Meet the world’s animals.

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• Moreau's Sunbird Cinnyris moreaui

  

  This sunbird lives in montane forest in Tanzania. It feeds on nectar and makes a small purse-shaped nest from leaves or dry grass bound with silk.

• Black-eared Hemispingus Sphenopsis melanotis

  The Peru account places this tanager in Andean montane forest and describes several forms with variable plumage. It forages in dense foliage from the understory into the middle story.

• Chocolate-vented Tyrant Neoxolmis rufiventris

  This tyrant flycatcher breeds in Patagonian grasslands and moves to the Pampas for winter. It walks through open grass or scrub and searches for food on the ground.

• Aztec Thrush Ridgwayia pinicola

  The Aztec Thrush has dark brown-black upperparts and a white underside. It lives in moist montane forest in Mexico and includes fruit in its diet.

• Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah

  The Radjah Shelduck stands out for its white head and breast and chestnut breast band. It feeds in shallow wetlands, mainly at night.

• Streak-headed Antbird Drymophila striaticeps

  The Streak-headed Antbird occurs in forests on the eastern Andean slopes and forages in dense bamboo undergrowth.

• Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator

  The Honeyguide Greenbul ranges across West Africa to western Kenya, south to northern Angola and northwestern Zambia. It is olive above with a white undertail and feeds on fruit and nectar.

• Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii

  A starling of Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya in eastern Africa. It has bristle-like black feathers on the forehead, a blue sheen, and uses rocky mountain habitat.

• Green-cheeked Parakeet Pyrrhura molinae

  The Green-cheeked Parakeet is a South American forest parrot that gathers in flocks in the canopy and feeds on fruit and seeds.

• Outcrop Sabrewing Campylopterus calcirupicola

  The original paper described it as a distinct species in the Campylopterus largipennis complex and compared it with Diamantina Sabrewing: it is smaller and has longer pale tail tips. eBird later changed its English name from Dry-forest Sabrewing to Outcrop Sabrewing.

• Golden-collared Woodpecker Veniliornis cassini

  This small woodpecker occurs in northern Amazonia and nearby forest regions. The male's red crown and yellow wing spots, along with barred underparts in both sexes, help identify it.

• Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis

  This black oriole with a yellow shoulder mark is recorded in the Peruvian Amazon.

• Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper Dendrexetastes rufigula

  This large woodcreeper occurs in Amazonia and is often found high in the forest canopy. It is also noted for tending to occur alone.

• Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus

  This ground-dwelling pheasant relative moves through grasslands and shrublands. Males are black and chestnut, while females are golden-brown with black and white spots, so the sexes look very different.

• Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum

  The Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl is a small owl that is active by day as well as at night. Small birds sometimes gather to mob it.

• Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus

  The Olive Sparrow forages on the ground in dense thorn scrub, staying close to cover. In the United States it is limited to southern Texas, and it also occurs in Mexico and Central America.

• Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides

  The slaty-legged crake hides near the ground in dense forest and gives its loud calls at night.

• Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala

  The Brown-cheeked Fulvetta is a small bird of the understory in moist forest and scrub. It eats insects and nectar, and has a grey crown and dark cheeks.

• Puff-backed Honeyeater Meliphaga aruensis

  This honeyeater has an olive back and yellow ear patches. A fluffy white patch sits above the tail, and it feeds on fruit and other foods in forest.

• Rubeho Akalat Sheppardia aurantiithorax

  The Rubeho Akalat occurs in forest in the Eastern Arc mountains of central Tanzania. Its throat and upper breast are deep orange, and observations describe it feeding on the ground and low branches.

• Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris

  The Thick-billed Raven is a highland corvid with glossy black plumage, a large white nape patch, and a massive bill.

• Blue-crowned Chlorophonia Chlorophonia occipitalis

  The Blue-crowned Chlorophonia is a forest bird with green plumage and a blue crown patch. The sexes differ below, and the bird feeds on berries in the canopy.

• Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus

  A 2007 paper treated a Sierra Leone population as Chattering Cisticola, while noting it might represent a distinct local form. It describes grey-brown birds with plain backs recorded around wet rice fields.

• Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens

  The Black-throated Green Warbler has a yellow face and green back. In breeding-plumage males, black across the throat and chest is prominent; females and young birds have less black on the front.