Meet the world’s animals.

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• Rusty-collared Seedeater Sporophila collaris

  

  The Rusty-collared Seedeater lives in wet grasslands and marshes of southern South America. Males have a rusty collar.

• Atlas Pied Flycatcher Ficedula speculigera

  The male has conspicuous white patches on the forehead and wings in spring. It breeds in mountain forests from Morocco to Tunisia; much of its winter range is unknown.

• Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare

  This small flycatcher occurs in Central American forest. At Guatemala's Laguna del Tigre National Park, it appears regularly in annual bird counts.

• Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans

  An olive-green parrot with a yellow face and blue forehead band. It searches on the ground for seeds and nests in tree hollows.

• Plain-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus schistaceus

  This antshrike forages in the middle levels of Amazonian forest and often joins mixed-species flocks. Plumage differs by sex and between birds north and south of the Amazon River.

• Military Macaw Ara militaris

  This large macaw is mostly green, with a red forehead and blue wings. Its three subspecies are geographically separate, from Mexico through the Andes to Bolivia and Argentina.

• Blond-crested Woodpecker Celeus flavescens

  The Blond-crested Woodpecker lives in forests and open woodland of eastern South America. The male has a pale golden crest and a red cheek stripe, and the species eats ants and termites.

• Green-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis viridipallens

  This hummingbird occurs in highlands from southern Mexico into northern Central America. Males have a green throat and females a white one; it uses cloud forest and other wooded habitats.

• Pink Pigeon Nesoenas mayeri

  Endemic to Mauritius, this island pigeon has soft pinkish-gray plumage and a red bill. It feeds on fruits and seeds in remaining native forest and helps disperse seeds.

• Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis

  A North American diving duck. Males are mainly black and white, females are brown, and the back of the head has a small peak.

• Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum

  The Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl is a small owl that is active by day as well as at night. Small birds sometimes gather to mob it.

• Northern Hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus

  A cuckoo with a bright yellow eye-ring. It breeds in northeastern Asia, and juveniles have been recorded in Hong Kong in autumn.

• Cinnamon-breasted Warbler Euryptila subcinnamomea

  A small warbler of rocky, arid country. It searches rocks and shrubs for insects and is usually solitary.

• Rufous-collared Robin Turdus rufitorques

  The Rufous-collared Robin is a large thrush of Central American highlands, including forest edges near farmland and villages.

• Hartlaub's Francolin Pternistis hartlaubi

  This francolin lives on rocky hillsides in Namibia and Angola. Males and females differ in their underpart pattern and the feathers beneath the tail.

• Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni

  This small finch breeds at high northern latitudes. In winter records from British Columbia, adult males appear especially pale.

• Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus

  The sexes look different: males are gray, while females are brown with a white rump.

• Northern Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura longicauda

  This woodcreeper occurs in the Guianas and in Brazil north of the Amazon. In dry-ground and periodically flooded lowland forest, it climbs trunks from the base while searching for insects.

• Plumbeous Seedeater Sporophila plumbea

  The Plumbeous Seedeater is a small bird about 10.5–11 cm long. In lowland Bolivia it is recorded in wooded grassland and savanna; in Colombia, records include the eastern plains and parts of the Andes.

• Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris

  The Mocking Cliff-chat lives in rocky areas from eastern into southern Africa. Males have black upperparts and a chestnut belly; females have dark grey upperparts and deep rufous underparts. It eats insects and fruit.

• Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris

  This kingbird has a large head, massive bill, black mask, and white throat and breast. It launches from a high perch to catch insects, then returns to the perch.

• Ultramarine Lorikeet Vini ultramarina

  The Ultramarine Lorikeet is a small parrot surviving in the Marquesas on Ua Huka. It moves through the forest canopy and feeds on flowers, fruit and other foods.

• Saturnine Antshrike Thamnomanes saturninus

  An antshrike with dark grey and black plumage in males and olive-brown plumage in females. It eats varied insects in South American lowland evergreen forest.

• 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.