Meet the world’s animals.

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• Eyebrowed Hemispingus Thlypopsis superciliaris

  

  This tanager forages in the canopy of humid Andean forest, often with mixed-species flocks. Plumage varies geographically; the description here is limited to birds from southern Cusco toward Bolivia.

• Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus

  The male Eversmann's Redstart has a silvery cap and orange back and underparts; the female is gray-brown with a rufous tail. It breeds in Central Asia and moves southwest for winter.

• Black-capped Piprites Piprites pileata

  This small bird inhabits highland Atlantic Forest from Brazil to Argentina. The male has a black cap and nape with warm-toned upperparts; the female is duller.

• Citrine Lorikeet Saudareos flavoviridis

  The Citrine Lorikeet has a green back and yellow, dark-scaled underparts. Small flocks gather at flowering trees along forest edges.

• 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.

• Fuertes's Parrot Hapalopsittaca fuertesi

  Fuertes's Parrot is an Andean parrot recognized by its turquoise nape and canopy feeding. Its documented range is concentrated on the western slope of Colombia’s Central Andes.

• Scaly-breasted Woodpecker Celeus grammicus

  The Scaly-breasted Woodpecker occurs across the Amazon region. Adults are chestnut to rufous, with dark bars above and below; males have a red malar stripe.

• Tolima Blossomcrown Anthocephala berlepschi

  This small hummingbird lives in humid montane forest and forest edges in Colombia's Central Andes. Its crown can look golden or coppery in the light, and it feeds on nectar.

• Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens

  The Dusky Turtle Dove is a dark gray dove with a black patch on the side of its neck. It searches for seeds in forests, bamboo stands, farmland, and other highland places in its range.

• White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata

  Its white face, long neck, and long legs stand out, and it gives a high-pitched whistle. It gathers in wetland flocks and feeds on insects and plants from mud and shallow water.

• Burrowing owl Athene cunicularia

  A small, long-legged owl that uses burrows in the ground for nesting and shelter.

• Rough-crested Malkoha Dasylophus superciliosus

  This malkoha occurs in the Philippines. In moist lowland forest it moves through vine tangles while searching for large insects and other prey. Differences in body traits among island populations and subspecies have also been reported.

• Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii

  This small cisticola has fine streaks on its head and back. It forages in short grassland; males sing in high flight and sometimes dive with wing-snapping sounds.

• Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus

  The Olive Thrush is a southern African bird with a bright orange belly and dark gray head and back. It turns leaf litter over to find earthworms and insects.

• Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena

  This francolin walks through shrubland and semi-open areas in southern Africa, searching for seeds and insects. It may raise its tail when excited.

• Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina

  The Evening Grosbeak is a stocky finch with a massive bill. Males are yellow and black, while females are mostly gray.

• Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus

  It is a hawk found from the southern United States through Mexico and Central America. In the southern United States, it uses forests along rivers.

• Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus

  This woodcreeper occurs in Bolivia's forests. Its short, straight bill and unstreaked grey or olive body help identify it; it searches trunks and branches for insects.

• Cinereous Warbling Finch Microspingus cinereus

  The Cinereous Warbling Finch is a small bird of Brazil's central Cerrado. Its distribution is sparse and local, and field knowledge remains limited according to the species account.

• Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris

  The Cape Rock-Thrush lives in rocky areas and grassland in southern Africa, often in pairs or small groups. Males have a blue-gray head and throat with a brown back; females have buff underparts.

• Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant Anairetes flavirostris

  This small tyrant flycatcher lives in the Peruvian Andes and forages alone or in pairs in dry scrub.

• Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus

  This slim parrot has a long blue-black tail and a yellow shoulder patch. Males are mostly yellow, while females and young birds are greener. It occurs in two separated parts of southern Australia.

• Bananal Antbird Cercomacra ferdinandi

  An antbird recorded along the Araguaia and Tocantins river corridors of central Brazil, using dense river-edge thickets in flood-prone areas.

• Diademed Amazon Amazona diadema

  Amazona diadema is a parrot of the Brazilian Amazon basin between the Rio Negro and the Rio Solimões.