Meet the world’s animals.

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• Parodi's Hemispingus Kleinothraupis parodii

  

  This tanager occurs in the eastern Andes of southern Peru. It uses humid montane forest and bamboo near the treeline, where it forages in small groups.

• White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti

  This long-tailed thrush is marked in black and white and lives along forest streams. It searches near the water for small invertebrates.

• Inambari Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae

  The Inambari Woodcreeper occurs in western Amazonia south of the Amazon River. Long pale streaks run from its throat to its vent, while the upperparts are nearly unmarked. It uses lowland and foothill forest, often high in the trees with mixed flocks.

• Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus

  A green-and-gray parakeet native to South America. It builds communal stick nests in trees and on poles, where groups live together.

• Streak-capped Antwren Terenura maculata

  A small antbird of the Atlantic Forest. It searches leafy middle and upper forest layers in pairs or family groups.

• Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii

  Canivet's Emerald ranges from southern Mexico through Central America to northwestern Costa Rica. It visits flowers in woodland edges and scrub to feed on nectar.

• Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus

  The Black-winged Kite is a small raptor with a grey back, white underparts, and black shoulder patches. It has a broad range across Africa, southern Europe, and parts of Asia.

• Rote Boobook Ninox rotiensis

  An owl endemic to Rote Island, Indonesia. A 2010 field study recorded it in dry woodland and around settlement trees.

• Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus

  This small African finch searches for seeds low in mountain forests. Males are black and yellow, while females are mostly greenish.

• Nicobar pigeon Caloenas nicobarica

  A pigeon with long neck feathers and gleaming blue-green plumage.

• Edward's Pheasant Lophura edwardsi

  Edward's Pheasant is a pheasant of the forests of central Vietnam. Males have a white crest on the head.

• Puerto Rican Woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis

  This woodpecker is endemic to Puerto Rico. It has a black back, white forehead, and red throat and breast, and searches dead trunks and branches for insects.

• Sao Francisco Black Tyrant Knipolegus franciscanus

  The Sao Francisco Black Tyrant is recorded in Brazil's dry-forest region. A survey in central Minas Gerais found it most often in dry forest and along its edges.

• Buff-bellied Tanager Thlypopsis inornata

  The Buff-bellied Tanager occurs in north-western Peru, with a record from extreme south-eastern Ecuador. It feeds on small arthropods in dry highland scrub. The account says females are duller than males and juveniles resemble females.

• White-bellied Redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides

  The White-bellied Redstart has dark blue males with a white lower belly, while females are mainly brown. In Nepal, it is recorded often in summer and rarely in lowlands in winter.

• Bamboo Foliage-gleaner Anabazenops dorsalis

  The Bamboo Foliage-gleaner is associated with bamboo and cane thickets. Its account highlights bamboo stands in southeastern Peru.

• El Oro Parakeet Pyrrhura orcesi

  The El Oro Parakeet lives on forested slopes of the western Andes in Ecuador. It feeds in social groups, and some breeding pairs are helped by other birds.

• Acre Antshrike Thamnophilus divisorius

  This antshrike is known from Serra do Divisor in Acre, Brazil. Males are dusky grey; females are grey above and tawny-rufous below.

• Butterfly Coquette Lophornis verreauxii

  A small hummingbird of Amazonian forests. Males show a white rump band and ornamental feathers, while females have a pale facial stripe.

• Rufous-tailed Hawk Buteo ventralis

  The Rufous-tailed Hawk is a South American hawk with a noticeable rufous tail. Its plumage ranges from light to dark forms.

• Northern boobook Ninox japonica

  An owl of woodland with large trees that hunts insects at night.

• Black-headed Canary Serinus alario

  Males combine black, white, and chestnut, while females have a gray-brown head with a chestnut back and tail. This canary moves through arid scrub following rain and seeding events.

• Goliath Imperial Pigeon Ducula goliath

  The Goliath Imperial Pigeon is a large pigeon of New Caledonia's humid forests. It eats fruit; seeds were found intact in digestive samples from birds studied there.

• Chestnut-throated Partridge Tetraophasis obscurus

  The Chestnut-throated Partridge is a pheasant-family bird with a long crest and a white band at the end of its tail. Detailed behaviour records come from observations in Lianhuashan Nature Reserve, Gansu, China.