Meet the world’s animals.

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• Dusky-tailed Flatbill Ramphotrigon fuscicauda

  

  This 15–17 cm flycatcher uses forest bamboo thickets and feeds on invertebrates. Sound recordings include sites in Peru’s Manu region.

• Ratchet-tailed Treepie Temnurus temnurus

  The Ratchet-tailed Treepie is a crow-family bird of Southeast Asian forests. Its long tail has deep notches at the tips.

• Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus

  This small parrot is found only in Sri Lanka. It is bright green with a red bill and rump; males also have a red crown. It is seen alone or in pairs in forest canopies and other wooded places.

• Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus

  The Red-tailed Greenbul inhabits forests of western and central Africa. Its white beard-like feathering and reddish tail are distinctive.

• Socotra Sunbird Chalcomitra balfouri

  The Socotra Sunbird lives in places with trees or bushes on Socotra. Both sexes have brown upperparts, a black throat, and a white cheek stripe.

• Spot-backed Antshrike Hypoedaleus guttatus

  This antbird inhabits moist lowland forest. The male has rows of white spots above, while the female has more extensive ochre below.

• Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca

  Fox Sparrows vary from rusty red to gray among their geographic groups. They scratch through leaf litter to find food.

• Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis

  The Red-crowned Amazon is a green parrot with a striking red forehead. It can be seen flying to and from roosts in the morning and evening.

• Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus

  This African woodpecker uses forests and secondary growth and searches trees for ants, termites, and other invertebrates.

• Empress Brilliant Heliodoxa imperatrix

  This large hummingbird occurs in humid mountain forests from western Colombia to northwestern Ecuador. It feeds on nectar at flowers.

• Nuku Hiva Imperial Pigeon Ducula galeata

  At about 55 cm, it is a very large arboreal pigeon with dark slate-grey plumage and a bronze-green sheen above. It lives in the upper forest and feeds mainly on fruit.

• Swan Goose Anser cygnoides

  A long-necked goose with brown wings. Wild Asian populations graze near wetlands and migrate with the seasons.

• Tanimbar Boobook Ninox forbesi

  This owl occurs on Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands. It has buff to rufous-brown head and breast plumage and is recorded in lowland forests.

• Red-breasted Coua Coua serriana

  The red breast and blue bare skin around the eyes stand out on this coua from northeastern Madagascar. It walks on the forest floor for insects and fallen fruit and runs for cover when alarmed.

• Yellow-breasted Tailorbird Orthotomus samarensis

  The Yellow-breasted Tailorbird is a small bird with a black head and yellow underparts. It searches for small invertebrates in dense undergrowth in the Philippines' moist lowland forests.

• Bar-throated Minla Actinodura strigula

  This laughingthrush relative lives in mountain forests from the Himalayas to the Malay Peninsula. Flocks move through the middle and upper trees, eating insects and plant foods.

• Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas

  The Pale-breasted Thrush is a brownish bird with a grayish crown, streaked throat, and yellowish bill. It occurs across much of lowland South America.

• Brown Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon mantchuricum

  The Brown-eared Pheasant is a large pheasant of mountain forests in northeastern China. It eats roots, bulbs and other plant matter.

• Red-mantled Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodochlamys

  In Gilgit-Baltistan, this rosefinch uses high scrub in summer and lower brush in winter.

• White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis

  A vulture of plains and settlements on the Indian subcontinent. It circles in the air while searching for carrion.

• Timor Friarbird Philemon inornatus

  This honeyeater occurs on Timor. A study in West Timor recorded it taking nectar at forest edges in the morning.

• Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens

  This small ovenbird ranges from Central into South America and Trinidad. It searches for insects in grassland and scrub and has rufous on the crown and shoulders.

• Grass-green Tanager Chlorornis riefferii

  This tanager is recorded in the Colombian Andes. A field guide for the Sibundoy region describes its grass-green plumage, rusty facial markings, and small-group behavior in forest.

• White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Dioptrornis fischeri

  This flycatcher lives in East African mountain forests and their edges. Active by day, it catches small invertebrates in short aerial sallies.