Meet the world’s animals.

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• Peruvian Screech Owl Megascops roboratus

  

  This owl ranges from southern Ecuador to northwestern Peru. It uses mostly dry woodland and semi-open landscapes with old trees that have cavities; both grey and red morphs occur.

• Orange-throated Sunangel Heliangelus mavors

  Males have a throat that can glow orange in good light and a pale band across the breast. Females have a yellowish throat mottled with chestnut.

• Sclater's Antwren Myrmotherula sclateri

  This small antwren occurs in lowland Amazonian forest. It searches among dense leaves and vines and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Ornate Lorikeet Saudareos ornata

  The Ornate Lorikeet has a dark violet-blue head, a red-orange face, and a green body. It occurs on Sulawesi and nearby islands and feeds on nectar, pollen, and fruit.

• Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa

  The Plain-brown Woodcreeper uses the lower levels of humid forest in Peru. It forages alone or in mixed flocks and may follow army-ant swarms to catch prey flushed from cover.

• Hispaniolan Parakeet Psittacara chloropterus

  The Hispaniolan Parakeet is a green parrot native to Hispaniola. A city survey in the Dominican Republic found that records were associated with the richness of tree species.

• Andaman Teal Anas albogularis

  Endemic to the Andaman Islands, this teal is greyish-brown with a white eye-ring and throat. It has been observed in coastal wetlands near Port Blair.

• Taita Apalis Apalis fuscigularis

  This apalis occurs in forest fragments in the Taita Hills of southeastern Kenya. It has sooty-gray upperparts, a black throat and breast, and gleans small invertebrates from low vegetation.

• Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus

  This small woodpecker has different head patterns in males and females: males have a red crown, while females have a white crown. It excavates its own tree cavity for nesting.

• Vietnamese Greenfinch Chloris monguilloti

  This small finch has a dark head and bright yellow wing panels. It lives in pine forests in southern Vietnam's highlands and forages in small flocks.

• Green peafowl Pavo muticus

  A Southeast Asian peafowl with green head and neck feathers. Males and females have similar colouring.

• Black-hooded Thrush Turdus olivater

  This thrush inhabits humid montane forest. The black-headed male of the nominate form searches for food among leaf litter.

• White-bellied Imperial Pigeon Ducula forsteni

  The White-bellied Imperial Pigeon is a large forest pigeon of Sulawesi and nearby Indonesian islands. It feeds mainly on fruit.

• Black Harrier Circus maurus

  The Black Harrier is a southern African harrier that hunts small mammals and birds while flying low over the ground.

• Mottle-backed Elaenia Elaenia gigas

  This large elaenia ranges from southeastern Colombia through eastern Ecuador and Peru to western Bolivia. Its raised crest and white crown patch stand out, and it uses moist shrubland, landslides, riparian growth, and forest clearings.

• Black-and-white Seedeater Sporophila luctuosa

  This seedeater uses scrub and forest edges on Peru's eastern Andes. Males are black and white; females and juveniles are olive-brown, and males can become browner after breeding.

• Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops

  Its dark brown body has a broad white patch on the open wing, and it is often seen on termite mounds or low perches. It feeds mainly on insects and ranges across sub-Saharan Africa.

• Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus

  The Red-faced Malkoha is a long-tailed cuckoo with a red face and green bill, native to Sri Lanka. It uses the forest canopy and dense undergrowth.

• Amazonian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium hardyi

  The 14–15 cm Amazonian Pygmy Owl lives in the canopy of primary tropical forest across much of Amazonia. It is partly active by day; one nest in French Guiana was in an old woodpecker hole.

• White-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis castaneoventris

  The White-throated Mountain-gem lives in Costa Rican mountain forest. The adult description notes a white throat, pale green breast, and grayish tail.

• Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys bicolor

  This antbird is recorded in Costa Rica's humid lowland forests. Its chestnut back, white underside, and blue-gray skin around the eye stand out; it uses the understory and adjacent secondary growth.

• Kuhl's Lorikeet Vini kuhlii

  This small lorikeet is native to Rimatara. It is often recorded in plantations and around villages where flowers and fruit are plentiful, and feeds on nectar.

• Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Dendroma rufa

  This foliage-gleaner ranges across parts of Central and South America. It forages in the subcanopy and along edges of semi-open subtropical forest, moving quickly along branches in search of invertebrates.

• Imperial Amazon Amazona imperialis

  The Imperial Amazon is endemic to Dominica, with a green body, red eyes and violet underparts.