Meet the world’s animals.

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• Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata

  

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

• Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera

  The Blue-winged Goose is restricted to the Ethiopian Highlands and has blue-gray wing panels on a gray-brown body. It grazes near rivers and ponds and spends much of the year in flocks.

• White-bellied Mountain-gem Lampornis hemileucus

  This hummingbird lives in the mountains from Costa Rica to western Panama. Males have a purple throat; females have green throat spots.

• Firewood-gatherer Anumbius annumbi

  A small brown bird of the Pampas. It builds a large stick nest, and males decorate the outside with fur, feathers, and other objects.

• Madagascan Partridge Margaroperdix madagarensis

  The Madagascar Partridge is a colorful, ground-dwelling bird. By day it searches for seeds, berries, and small insects, usually in pairs or family groups.

• 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.

• Rock Parrot Neophema petrophila

  The Rock Parrot is a small parrot of coastal and offshore-island habitats along southern Australia. It searches for seeds and fruit in coastal grassland and scrub.

• Philippine Collared Dove Streptopelia dusumieri

  A dove of the Philippine islands, it uses open woodland and farmland. Its pale underparts have a pink wash and its neck bears a greenish half-collar.

• White-throated Robin-Chat Cossypha humeralis

  This bird has dark upperparts, a white eyebrow and throat, and a rufous belly. It lives in wooded thickets in southern Africa and searches for food on the ground, flicking leaves aside.

• Pearly-breasted Conebill Conirostrum margaritae

  This conebill occurs along major rivers in Loreto, northeastern Peru, where it is found in river-created woodland and islands.

• Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii

  This woodpecker has an orange back and a black line across its head. It climbs tree trunks to search for insects and was recorded in Sarpang, southern Bhutan.

• Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum

  The Red-chested Owlet is a small owl without ear-tufts. It lives in forest and along forest edges and feeds chiefly on invertebrates.

• Abyssinian Ground Thrush Geokichla piaggiae

  This ground thrush is marked by an orange head and breast, olive-brown upperparts, and a white eye-ring. It searches for fruit and small prey in the lower parts of mountain forest.

• Rio Branco Antbird Cercomacra carbonaria

  This antbird lives in gallery forest in Roraima, northern Brazil, and adjacent Guyana. Males and females differ in plumage.

• Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus

  This finch lives at high elevations in southwestern China. Males have red markings around the brow and cheeks, while females are olive or yellow-green. It may move to lower elevations in winter.

• Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri

  A green parakeet native to South America, with yellow wing feathers. It eats seeds, fruit, and flowers, and nests in tree-dwelling termite mounds.

• Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga

  Adults are dark brown with broad wings; young birds have prominent white spots on the back and wings.

• White-winged Duck Asarcornis scutulata

  The White-winged Duck lives in wetlands beside forests. It moves between feeding areas and resting places around dawn and dusk.

• Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris

  A tiny hummingbird that breeds in eastern North America. It hovers while taking nectar from flowers and migrates to Central America in autumn.

• Double-banded Greytail Xenerpestes minlosi

  The Double-banded Greytail is a small ovenbird recorded in eastern Panama and parts of Colombia. A field study in Panama documented a nest in a heavily cleared town, built in a tree fork.

• Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus

  In introduced North American populations, males have a red face and white neck ring, while females are brown. They search the ground for seeds and insects.

• Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus

  This flycatcher is common in Peru's Andean montane forests. At forest edges and in semi-open places, it searches for food from exposed branch tips.

• Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus

  This medium-sized parrot is notable for its red shoulder patches. It feeds in the canopy of open woodland and trees along watercourses.

• Tanimbar Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia timorlaoensis

  A large, long-tailed dove restricted to the Tanimbar Islands. It uses lowland forest and woodland; males are boldly barred above and below.