Meet the world’s animals.

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• Collared Myna Acridotheres albocinctus

  

  The Collared Myna has a conspicuous white collar. Adults of both sexes have glossy blue-black plumage, while young birds are brown.

• Blue-bellied Parrot Triclaria malachitacea

  The Blue-bellied Parrot lives in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Males have a violet-blue belly, females are green, and they nest in tree cavities.

• Xantus's Hummingbird Basilinna xantusii

  This hummingbird is resident in Baja California, Mexico. It occurs in arid habitats, woodland, and scrub, and can hover with rapid wingbeats.

• Magellanic Woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus

  The Magellanic Woodpecker searches for food on tree trunks in Patagonian forests. The male gives resonant blows on hollow trunks.

• Velvet-fronted Grackle Lampropsar tanagrinus

  This icterid occurs in the Amazon basin. tanagrinus.

• Inambari Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae

  The Inambari Woodcreeper occurs in western Amazonia south of the Amazon River. Long pale streaks run from its throat to its vent, while the upperparts are nearly unmarked. It uses lowland and foothill forest, often high in the trees with mixed flocks.

• Hainan Hill Partridge Arborophila ardens

  The Hainan Hill Partridge is a pheasant-family bird found only on Hainan Island, where it lives in remaining mountain evergreen forests.

• Black Tern Chlidonias niger

  The North American subspecies of Black Tern flies over freshwater wetlands during breeding and catches small fish and insects.

• Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena

  This small owl lives in forests and wooded areas of South Asia. It has conspicuous ear tufts and hunts insects at night.

• Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis

  The Woodland Kingfisher is an African kingfisher with blue upperparts and wings and a white underside. A southern African regional guide records it as a summer resident.

• Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii

  Lincoln's Sparrow often stays low and hidden in grass or brush. During the breeding season it uses moist mountain meadows.

• South Island Takahe Porphyrio hochstetteri

  The South Island Takahe is a large flightless rail with stout red legs and a strong bill. In the wild it feeds on grassland plants and may move into forest when snow is deep.

• Bare-cheeked Babbler Turdoides gymnogenys

  This babbler lives in dry savanna and woodland in southwestern Angola and north-central Namibia. It is always in a group.

• Olive Honeyeater Lichmera argentauris

  The Olive Honeyeater is an Indonesian honeyeater associated with humid tropical shrubland and farmland. It feeds on nectar from trees and shrubs.

• Eyebrowed Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias gularis

  A small flycatcher of Borneo’s mountain forests. It moves alone or in small groups in the understorey, searching for insects.

• Kashmir Nutcracker Nucifraga multipunctata

  The Kashmir Nutcracker lives in coniferous forests of the western Himalaya and eastern Hindu Kush. It eats seeds of blue pine and chilgoza pine, among other foods, and is reported mainly at 2,000–3,000 m.

• Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata

  The Brimstone Canary ranges from central to southern Africa and uses thickets, forest edges, gardens, and other open places. It mainly eats seeds and fruit, along with insects and nectar.

• Karamoja Apalis Apalis karamojae

  The Karamoja Apalis occurs in northern Uganda's mountains. A 2019 survey in northeastern Uganda recorded its gray-and-white plumage and insects taken from acacia.

• Black-cheeked Warbler Basileuterus melanogenys

  A small greyish warbler with a black face, bold white eyebrow, and rufous crown.

• Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus

  The Dark-billed Cuckoo has a long tail and a thick, curved bill. In the Galápagos it occurs from lowland sites to humid highlands and feeds mainly on insects.

• Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii

  The Double-barred Finch is a small Australian finch that eats seeds and insects in dry grassy woodland and scrub. It is also recorded near water and on farmland.

• Derbyan Parakeet Psittacula derbiana

  It lives in mountains of Tibet, southwestern China, and northeastern India. Adult males and females can be told apart by bill color.

• Golden-spotted Ground Dove Metriopelia aymara

  The Golden-spotted Ground Dove is a small, compact, drab-brown dove with golden spots on its wings. It walks on the ground while searching for food in the high Andes.

• Rufous-tailed Hawk Buteo ventralis

  The Rufous-tailed Hawk is a South American hawk with a noticeable rufous tail. Its plumage ranges from light to dark forms.