Meet the world’s animals.

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• Purple-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis calolaemus

  

  The Purple-throated Mountain-gem is a hummingbird of wet subtropical forest from Nicaragua through Costa Rica to Panama. Males have a purple throat patch.

• Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis virescens

  The Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo occurs in wooded habitats on Sulawesi and is often noticed by its calls. eBird's identification account notes buff underparts and a barred tail.

• Bar-breasted Honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus

  The Bar-breasted Honeyeater has gray bars on its chest and a slender, slightly down-curved bill. This small Australian bird feeds on nectar and insects.

• Yungas Pygmy Owl Glaucidium bolivianum

  The Yungas Pygmy Owl lives in humid mountain forest on the eastern Andes and has eye-like markings on the back of its head.

• Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae

  Anchieta's Sunbird is 10–12 cm long. It uses open Brachystegia woodland and shrubs associated with Tacoma and Protea, and feeds on invertebrates. The page lists sound recordings from Zambia.

• 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.

• White-collared Jay Cyanolyca viridicyanus

  This jay has a blue-green body, a black facial pattern, and a white collar. It moves in small groups and forages at different forest levels in the humid Andes.

• White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis

  The White-headed Vulture has a white head and bare red face. It uses treed savanna and feeds mainly on carrion.

• Black-faced Solitaire Myadestes melanops

  This thrush has a slate-grey body, black face and chin, and a broad orange bill. It lives in mountain forests of Costa Rica and western Panama.

• Blue-whiskered Tanager Tangara johannae

  The Blue-whiskered Tanager is a rare tanager restricted to lowland and foothill rainforest in western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador.

• Cocha Antshrike Thamnophilus praecox

  This antshrike was photographically documented at Bretaña in Loreto, northeastern Peru, in 2022. The male is black and the female chestnut; the record site was whitewater-flooded forest.

• White-winged Apalis Apalis chariessa

  The White-winged Apalis is a small East African bird with black upperparts, yellow underparts and white wings. It searches for insects in the canopy and along forest edges.

• Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi

  This large, sturdy flycatcher has gray markings on its sides. It sings from high trees and catches flying insects.

• Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon Treron fulvicollis

  The male is a green pigeon with an orange-rufous head and maroon wings, and it eats fruit. It lives in coastal forest and mangroves of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo.

• Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos

  The male Comb Duck develops a large knob at the base of its bill. It feeds mainly on aquatic plants and seeds and nests in tree hollows near water.

• Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae

  The Tibetan Partridge is a pheasant-family bird of the Tibetan Plateau and nearby highlands. It walks through open mountain country and nests on the ground.

• Camiguin Bulbul Hypsipetes catarmanensis

  This bulbul is found only on Camiguin Island in the Philippines. It is brown with a relatively large bill and eats fruit and insects.

• Powerful Woodpecker Campephilus pollens

  This large woodpecker occurs in the Andes from Venezuela south to Peru. It excavates decaying trunks for insects and larvae.

• Jungle Babbler Argya striata

  The Jungle Babbler is a social bird of the Indian subcontinent, often found foraging in cultivated areas and gardens.

• Rufous-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons

  This thornbird is marked by a long tail and a rufous forehead. It occurs in open places with scattered trees.

• Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros

  A small bird that also lives in British cities and industrial centres. Males have grey-black plumage and a red tail.

• Masked Shining Parrot Prosopeia personata

  The Masked Shining Parrot lives on Viti Levu in Fiji. Adults are marked by a black face and yellow to orange coloring across the breast and belly.

• Black-capped Siskin Spinus atriceps

  A siskin with a black cap and yellow-green body. It occurs in highlands from southern Mexico to Guatemala.

• White-capped Parrot Pionus seniloides

  It has a white forehead and a gray-scaled crown. A field survey recorded it in montane cloud forest in southern Ecuador.