest-edge vegetation.

• Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris

  This greenbul occurs in eastern and south-central Africa. It is recorded in streamside thickets, gallery forest, bamboo thickets, and moist evergreen forest, and eats insects and fruit.

• Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti

  Hildebrandt's Starling is resident in Kenya and northeastern Tanzania. It uses dry woodland and scrub and has been recorded foraging on foot near livestock.

• Maroon-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis

  The Maroon-bellied Parakeet is a green parrot with a reddish-brown forehead and maroon belly. It forms flocks in forests and along their edges.

• Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris

  This hummingbird uses its long, downcurved bill to take nectar from large flowers. It lives in forest undergrowth, often near water and nectar plants.

• Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus

  The Syrian Woodpecker is a black-and-white woodpecker with pale red feathers under its tail, and it also uses trees in gardens and parks.

• Yellow-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius xanthomus

  The Yellow-shouldered Blackbird occurs in Puerto Rico. Adults have glossy black plumage and a yellow shoulder patch that can be hidden when the bird is perched.

• Ruddy Treerunner Margarornis rubiginosus

  This ovenbird lives in the mountain forests of Costa Rica and Panama. It has bright rufous upperparts and a white eyebrow, and eats insects and spiders.

• Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica

  The Rain Quail is a small quail of grasslands and farmland. Males have black markings on the face and throat, and breeding and movement are linked to rainy seasons.

• Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum

  The Damara Tern breeds along the coast of southwestern Africa and moves north along the West African coast seasonally. It may plunge-dive for small fish.

• Akun Eagle-Owl Ketupa leucosticta

  The Akun Eagle-Owl is a large owl with conspicuous white spots and a pale rufous face. It inhabits lowland forests in western and central Africa.

• Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud

  The Rufous-bellied Kookaburra lives in lowland New Guinea and nearby islands. The male has a blue rump and tail and deep reddish-brown underparts.

• White-throated Towhee Melozone albicollis

  This towhee lives in the highlands of southern Mexico. Accounts place it in moist montane areas and high-elevation scrub, with Oaxaca highlighted as an observation region.

• Sora Porzana carolina

  A secretive wetland bird with a yellow bill and short tail. It breeds in North America and moves south for winter.

• Black-headed Sibia Heterophasia desgodinsi

  This mountain forest bird occurs from southwestern and central-southern China through Myanmar, northern Thailand and parts of Indochina. It is arboreal and searches for food in trees.

• Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris

  This small bird drinks nectar with its long, slender bill. Males have glossy black plumage, while females are more olive gray.

• Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata

  The Little Grey Flycatcher is a small flycatcher of the Afrotropics. It is reported from humid forest edges and dense cover, where it catches small invertebrates.

• Iranian Ground Jay Podoces pleskei

  The Iranian Ground Jay is a ground-living corvid restricted to eastern Iran. Its sandy body, black facial marks, and dark throat patch contrast with the ground as it runs in search of food.

• Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus

  The Purple Finch is a finch of North American forests. It cracks seeds with its large bill and often sings from high in the trees.