Meet the world’s animals.

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• Mentawai Scops Owl Otus mentawi

  

  This island owl lives in lowland forest on the Mentawai Islands. It has reddish-chestnut and dark brown plumage morphs, with pale eyebrows and ear-tufts.

• Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus

  Male Hooded Siskins are conspicuous for their black caps and yellow-green bodies. They feed on small seeds from grasses and shrubs and form flocks.

• Buff-fronted Quail-Dove Zentrygon costaricensis

  The Buff-fronted Quail-Dove has a rufous-brown back, green nape, and a black stripe on its mostly white face. It is found on the ground in montane cloud forest in Costa Rica and western Panama.

• Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos

  Males are mainly black and silver, while females are reddish brown. Both have red facial skin, a crest, and a laterally compressed tail. They scratch the ground for food.

• White-barred Piculet Picumnus cirratus

  This tiny woodpecker is about 8.5–9 cm long. In Bolivia it occurs in dry to semi-humid forest and woodland, moving acrobatically among branches as it forages.

• Amazonian Black Tyrant Knipolegus poecilocercus

  Males are black, while females are olive-brown. The bird forages inconspicuously in dense understory in flooded or seasonally flooded forest.

• White-bellied Dacnis Dacnis albiventris

  The White-bellied Dacnis forages in the canopy of mature terra firme forest, which is not seasonally flooded. Males have blue heads and breasts with white bellies; females have greenish upperparts and yellowish underparts.

• Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus

  This flycatcher lives in eastern African grassland and semi-arid bushland. It drops from a perch to catch insects on the ground.

• Streak-capped Treehunter Thripadectes virgaticeps

  A treehunter of the southern Colombian Andes. The Sibundoy Valley field guide describes a dark head with fine white streaks, a reddish-brown back, and a chestnut tail.

• Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura melanura

  The Maroon-tailed Parakeet has a green body and dark maroon tail. It occurs in forested parts of Colombia and feeds on fruit in small flocks.

• Goeldi's Antbird Akletos goeldii

  Goeldi's Antbird occurs in Peru, Brazil and Bolivia. Males are black; females are rufous-brown with a grey head and white throat.

• Hoary Puffleg Haplophaedia lugens

  The Hoary Puffleg is a hummingbird of humid forests on the eastern Andes. It seeks nectar in the lower forest and along its edges.

• African fish eagle Icthyophaga vocifer

  A large eagle of African waterways that catches fish near the surface.

• Sula Scops Owl Otus sulaensis

  This owl lives on the Sula Islands. It has a grey-brown facial disk and dark streaks with pale bars on its underside.

• Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis

  The Dark-breasted Rosefinch has dark pink males with a pale throat and eyebrow. In Thimphu Valley it searches the ground for food in mountain forests and rocky sites.

• Negros Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba keayi

  A ground-dwelling pigeon of forests on Panay and Negros. It has a narrow red patch at the center of its white throat and breast, with green iridescence on the head and wings.

• Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius

  A large woodpecker of European forests, recognized by its black plumage and red head. It searches for ants and beetles on the ground and in trees, sometimes peeling bark to reach prey.

• Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus

  This small bird occurs in Cuba and the Bahamas. It uses a range of places with trees, from forest to scrub.

• Rufous-headed Tanager Hemithraupis ruficapilla

  This tanager occurs in southeastern and eastern Brazil, in moist lowland and montane forest, second growth, and plantations.

• Bornean Blue Flycatcher Cyornis superbus

  This flycatcher occurs on Borneo. The male is conspicuous for bright blue across the forehead and nape.

• Tepui Spinetail Cranioleuca demissa

  The Tepui Spinetail is a small ovenbird of the tepuis of southern Venezuela, western Guyana, and northern Brazil. It searches branches and bark for small prey in humid montane forest.

• Scaly-headed Parrot Pionus maximiliani

  This parrot occurs in central South America. Gray, finely edged feathers mark its head, and it uses forests and dry woodland while feeding on fruits and seeds.

• Large-tailed Antshrike Mackenziaena leachii

  Both sexes are dotted with white; males are mainly black and females brownish yellow. A paper reports a female carrying a frog in forest in southeastern Brazil.

• Little Hermit Phaethornis longuemareus

  A University of the West Indies guide describes this tiny hummingbird as about 10 cm long. The male's throat is slightly darker than the female's; it feeds on nectar and small invertebrates in humid lowland habitats.