Meet the world’s animals.
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- Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant Uromyias agraphia
Photo: Christoph Moning · (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0 The Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant is endemic to Peru and lives in humid montane forest on the eastern Andean slope.
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
A small dove seen in Britain in spring and summer. Its chestnut-and-black mottled back and ground-feeding habits make it distinctive.
- Caspian Snowcock Tetraogallus caspius
The Caspian Snowcock is a grey-brown bird with white and rusty markings that lives on rocky mountains near the snow line.
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
The Syrian Woodpecker is a black-and-white woodpecker with pale red feathers under its tail, and it also uses trees in gardens and parks.
- Patagonian Canastero Pseudasthenes patagonica
Patagonian Canastero inhabits dry steppe and shrubland in the southern half of Argentina. It is mostly grayish brown, with a whitish, black-speckled throat and a mainly black tail edged with rufous. It feeds in scrub and may hold its tail upright when on the ground.
- Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Muscicapa ruficauda
This flycatcher occurs in Asia, including northern India and Nepal. Its rusty tail stands out; it breeds in open montane forest and searches for insects at forest edges and clearings in winter.
- Atlantic Canary Serinus canaria
This is the wild canary of the Azores, Madeira, and the Canary Islands. The profile covers the island species, not domestic canary breeds.
- Gray-cheeked Parakeet Brotogeris pyrrhoptera
This small parakeet occurs in southeastern Ecuador and northwestern Peru. It uses dry woodland and is also recorded on farmland where large trees remain.
- Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata
This hummingbird is recorded in Argentina's humid scrub and forests. The local account describes a fork-tailed, vivid male and a greener-backed, gray-bellied female.
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
Pel's Fishing Owl lives near rivers and lakes south of the Sahara in Africa and catches fish. It uses waterside trees for roosting and nesting.
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
The Roadside Hawk is a small raptor of forests and open areas in Central and South America.
- Red-necked Tanager Tangara cyanocephala
In Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, this tanager feeds on fruit in the canopy and at forest edges, sometimes joining mixed-species flocks.
- Large-billed Antwren Herpsilochmus longirostris
This antwren occurs in forests and scrub on the Brazilian plateau and in northeastern Bolivia. A white eyebrow and spotted gray breast help identify it.
- d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoides
In Bolivia's highlands, D'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant perches upright on bushes and sallies for arthropods. It is more secretive in dry Polylepis woodland.
- White-bellied Imperial Pigeon Ducula forsteni
The White-bellied Imperial Pigeon is a large forest pigeon of Sulawesi and nearby Indonesian islands. It feeds mainly on fruit.
- Orange-necked Hill Partridge Arborophila davidi
Surveys in southern Vietnam found it on slopes with bamboo and deep leaf litter. Its orange neck and black eye-stripe extending down the lower neck are distinctive.
- Ocellated Piculet Picumnus dorbignyanus
This small woodpecker is recorded in northern Salta, Argentina. Males have red and white spots on the head; females lack the red. It occurs in savanna and scrub habitats.
- Rusty-headed Spinetail Synallaxis fuscorufa
This ovenbird is restricted to Colombia's Santa Marta mountains. It searches among branches in montane forest understory and scrub.
- White-fronted Black Chat Pentholaea albifrons
The pool's older generic combination Pentholaea albifrons is updated here to Oenanthe albifrons. The appearance account is for the nominate race, while Senegal is within the range of a different form, frontalis.
- Yellow-bellied Siskin Spinus xanthogastrus
The Yellow-bellied Siskin is a small finch whose male has a black head, yellow belly, and yellow wing patch. It lives near forests and forest edges from Central America into the Andes.
- Yellow-naped Amazon Amazona auropalliata
The Yellow-naped Amazon is a parrot whose green feathers blend into forest foliage as it flies and feeds in flocks.
- Streak-throated Hermit Phaethornis rupurumii
The Streak-throated Hermit occurs in the Amazon region of northern South America. It has pale green-gold upperparts, a black-streaked throat, and long central tail feathers with white tips.
- Peruvian Screech Owl Megascops roboratus
This owl ranges from southern Ecuador to northwestern Peru. It uses mostly dry woodland and semi-open landscapes with old trees that have cavities; both grey and red morphs occur.
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
The Ovambo Sparrowhawk is a hawk of sub-Saharan Africa. It hunts other birds around dry woodland edges and savannas.