The images that appear on the home page are reproduced here. The species depicted are listed below and colour-coded to show their threat status - Critically Endangered, Endangered or Data Deficient. To find out more about the species, click on the name. Unless otherwise indicated, the photographs were taken by Andy & Gill Swash (WorldWildlifeImages.com).Top row (left to right):
White-collared Kite Leptodon forbesi
Lear’s Macaw Anodorhynchus leari
Liben (or Sidamo) Lark Heteromirafra sidamoensis
Second row (left to right):
Zino’s Petrel Pterodroma Madeira
White-winged Cotinga Xipholena atropurpurea
Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata
Third row (left to right):
Kinglet Calyptura Calyptura cristata © Tomascz Cofta
Brazilian Merganser Mergus octosetaceus
Alagoas Foliage-gleaner Philydor novaesi
Fourth row (left to right):
Yellow-throated Seedeater Serinus flavigula
Fringe-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena atra
Araripe Manakin Antilophia bokermanni
Fifth row (left to right):
Grey-breasted Parakeet Pyrrhura griseipectus
Galapagos Penguin Spheniscus mendiculus
Orange-bellied Antwren Terenura sicki
Sixth row (left to right):
Ethiopian Bush-crow Zavattariornis stresemanni
Sombre Chat Cercomela dubia
Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris
Seventh row (left to right):
Stresemann’s Bristlefront Merulaxis stresemanni © Tomascz Cofta
Puerto Rican Nightjar Caprimulgus noctitherus © Michael J Morel
Belding’s Yellowthroat Geothlypis beldingi © Javier Lascurain
Bottom row (left to right):
Bahia Tapaculo Eleoscytalopus psychopompus
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus © Chaiwat Chinuparawat
Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus
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