Meet the world’s animals.
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- Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea
Photo: Lip Kee · CC BY-SA 2.0 Males are rufous while females are gray and rufous, giving the species a strong difference in appearance by sex. It searches dense vegetation for food.
- Orange-cheeked Honeyeater Oreornis chrysogenys
This large honeyeater has a dark olive head and back set off by a bright orange cheek patch. It is restricted to the high mountains of west-central New Guinea, where it feeds on fruit, insects and sedge seeds.
- Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl Megascops watsonii
The Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl occurs in gray and reddish-brown color morphs and has variable ear tufts. It favors forest interiors.
- White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
A small sunbird whose breeding male has a white belly and iridescent throat and back, feeding mainly on nectar.
- Black-fronted Brush Finch Atlapetes nigrifrons
This brush-finch occurs in the Serranía del Perijá. A 2014 study describes a black forehead, rufous rear crown, and gray cheek patch, and recorded pairs or small groups in lower montane and secondary forest on the Colombian side.
- Plush-crested Jay Cyanocorax chrysops
This South American jay has a plush black crest and black-and-yellow plumage. It forages in flocks and may cache surplus food.
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
The Short-tailed Hawk circles above forests, looking for birds and diving to catch them.
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
A thrush with brown upperparts and a spotted breast that repeats short phrases in its song.
- Plain-tailed Warbling Finch Microspingus alticola
This small bird is restricted to a limited part of the northern Peruvian Andes. It searches for food in Polylepis woodland and nearby scrub.
- Allpahuayo Antbird Percnostola arenarum
This uncommon antbird is known from two small areas of Loreto in northeastern Peru. It is closely associated with forest growing on sandy, nutrient-poor soil.
- Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii
This warbler inhabits lowland forest in West Africa. It has slate-colored upperparts and a dark brown-black head and neck, and gleans insects from leaves and branches.
- Bahia Wagtail-Tyrant Stigmatura bahiae
This tyrant flycatcher lives in eastern Brazil's Caatinga. It has a long tail that it frequently wags and spreads. ITIS records Stigmatura bahiae as a valid species under IOC v15.1.
- Burmese Collared Dove Streptopelia xanthocycla
This dove is recorded in central Myanmar. A yellow ring of bare skin around the eye is a useful field mark. ITIS lists the name as valid and cites the 2025 IOC World Bird List.
- Bronze-winged Duck Speculanas specularis
The Bronze-winged Duck has a chocolate-brown head and neck, a white throat and facial patch, and a violet wing marking. The Argentine SIB lists the Andean-Patagonian region and Chile as its range.
- Painted Bush Quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha
The Painted Bush Quail lives in grasslands of the Indian Peninsula. Males have a white eyebrow and throat, while the red bill and legs are conspicuous field marks. Small groups may forage in the morning and evening.
- Philippine Bulbul Hypsipetes philippinus
This bulbul lives in Philippine forests and forest edges. It has a brown back, an orange-brown throat and breast with pale streaks, and short, strong whistled phrases.
- Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
The Gilded Flicker lives in the Sonoran Desert and nearby areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It nests in cacti and searches for ants on the ground.
- Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus
The Tawny-throated Leaftosser lives in humid Central American forests, walking through leaf litter to find food. It has dark brown upperparts and a rusty throat extending onto the breast. It is seen alone or in pairs; local records describe a burrow nest near the ground.
- Furtive Flycatcher Ficedula disposita
A small flycatcher recorded in northern Luzon. It searches among trees for small invertebrates in lowland forest.
- Moluccan Hanging Parrot Loriculus amabilis
This small parrot lives in the North Moluccas. It feeds on fruit in the forest canopy and is seen alone, in pairs, or in small groups.
- Black-and-yellow Grosbeak Mycerobas icterioides
The Black-and-yellow Grosbeak has a large pale bill. Males are black and yellow, while females are grayish; pairs and small flocks occur in hill and montane forest.
- Yellow-faced Parrotlet Forpus xanthops
The Yellow-faced Parrotlet is a small parrot restricted to the upper Marañón drainage in northern Peru. Both sexes have a yellow face and breast; males show blue on the rump and wings.
- Butterfly Coquette Lophornis verreauxii
A small hummingbird of Amazonian forests. Males show a white rump band and ornamental feathers, while females have a pale facial stripe.
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
This large coucal lives in southern African grasslands and around wetlands. Adult males and females look similar, but females are larger. Its glossy black head, chestnut back and wings, and pale belly stand out as it searches for small animals in thickets and reedbeds.