Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps

  

  This flycatcher lives in moist forest from Central America into north-western South America and catches small insects in the canopy and at forest edges.

• Little Slaty Flycatcher Ficedula basilanica

  Endemic to Philippine islands, this flycatcher inhabits the shaded understory of humid evergreen forest and keeps out of sight.

• African Orange-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris

  The African Orange-bellied Parrot has an orange-red belly in males and a brown-grey abdomen in females. It eats fruits and seeds in dry scrub and acacia woodlands.

• Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps

  The Yellow-crowned Parakeet is a green parrot that spends much of its time high in the forest canopy. Its yellow crown and crimson forehead band help identify it.

• Cinnamon Imperial Pigeon Ducula basilica

  The Cinnamon Imperial Pigeon is a large pigeon of forest on Indonesia's North Maluku Islands. It eats fruit.

• Bearded Screech Owl Megascops barbarus

  This small owl is 16–20 cm long. It lives in highland pine, pine-oak, and cloud forest and is active at night.

• Rufous-tailed Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla erythrura

  The Rufous-tailed Stipplethroat lives in lowland and foothill evergreen forest in western Amazonia. Males have a gray face, whitish streaked throat, and rufous rump and tail; females are more ochre below. It gleans insects and spiders from dead leaves. Breeding biology is poorly known.

• Black-and-chestnut Eagle Spizaetus isidori

  This large eagle has a black crest and a chestnut belly marked with black. It lives in humid forests of northwestern South America and takes arboreal mammals and large birds.

• Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola

  A woodpecker of open Andean highlands, marked by a white rump and yellow wings, that often feeds on the ground.

• Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii

  At about 26–28 cm long, this cuckoo breeds in Madagascar. It searches for invertebrates in forest, forest edge, and scrub habitats, then migrates.

• Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi

  Males have a rich rusty head and nape, a dark softly mottled back with blackish edges, gray underparts, and a dark tail with white tips and bars. A 2006 survey recorded it as one of the most abundant species in three western Kenyan papyrus swamps.

• Glittering-throated Emerald Chionomesa fimbriata

  This hummingbird is widespread across northern South America. It has a glittering green throat and a white stripe down the center of its belly. It feeds on nectar and occurs in forest, scrub, savanna, gardens, and other settings.

• Glaucous Tanager Thraupis glaucocolpa

  This blue tanager occurs from Colombia's Caribbean coast to northern Venezuela. It mainly eats fruit and is seen in pairs or small groups.

• Scaly Francolin Pternistis squamatus

  The Scaly Francolin is a ground-dwelling bird with dull-brown plumage, a red bill, and red legs. It stays in thick cover and can be hard to see.

• Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos

  The Blue Duck is endemic to New Zealand. It lives along clear rivers with forested banks and occurs on both the North and South Islands.

• 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.

• 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.

• Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus

  The Common Rosefinch breeds across northern Asia and parts of eastern and central Europe, then moves southeast for winter. Older males are red; females and young males are brown.

• Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus

  This tiny flycatcher stays in the lower levels of Amazonian forest. Its broad bill, rufous crown, and black-edged cheek markings distinguish it from similar spadebills.

• Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope

  It breeds in Siberia and eastern Asia and migrates south. Hong Kong records are from autumn passage and winter.

• Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus

  The Senegal Parrot lives along savanna edges in western and central Africa. Its gray head and green and yellow body colors stand out.

• Green Rosella Platycercus caledonicus

  The Green Rosella is the largest rosella. Its two described subspecies differ slightly in colour pattern, with yellow head and underparts, blue-violet cheeks, a red forehead band, and a green-and-black back among the notable features.

• Ring-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas caribaea

  The Ring-tailed Pigeon is a large pigeon endemic to Jamaica. Its tail has a dark band and a broad pale tip, and it lives in forest.

• Moluccan Scops Owl Otus magicus

  The Moluccan Scops Owl is active at night and has black-spotted plumage that occurs in several color forms.