Meet the world’s animals.

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• Curve-billed Reedhaunter Limnornis curvirostris

  

  This bird occurs in wetlands of Argentina and Uruguay. An 1888 natural-history account describes it in dense reeds rising from water, where it remains concealed.

• Fiery-throated Metaltail Metallura eupogon

  This hummingbird occurs on the eastern slope of the central Peruvian Andes. The male has an iridescent purple throat, and records come from humid mountain forest edges and nearby scrub.

• Grey Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens

  This antbird inhabits Amazonian forest, foraging among dense leaves and vines in the lower and middle layers. Males are grey and females are brownish.

• Ross's Goose Anser rossii

  A small goose that breeds in the Canadian Arctic and migrates to parts of the southern United States for winter. Adults are white with black wingtips, a shorter neck, and a smaller bill than a Snow Goose.

• Sangihe Hanging Parrot Loriculus catamene

  This small parrot lives on Sangihe Island, Indonesia. The male is green with red markings and feeds on nectar from coconut and other flowers. Females are also known to carry dry leaves to line their nests.

• Solitary Eagle Buteogallus solitarius

  The Solitary Eagle is a large raptor of tropical forests. Adults are almost entirely black with a white band across the middle of the tail. An Argentine regional account records mammals as prey and trees as nesting sites.

• Black-capped Hemispingus Kleinothraupis atropileus

  It occurs in northern Andean mountain forest, from south-western Venezuela through Colombia and Ecuador to far northern Peru. It is recorded at 2,300–3,200 m.

• Green peafowl Pavo muticus

  A Southeast Asian peafowl with green head and neck feathers. Males and females have similar colouring.

• Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis

  The Orange-fronted Parakeet is a small parrot with an orange band across the forehead. In the wild it nests in arboreal termite mounds or cavities and eats fruit and seeds.

• Great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major

  A woodpecker with black-and-white plumage and red underparts that clings to tree trunks.

• Scheepmaker's Crowned Pigeon Goura scheepmakeri

  Scheepmaker’s crowned pigeon is a large pigeon with a lacy blue crest and deep maroon chest. It lives in lowland forests of south-eastern New Guinea.

• Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus

  Pallas's Rosefinch is about 16–18 cm long. The sexes differ in plumage, and birds in forests from central Siberia to northern Mongolia eat plant seeds.

• Flammulated Flycatcher Ramphotrigon flammulatum

  This flycatcher lives in brush and thorn forest from lowlands into foothills of western Mexico. It can be hard to notice while quiet; a 2013 recording from Jalisco captured a male singing from a tree along a trail.

• White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus

  A small bird of Southeast Asian forest floors and thickets. Males have rich songs and can imitate the calls of other birds.

• Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis

  The Spotted Owl is a large owl of western North American forests. It silently hunts small mammals at night.

• Striolated Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura striolata

  This furnariid was studied in montane mixed forest in southern Brazil. A 2003–2004 study observed a tendency to forage alone along shrub branches.

• 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.

• Klages's Antbird Drymophila klagesi

  Klages's Antbird lives in montane forest from northern Venezuela to eastern Colombia. Pairs forage in bamboo and dense lower growth for insects and other small prey.

• Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata

  The Wandering Whistling Duck is a large, red-brown duck. In Kakadu it uses deep wetlands and flooded plains; its whistling call and wing noise may be heard as it flies to roost at dusk.

• Brown Lory Chalcopsitta duivenbodei

  The Brown Lory has olive-brown plumage with a yellow face and yellow wing bands. It lives in moist lowland forests of northern New Guinea and feeds on nectar, pollen, and other plant material.

• Indian Vulture Gyps indicus

  Adult Indian Vultures have a heavy pale bill and a rounded head covered with fine pale feathers.

• Black-and-yellow Tanager Chrysothlypis chrysomelas

  Males have yellow heads and underparts with black backs and wings. Females are olive above and yellow below; both use the canopy of wet forests to search for fruit and arthropods.

• Gray-breasted Francolin Pternistis rufopictus

  This ground-dwelling gamebird uses Tanzanian savannas and grassland. Its red bill, orange-red bare throat, and black-and-white facial pattern are conspicuous.

• Red-fronted Parrotlet Touit costaricensis

  This green parrotlet has a red forehead. In Panama, it may forage in small groups low in the canopy early in the morning.