Meet the world’s animals.

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• Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii

  

  A small flycatcher that breeds in North America and migrates through Central America to northern Colombia. It has an olive-brown back, a white throat and pale wing bars.

• Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana

  This thrush occurs in woodlands and gardens in south-central Africa. Photographs from South Africa in 2007 show grey-brown upperparts, a reddish belly, and an orange bill. It forages mainly on the ground, searching leaf litter for insects and fruit.

• Falcated Duck Mareca falcata

  The male stands out with a green and copper sheen on its head and long, curved ornamental feathers.

• Star-throated Antwren Rhopias gularis

  This small antwren lives in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. Both sexes have grey underparts, rufescent-brown upperparts and a black throat spotted with white. It forages low in dense vegetation.

• Golden Parakeet Guaruba guarouba

  The Golden Parakeet has a bright yellow body and green flight feathers. It forages in flocks, and other flock members may help care for chicks.

• Rufous-vented Whitetip Urosticte ruficrissa

  A small hummingbird of the northern Andes in Colombia and Ecuador. In males, the white tips of the central tail feathers stand out against the green plumage.

• Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Colaptes rivolii

  This woodpecker lives in humid forest and cloud forest in the Andes from Bolivia to Venezuela. It has striking red upperparts and a pale face; the male and female have differently colored facial stripes.

• Rufous-breasted Leaftosser Sclerurus scansor

  The Rufous-breasted Leaftosser lives in South American forests and searches leaf litter for small invertebrates. It has a dark face, a pale scaled throat and a chestnut rump.

• Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui

  The Coqui Francolin lives on the ground in woodland and savanna. When alarmed it may freeze in cover, and it is often found in pairs.

• Palau Owl Otus podarginus

  This owl has rufous, barred plumage and a yellow bill. It occurs across the Palau islands in mangroves, rainforest, and around villages.

• Brown-backed Scrub Robin Erythropygia hartlaubi

  This small robin has a brown back. It uses tall grass savanna and scrub near woodland, where it searches for invertebrates on the ground.

• Brambling Fringilla montifringilla

  A bird with orange shoulders and breast that arrives in flocks for autumn and winter.

• Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris

  This small bird lives in humid lowland forests in western and central Africa, including Ghana. It is resident and searches foliage for small invertebrates.

• Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus

  In southern Africa, the Black Cuckoo is a migrant that breeds in summer. It is often noticed by its call because the bird itself is hard to see. It lays its eggs in nests of other birds, including boubous.

• Black-cheeked Lovebird Agapornis nigrigenis

  The Black-cheeked Lovebird is a small green parrot. In the wild it lives in flocks that visit water and feeds mainly on grass seeds.

• Polynesian Imperial Pigeon Ducula aurorae

  The Polynesian Imperial Pigeon is a large pigeon still recorded on Makatea in French Polynesia. Adults have a pale grey head and green-glossed blue back, and they feed on fruit.

• Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata

  A medium-sized eagle. Adults have dark brown upperparts and a white, dark-streaked underside; juveniles are much paler.

• Small Tree Finch Camarhynchus parvulus

  This small Darwin's finch lives in highlands and forest transition zones of the Galápagos. The male's black hood develops with age, with differences among islands.

• Golden-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes hemichrysus

  This flycatcher is found in the montane forests of Costa Rica and western Panama. Its yellow underparts and dark stripe between the throat and lower cheek are distinctive. It eats fruit and insects and is usually seen in pairs or small family groups.

• Song Thrush Turdus philomelos

  A thrush with brown upperparts and a spotted breast that repeats short phrases in its song.

• Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea

  This diving duck lives in the Peruvian Andes. Males have a reddish-brown body and blue bill, while females are dark brown.

• Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis

  This antshrike is associated with low vegetation at water edges. The Peru Aves account records foraging in permanently or seasonally flooded forest, lake edges, and along slow-flowing creeks.

• Cordilleran Parakeet Psittacara frontatus

  This medium-sized parakeet ranges through the Andes of southern Ecuador and Peru. Red on the forehead and thighs and bare white eye-rings are conspicuous. It can also be found in fields and orchards as well as forest habitats.

• Santa Marta Blossomcrown Anthocephala floriceps

  This hummingbird lives in the Santa Marta mountains. The male has a peach-toned crown and gray throat, and the bird takes nectar from small flowers low in the vegetation.