Meet the world’s animals.

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• Emperor Goose Anser canagicus

  

  A goose with a striking white head and gray body. It feeds on coastal plants and shellfish; Alaska’s Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta is one part of its breeding range.

• Screaming Cowbird Molothrus rufoaxillaris

  A 19th-century Argentine bird account records it in Argentina and Uruguay. It describes glossy black-and-purple plumage and small winter groups.

• Bamenda Apalis Apalis bamendae

  This small bird occurs in Cameroon. Its species account notes a dark gray head and chestnut throat, while a government biodiversity report records one bird in the canopy of disturbed forest at Bali-Ngemba.

• Fruithunter Chlamydochaera jefferyi

  The Fruithunter is endemic to Borneo’s montane forest. Males are glossy blue-black, while females are barred gray-brown; small groups may gather at fruiting trees.

• Black-fronted White-eye Zosterops minor

  The Black-fronted White-eye lives in hill forests and other wooded areas on New Guinea, where it searches the canopy for insects and fruit. Several regional subspecies are described, with differences in plumage.

• Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi

  A small East African finch of open woodland and fields. Its yellow rump and streaked breast and flanks are noticeable features.

• Masked Crimson Tanager Ramphocelus nigrogularis

  This tanager occurs in Colombia's lowlands and foothills. It has been recorded foraging for fruit and insects in trees.

• Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta

  It has a long, down-curved black bill and feeds mainly on nectar. It also takes insects when flowers are scarce.

• Pale-legged Warbler Myiothlypis signata

  The Pale-legged Warbler searches for food in the lower growth and edges of mountain forest on the eastern Andes, including bamboo thickets.

• White-eyed Starling Aplonis brunneicapillus

  This starling has been observed on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Its white iris and long central tail streamers are notable features. A 2013 report recorded a flock on a forested ridge above a stream and a nest in epiphytic ferns in an emergent tree crown.

• El Oro Parakeet Pyrrhura orcesi

  The El Oro Parakeet lives on forested slopes of the western Andes in Ecuador. It feeds in social groups, and some breeding pairs are helped by other birds.

• Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes

  The Crested Pigeon is marked by a thin black crest and a whistle-like sound from its wings when startled into flight.

• Black-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis melanorhyncha

  The Black-billed Kingfisher has a cream-colored head and underparts, dark greenish-brown wings, and a large bill. It hunts for crabs along rivers and coasts.

• Sjöstedt's Greenbul Baeopogon clamans

  At about 19 cm long, Sjöstedt's Greenbul is active by day and eats fruit in forest and riverside habitats.

• Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox

  This ground-dwelling cuckoo has a long tail and crest. It ranges from Mexico into Central America and eats grasshoppers and caterpillars in dry scrub and open country.

• Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii

  Hartlaub's Gull is a small coastal gull of southern Africa. Its head and bill colors change as it matures.

• Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti

  The Black-throated Munia is a small bird whose back and belly markings vary by region. It occurs in southern Indian hills and Sri Lanka and eats grass and weed seeds, as well as rice.

• Barred Rail Hypotaenidia torquata

  The Barred Rail occurs in the Philippines and Indonesia and uses wet grassland and wetlands. Its short cocked tail and rufous chest band help identify it.

• Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus

  The Whistling Kite is a medium-sized raptor with sandy-brown plumage, a narrow head, and a rounded tail. It circles over woodland, wetlands, and farms while giving a whistling call.

• Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii

  The Cuban Emerald is a hummingbird whose male is green with a long, forked tail. It occurs from coastal to mid-elevation habitats and breeds year-round.

• Spot-backed Antwren Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus

  This antwren lives in lowland evergreen forest in the northwestern Amazon. Males have a black head, a white eyebrow, and black-and-white spots on the back. It is found in the canopy and subcanopy.

• Scaled Spinetail Cranioleuca muelleri

  The Scaled Spinetail is restricted to Brazil’s lower Amazon. Its rufous crown and tail contrast with a scaly-looking pale underside. It searches for arthropods in flooded forest undergrowth and mid-storey, while breeding details remain poorly known.

• Green peafowl Pavo muticus

  A Southeast Asian peafowl with green head and neck feathers. Males and females have similar colouring.

• Gray-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii

  The Grey-headed Parakeet is an Asian parrot with a grey head and yellow-green body. It eats plant foods such as seeds and fruit.