Meet the world’s animals.

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• Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus

  

  An adult woodpecker with a bright red head and bold black-and-white wings that eats insects and nuts.

• Middle American Screech Owl Megascops guatemalae

  This screech-owl ranges from Mexico to northern Nicaragua. Greyish and reddish morphs occur, and it uses humid as well as drier forests and woodland from low to mid elevations.

• Forest Thrush Turdus lherminieri

  The Forest Thrush has russet upperparts, a yellow bill and legs, and a scaly-looking breast. It searches leaf litter for small prey and also eats fruit.

• White-shouldered Antshrike Thamnophilus aethiops

  This antshrike forages in the upper understorey and mid-storey of Amazonian forest; plumage varies among subspecies and sexes.

• Spot-crowned Euphonia Euphonia imitans

  This euphonia occurs on the southern Pacific slope of Costa Rica. Males have a yellow forehead and underparts with blue-black upperparts; females have an olive back and rufous underparts.

• Northern Red-shouldered Macaw Diopsittaca nobilis

  A small green macaw with red shoulder feathers in adults. It eats seeds and fruit in South American savanna, woodland, and wetland habitats.

• Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris

  A small sunbird with a narrow blue-purple band on the male's breast, seen in forests and gardens in eastern South Africa.

• Black-lored Cisticola Cisticola nigriloris

  The Black-lored Cisticola is a highland cisticola with a reddish-brown head and brown back. It searches for small invertebrates by day in grassland and scrub near forest.

• Papuan Eagle Harpyopsis novaeguineae

  A large eagle of New Guinea’s forests, it hunts arboreal cuscuses and other animals.

• Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha

  A duck distributed in eastern and southern Africa. It uses shallow freshwater wetlands with vegetation; the male’s bill becomes redder during breeding, according to the regional account.

• Frilled Coquette Lophornis magnificus

  The Frilled Coquette is a small hummingbird found in Brazil. At one reserve in Santa Catarina, one adult male was repeatedly recorded visiting a garden feeder and flying into nearby riparian forest.

• Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura aegithaloides

  This small bird lives in dry scrub and woodland edges, and it is recorded hanging upside down from branches. It feeds mostly on insects.

• Crested Partridge Rollulus rouloul

  The male has a striking red crest and differs greatly in color from the female; both forage on the forest floor.

• Tumbesian Tyrannulet Nesotriccus tumbezanus

  This small flycatcher ranges from southwestern Ecuador to northwestern Peru and uses dry scrub and open woodland.

• Scarlet-chested Parakeet Neophema splendida

  The Scarlet-chested Parakeet has a blue head and yellow underbody; the male has a scarlet chest. It forages for seeds on the ground in dry inland scrub.

• White-bibbed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus rivoli

  The male's white crescent-shaped breast patch helps identify this fruit-eating pigeon. It lives mainly in mountain forests and feeds on fruit in the canopy.

• Crow Honeyeater Gymnomyza aubryana

  This honeyeater has a black body, yellow-orange bare skin around the eye, and a long, curved, two-coloured bill. It feeds on nectar and insects in dense forests in southern New Caledonia.

• Blue rock thrush Monticola solitarius

  A bird of coastal rocks and cliffs that is also seen in Japanese towns.

• Capped Seedeater Sporophila bouvreuil

  This seedeater occurs in South America. A plumage study separates reddish-brown males as Sporophila bouvreuil and grey-to-white males as the distinct S. pileata.

• Cuban Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus merlini

  The Cuban Lizard-cuckoo has red skin around the eyes and a long tail. It lives in forest and scrub and eats lizards, frogs, and other small prey.

• Yellow-eared Woodpecker Veniliornis maculifrons

  A small, short-billed woodpecker associated with humid forest, forest edges, and second growth.

• Everett's Scops Owl Otus everetti

  This small scops owl inhabits lower montane forest in the Philippines. It has a dark brown crown and ear-tufts, pale forehead, and orange-red eye rims.

• Finsch's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina finschi

  Finsch's Rufous Thrush lives in the lower levels of evergreen and semi-deciduous forests in West Africa, including forest near streams and swamps. It takes invertebrates from surfaces in the understory.

• Hairy-crested Antbird Rhegmatorhina melanosticta

  This antbird lives in the understory of Amazonian terra firme forest. The bare eye-ring and crest color vary among regions.