Meet the world’s animals.
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- Rufous-backed Honeyeater Ptiloprora guisei
Photo: tlaloc27 · (c) tlaloc27, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0 During the Bishop Museum expedition to Mount Dayman in Papua New Guinea, it was recorded frequently above 1,400 m and used several forest strata.
- Pale-bellied Mourner Rhytipterna immunda
This tyrant flycatcher occurs in the Amazon region. A 2005 survey in Bolivia found it in the canopy of low-stature forest and in semi-open scrub with scattered trees.
- White-throated Rock Thrush Monticola gularis
The White-throated Rock Thrush is marked by a blue crown and a white line down the throat. It ranges across eastern and southeastern Asia and eats insects.
- Cape Eagle Owl Bubo capensis
This large owl has heavy barring on its tawny chest, dark blotches on the flanks, orange eyes and powerful feet. It hunts mainly mammals at night and occurs in scattered rocky areas.
- Parker's Spinetail Cranioleuca vulpecula
A small ovenbird of islands in the Amazon river system. It uses young grass and scrub and searches trunks and branches for small arthropods.
- Sapphire-spangled Emerald Chionomesa lactea
This hummingbird has a green body with a shimmering violet-blue throat and breast. In eastern Peru it visits flowers at forest edges and secondary growth, and also catches small insects in flight.
- White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius
The White-chinned Thrush is endemic to Jamaica. Adult males and females look similar, with a dark grey head and back, a white wing patch, pale chin, and orange bill. It searches forest floors for small animals and fruit.
- Scaled Antbird Drymophila squamata
This antbird inhabits the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. Males are mainly black and white, females brown and buff, and crown spotting varies among birds.
- Red Shoveler Spatula platalea
The Red Shoveler filters small animals and plants from the water with its broad, flattened bill. Males are reddish brown; females and young birds are mottled brown.
- Orange-bellied Parakeet Neophema chrysogaster
The Orange-bellied Parakeet has a green back, wings, and flanks, a yellow chest, blue wing and brow markings, and a vivid orange belly patch. It breeds in southwestern Tasmania in summer and moves to mainland coasts for the rest of the year.
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
The Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo is a slender cuckoo resembling a drongo, with a long, square-ended tail. It catches insects in the forest canopy and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.
- Cape Verde Buzzard Buteo bannermani
The Cape Verde Buzzard occurs in the Cape Verde Islands. One adult described as typical in an article had a dark bib contrasting with a finely barred belly. The 2013 Rui Vaz Natural Park plan says this buzzard eats insects, rats and small birds and nests on rocky escarpments.
- Opal-crowned Tanager Tangara callophrys
This tanager forages in the canopy of mature Amazonian forests, often with mixed-species flocks. The Peru Aves account records it up to 1,000 m along the Andean foothills.
- Roberts's Warbler Oreophilais robertsi
Roberts's Warbler is a small bird of the highlands of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Adults have olive-brown upperparts, yellow eyes, a grayish-rufous breast, a white belly, and rufous flanks. It feeds on small invertebrates in montane thickets.
- Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra
A pheasant of high Himalayan forests. Males have vivid red plumage and blue facial lappets, and the birds move up and down the mountains with the seasons.
- Yellow-lored Amazon Amazona xantholora
The Yellow-lored Amazon is a green parrot whose adult male has a white forehead, yellow lores, and red around the eyes. The birds live in flocks and feed mostly in treetops.
- Scaly-bellied Woodpecker Picus squamatus
The Scaly-bellied Woodpecker has different head colors in adult males and females and a scale-like pattern on its belly. Its range and feeding records are presented for separate regions.
- Yungas Dove Leptotila megalura
The Yungas Dove is a dove of the Andean regions of Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. It is usually seen alone or in small, loose groups.
- Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata
A small brown finch with fine streaks on the head. It feeds on seeds in highland scrub and woodland edges from Ethiopia to northern Somalia.
- Galapagos Flycatcher Myiarchus magnirostris
The Galapagos Flycatcher lives in island forests and feeds mainly on insects, as well as fruit and flowers. It nests in cavities in trees and cacti.
- Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri
A redstart of North Africa, it catches small invertebrates on the ground in open woodland and scrub.
- Luzon Lowand Scops Owl Otus megalotis
The Luzon Lowland Scops Owl is a small owl on Luzon and nearby islands. It has large ear tufts and hunts insects at night.
- Scalloped Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes falcinellus
This woodcreeper searches along tree trunks in humid forest. It has a rufous back, pale eyebrow, and finely scalloped belly. It is associated with the Atlantic Forest, where one observed pair took turns incubating its eggs.
- Buff-tailed Sicklebill Eutoxeres condamini
The Buff-tailed Sicklebill has buff outer tail feathers and a streaked underside. It feeds on nectar in the understory of humid forests.