Meet the world’s animals.

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• California Gull Larus californicus

  

  A medium-sized gull of western North America. It breeds at inland lakes and rivers and moves toward the Pacific coast with the seasons.

• Yapacana Antbird Aprositornis disjuncta

  A grey antbird with a conspicuous white patch between the shoulders. It searches for small prey in dense lowland forest undergrowth.

• Cameroon Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus poensis

  A greenbul of the Cameroon Highlands. A field account near Bamenda describes it searching for insects and fruit among mosses, lichens, and peeling bark.

• Black-faced Munia Lonchura molucca

  The Black-faced Munia is a small finch that eats seeds in open lowland habitats.

• Philippine Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus velutinus

  This cuckoo has a glossy black, slender body and a flared tail. It lives in lowland and foothill forests of the Philippines and searches for insects in the canopy.

• Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata

  The Rufous Sibia is a rufous-colored bird of Himalayan forests. It forages mainly in the canopy and may move to different elevations with the seasons.

• Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei

  A weaver of East African scrub and woodland near water; breeding males have striking yellow and black plumage.

• Goias Parakeet Pyrrhura pfrimeri

  The Goias Parakeet occurs in dry forest patches on limestone in central Brazil. A 1997 field study documented dry-season feeding in this restricted habitat.

• Masked Tanager Stilpnia nigrocincta

  The Masked Tanager occurs in humid forest and at forest edges in northern South America. Males have a lavender-blue head, neck and throat with black lores. The account says it mainly eats fruit, with arthropods also taken.

• Jonquil Parrot Aprosmictus jonquillaceus

  The Jonquil Parrot comprises two subspecies on Timor, Roti, and Wetar. A male of the nominate subspecies is green with a blue rump and red wing patches, and the species uses woodland and Acacia savanna.

• Versicolored Emerald Chrysuronia versicolor

  The Versicolored Emerald is a hummingbird of central and eastern South America, using forest edges, gallery woodland, and other open habitats. It feeds on nectar and small insects. Plumage varies substantially, so tail pattern is useful alongside throat and forehead color.

• Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata

  The ringed kingfisher has a large bill and catches fish by rivers and lakes. It ranges through Central and South America and reaches southern Texas.

• Helmeted Myna Basilornis galeatus

  Adults have slightly iridescent black plumage, pale patches on the neck and breast, and a purple-black crest. They use forests, disturbed and cultivated areas, and mangroves, feeding on fruit and berries in trees.

• Thekla Lark Galerida theklae

  A lark with a rounded crest and dark streaks on the chest. Its food changes with the season, and it searches the ground for seeds and insects.

• Golden pheasant Chrysolophus pictus

  A pheasant whose colourful male displays its feathers to court females.

• Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus

  This small flycatcher has a strongly streaked breast and variable brown, rufous, and intermediate plumages.

• Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis

  An Arctic-breeding sea duck that spends winter along coasts and on large lakes, where it dives for aquatic animals.

• White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis

  The White-throated Crake hides among plants in wetlands. Its white throat and barred flanks are useful marks, while face and neck color vary among subspecies.

• Madagascar Green Pigeon Treron australis

  The Madagascar Green Pigeon is an arboreal pigeon found in forests of Madagascar. It feeds on fruit.

• Mottled Owl Strix virgata

  The Mottled Owl is a medium-sized owl with brown eyes and vertical streaks on its chest and throat. It is active at night and hunts insects and small animals from perches along forest edges. Its native range extends from Mexico through Central and South America.

• Sichuan Jay Perisoreus internigrans

  This Chinese endemic jay lives in high-altitude conifer forest. It is gray, eats nuts and insects, and may store nuts for winter.

• Mountain Cacique Cacicus chrysonotus

  The Peru account describes this cacique in montane forest on the eastern Andes. It reports a yellow wing patch north of Junín and a yellow rump in southern populations.

• Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis

  The Scarlet-chested Sunbird is notable for the red chest and iridescent head of the male in nuptial plumage. It feeds on nectar and small animals.

• Vanuatu White-eye Zosterops flavifrons

  This small white-eye is 11–13 cm long. The account lists forest, second growth, and farmland, with an omnivorous diet. Sound recordings include Loru on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu.