Meet the world’s animals.

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• Itatiaia Spinetail Asthenes moreirae

  

  This small ovenbird lives in high-elevation grasslands of southeastern Brazil. Its long, frayed tail is distinctive, and it forages among grass and shrubs.

• Caspian Snowcock Tetraogallus caspius

  The Caspian Snowcock is a grey-brown bird with white and rusty markings that lives on rocky mountains near the snow line.

• Plumbeous Tyrant Knipolegus cabanisi

  A tyrant flycatcher of forest edges and scrub on the eastern Andean slope. Adult males and females have markedly different plumage.

• Red-capped Parrot Purpureicephalus spurius

  This parrot from extreme southwestern Australia has a red head and purple-blue underparts in the male. Its elongated upper bill helps dislodge large marri seeds.

• Spectacled Imperial Pigeon Ducula perspicillata

  The Spectacled Imperial Pigeon is a large pigeon recorded in North Maluku, Indonesia.

• Malaysian Blue Flycatcher Cyornis turcosus

  The male has deep blue upperparts and an orange throat and breast. In lowland forest understory, it catches flying insects in short sallies from a low perch.

• Scarlet-browed Tanager Heterospingus xanthopygius

  This tanager occurs from Panama through Colombia to Ecuador. Males are mostly black with a white eyebrow and scarlet eyebrow tufts; the species uses humid lowland forest and its edges.

• Black-faced Coucal Centropus melanops

  The Black-faced Coucal is a cuckoo family bird of Philippine forests and forest edges. By day, it searches near the ground for small invertebrates.

• Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis

  The Gila Woodpecker lives in arid parts of the southwestern United States and Mexico. It has a barred back and excavates nest cavities in saguaro cacti, which other birds may later use.

• Whiskered Screech Owl Megascops trichopsis

  The Whiskered Screech-Owl is a small owl of Mexican canyon and foothill woodlands. It has fine gray, black, and white markings and feeds mainly on insects.

• Dusky thrush Turdus eunomus

  In Japan it arrives in woodland in autumn and also uses fields, riverbanks and lawns in winter. It runs over the ground and repeatedly pauses.

• White-throated Antbird Oneillornis salvini

  This antbird lives in lowland Amazonian forest. The male is gray with a white throat, while the female is reddish brown with black barring; in Peru it uses the forest understory.

• Japanese grosbeak Eophona personata

  A bird with a large yellow bill and clear, ringing calls.

• Blaze-winged Parakeet Pyrrhura devillei

  Adult Blaze-winged Parakeets are mostly green, with a gray-brown crown and red feathers at the bend of the wing. Wild birds eat fruit and other plant foods, including seeds, nuts, and flowers.

• Gosling's Apalis Apalis goslingi

  An apalis recorded in Central African forests. Oiseaux.net associates it with montane forest and freshwater habitats and classifies it as an arboreal invertebrate gleaner.

• Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythrauchen

  The Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk is a raptor with a grey body and a striking rufous collar. It lives in forests of the Moluccas and watches from tree perches.

• Torrent Duck Merganetta armata

  The torrent duck lives on fast rivers in the Andes. It dives into the current to catch aquatic insect larvae and other small prey.

• Planalto Hermit Phaethornis pretrei

  This hermit hummingbird occurs in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its long, slightly curved bill and long tail feathers are distinctive.

• Dusky-tailed Canastero Pseudasthenes humicola

  A canastero found in Chile. The nominate subspecies has a brown back and pale eyebrow; a central Chile study recorded nesting in thorny scrub and cactus areas.

• Black-billed Capercaillie Tetrao urogalloides

  This grouse has strongly different male and female plumage. In Siberian taiga, males gather at visible display sites in spring, calling and fanning their tails during courtship.

• White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis albicauda

  The White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant is about 25–28 cm long. This diurnal bird of the high Andes looks for prey from a perch.

• Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor

  The Swift Parrot has a green body and a striking red face. It breeds in Tasmania and moves to mainland Australia in search of flowering trees.

• Tuxtla Quail-Dove Zentrygon carrikeri

  A forest dove restricted to a small area of southern Mexico. Bluish-purple tones cover its head and breast, and small numbers occur in moist broadleaf forest from lowlands to mountains.

• Mangrove Blue-flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra

  This flycatcher hunts insects in mangrove forest. It has dark-blue upperparts and orange underparts, with different facial and throat colors in females.