Meet the world’s animals.

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• Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul

  

  The Chestnut-backed Antbird is described as an understory bird of lowland tropical forest from Honduras to Ecuador. The committee page describes five subspecies in two broad groups distinguished in part by white wing spots.

• Slender-billed Finch Xenospingus concolor

  It occurs in arid regions from central Peru to northern Chile, including riparian woodland and scrub near coastal wetlands.

• Golden-crowned Emerald Cynanthus auriceps

  This small hummingbird lives in western Mexico. Males are green with a deeply forked tail; females are paler below and have a shallower tail fork. A western Mexico study that included this species described an open-cup nest made from plant material and spider web.

• Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia

  The species ranges from Central America into northern South America. The page's photo is the Mexican subspecies schistaceiceps, showing a gray head and white eye-rings.

• Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia

  Bruce's Green Pigeon is a daytime fruit-eating pigeon of Afrotropical woodland, savanna, and riverine forest.

• Seychelles Owl Otus insularis

  This small owl uses the remaining and secondary forests of Mahé. Short ear tufts, a rufous-brown back, and a low raspy call help identify it.

• Grey-crowned Woodpecker Colaptes auricularis

  This woodpecker lives in the foothills of western Mexico. It has a green back and barred underparts; the male has a red cheek stripe.

• Trinidad Euphonia Euphonia trinitatis

  A small tanager found on Trinidad and in northern South America. It feeds on fruit in treetops and is seen in pairs or small groups.

• Bagobo Babbler Leonardina woodi

  This flycatcher lives in forests on Mindanao. Its chestnut upperparts and long tail stand out, and it searches for invertebrates near the ground.

• African fish eagle Icthyophaga vocifer

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

• Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura aegithaloides

  This small bird lives in dry scrub and woodland edges, and it is recorded hanging upside down from branches. It feeds mostly on insects.

• Serra Antwren Formicivora serrana

  This small antwren occurs in southeastern Brazil. A studied coastal population of subspecies F. s. littoralis maintained territories.

• White-bridled Finch Melanodera melanodera

  The White-bridled Finch forages on the ground in the grasslands of Magallanes and has conspicuous yellow wings.

• Peruvian Racket-tail Ocreatus peruanus

  The Peruvian Racket-tail lives in humid mountain forest and along forest edges on the eastern Andes. Males have elongated tail feathers and leg puffs; it feeds on nectar and small insects.

• Cinnamon Attila Attila cinnamomeus

  The Cinnamon Attila occurs in Amazonian floodplain forest, edges, and river islands, foraging in the canopy and subcanopy. In Peru, the account records it in Loreto and Ucayali and describes it as uncommon there.

• Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea

  The Speckled Pigeon is an African pigeon with rows of white spots on its closed wings. It lives in savannas, open woodlands and gardens, and mainly eats seeds and grain.

• Barking Boobook Ninox connivens

  This owl is active at night. Adults have a gray-brown back with white spots on the wings, and they hunt small to medium-sized animals.

• Arabian Woodpecker Dendrocoptes dorae

  The Arabian Woodpecker is a small woodpecker of western Saudi Arabia's highlands. It opens holes in tree trunks to take insect prey.

• Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea

  The Blue Chaffinch uses its short, strong bill to eat seeds. Around Teide it forages from Canary pine woods to high-elevation retama scrub.

• White-bellied Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis pallidipes

  The White-bellied Blue-Flycatcher lives in forest undergrowth in the Western Ghats. Males are blue and white; females show brown, grey, rufous, and white.

• Bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus

  A mountain vulture with beard-like feathers below the beak and a diet centered on bone.

• Caribbean Hornero Furnarius longirostris

  A hornero of Colombia and Venezuela. A grayish crown is described as a useful clue for distinguishing it from closely related horneros.

• Manu Antbird Cercomacra manu

  This antbird is common in bamboo patches of southeastern Peru. It forages almost exclusively in stands of Guadua bamboo.

• Black-chested Mountain Tanager Cnemathraupis eximia

  This tanager inhabits high-elevation forests and scrub in the northern Andes. It eats fruit and insects and moves through the canopy in small or mixed flocks.