Meet the world’s animals.

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• Leaden Antwren Myrmotherula assimilis

  

  This small bird occurs in the Amazon region of Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. Males are grey and females olive-grey; river-edge and flooded-forest records are documented.

• Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus

  A forest snake-eagle of coastal East and southeastern Africa. Its grayish face and three white bars on a relatively long tail are useful identification marks.

• Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus

  This woodpecker ranges from southern Mexico through Central America into northwestern South America and the Andes. It has olive plumage with fine bars, and males show a red facial stripe.

• Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis

  Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo is a small cuckoo with a bronze-green sheen and a white eyebrow. It eats insects and lays its egg in another bird's nest.

• Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota

  An East African bird guide places the Olive-green Camaroptera in forest undergrowth in Uganda and western Kenya. Its upperparts are dull olive-green; the underparts are grayish-white, with dusky buff on the chest and flanks.

• 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.

• Pearly-bellied Seedeater Sporophila pileata

  This seedeater is recorded in southern and southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, and eastern Argentina. Adult male plumage ranges from pale pinkish cinnamon to warm ochre-brown. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of S. bouvreuil.

• Gray-breasted Partridge Arborophila orientalis

  The Grey-breasted Partridge is a small partridge with a striking black-and-white face. It lives in mountain forests of eastern Java and forages on the ground.

• Meller's Duck Anas melleri

  Meller’s Duck is a duck found only on Madagascar. The sexes look alike, and its grey bill helps distinguish it from a female Mallard.

• Coiba Spinetail Cranioleuca dissita

  The Coiba Spinetail is an island bird once treated as a subspecies of another spinetail. A 2015 AOU committee proposal recognizes Cranioleuca dissita as a separate species restricted to Coiba and nearby Rancheria Island, using forest and forest edges.

• Pantepui Thrush Turdus murinus

  The Pantepui Thrush is a dull grayish-brown thrush of the Guiana Shield highlands. It is restricted to middle and upper elevations on tepuis and nearby mountains.

• Oahu Amakihi Chlorodrepanis flava

  This Hawaiian honeycreeper occurs only on Oahu. It uses native and non-native forest as well as lowland yards and parks, and feeds on nectar, insects, and fruit.

• Orange-eyed Flatbill Tolmomyias traylori

  This small flycatcher was described from the western Amazon. The original paper records sites in southern Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and says the limits of its range were not known.

• White-winged Cliff Chat Monticola semirufus

  This chat occurs in rocky parts of the Ethiopian Highlands. Both sexes have a large white patch in the middle of the wing; males have a black hood and a red-orange belly.

• Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis

  The Orange-chinned Parakeet is a small green parrot with an orange chin. It ranges from southern Mexico to northern South America in dry forest.

• Northern Rosella Platycercus venustus

  This parrot lives in woodlands and savanna across northern Australia. Its black head and back contrast with yellow cheeks and underparts, while blue shows on the wings and tail.

• Tanna Fruit Dove Ptilinopus tannensis

  Endemic to Vanuatu, it feeds on fruit in the canopy of tall fruiting trees. Males have silver shoulder spots that females lack.

• Serendib Scops Owl Otus thilohoffmanni

  This small owl occurs in lowland forest in Sri Lanka. It is active at night and difficult to see while roosting by day.

• Rio Branco Antbird Cercomacra carbonaria

  This antbird lives in gallery forest in Roraima, northern Brazil, and adjacent Guyana. Males and females differ in plumage.

• Madagascar Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides radiatus

  This raptor is endemic to Madagascar and uses its long legs to search tree trunks and crevices. It also soars slowly between trees while looking for prey.

• White-bellied Piculet Picumnus spilogaster

  The nominate form, spilogaster, occurs in the northern Guianas and Roraima in northern Brazil. BirdForum Opus describes habitats ranging from forest to thickets.

• Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus

  A very long tail and heavy barring mark this cuckoo. It hides in dense woodland and is often located by its voice.

• Grey-backed Cisticola Cisticola subruficapilla

  This small cisticola occurs in southern Africa. It searches for insects among low grass and shrubs, from dry scrub to coastal vegetation.

• Tapajos Hermit Phaethornis aethopygus

  Phaethornis aethopygus is a hermit hummingbird recorded along the Tapajós River in Brazil. The study examined specimens and field records from the river’s eastern bank.