Meet the world’s animals.

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• Seychelles Magpie-Robin Copsychus sechellarum

  

  On Cousin Island, it forages on small animals exposed as Hawksbill Turtles dig their nests. It has also been seen feeding on turtle eggs.

• Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae

  A large woodcreeper of humid forests from southern Mexico through Central America to northwestern South America. It favors forest interiors but also occurs at edges and in mature secondary growth.

• Stripe-chested Antwren Myrmotherula longicauda

  The Stripe-chested Antwren is sexually dimorphic and forages in humid montane forest on the eastern Andes. It is often associated with bamboo patches; its northern Amazonian occurrence is local.

• White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila

  The White-tipped Sicklebill inhabits humid forests from Central America to north-western South America. Its strongly downcurved bill helps it take nectar from Heliconia flowers.

• Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis

  Adults are pale gray with darker gray wings and a black tail, and fly on long, pointed wings. They breed in the United States and migrate to South America afterward.

• White-browed Owl Athene superciliaris

  The White-browed Owl has a rounded brown head with white markings and is active at night. It is found only on Madagascar.

• Three-banded Rosefinch Carpodacus trifasciatus

  The Three-banded Rosefinch is a long-tailed finch with white wing markings. The male is dark pink, while the female is mainly brown.

• Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia phasianella

  The Brown Cuckoo-Dove has a long tail and lives in woodland and forest edges in eastern Australia, where it feeds on fruit and seeds.

• Magellanic Woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus

  The Magellanic Woodpecker searches for food on tree trunks in Patagonian forests. The male gives resonant blows on hollow trunks.

• White-headed Marsh Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala

  The White-headed Marsh Tyrant perches on aquatic plants and reeds, and the sexes have different plumage. Records are also confirmed in Argentina.

• Three-striped Hemispingus Microspingus trifasciatus

  This tanager inhabits high-elevation forest on the eastern Andes. It takes small invertebrates and sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.

• Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata

  This small bird darts from a perch to catch insects. It visits the UK in summer, and adult males and females look alike.

• Orange-fronted Plushcrown Metopothrix aurantiaca

  This small bird has greenish-olive upperparts, a yellow throat, and orange legs. In Amazonian riverine forest, it searches foliage for food in pairs or small groups.

• Rio Madeira Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla amazonica

  This antbird forages in the lower and middle forest layers of Amazonia and may join mixed-species flocks. Males and females differ in throat and wing markings.

• White-tailed Sabrewing Campylopterus ensipennis

  This hummingbird occurs on Tobago and nearby areas. Males have a blue throat, while females are grayer, and both have conspicuous long white tail feathers. It hovers at flowers to take nectar and small insects.

• White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus

  The White-tailed Hawk uses its broad wings to hang in the wind as it searches grasslands for prey.

• Halmahera Boobook Ninox hypogramma

  This owl occurs on islands of North Maluku. It has a gray-brown head and reddish-brown upperparts, and uses both lowland rainforest and mature secondary forest with large trees.

• White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia

  The White-rumped Seedeater is a finch about 12 cm long. It uses dry savanna as well as fields, pastures, and rural gardens.

• Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis

  A small, long-tailed dove with a reddish-brown breast and belly. In southern Africa it is often seen in pairs or small groups, feeding on seeds on the ground.

• Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus

  The Bearded Woodpecker is a large woodpecker of woodland and savanna in southern Africa. Both sexes have strongly marked faces.

• Slender-billed Inezia Inezia tenuirostris

  This small flycatcher occurs in dry areas of northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. It uses scrub, places with small trees, and mangrove borders, and often forages alone or in pairs.

• Tropeiro Seedeater Sporophila beltoni

  The adult male is bluish grey with a thick, bright yellow bill. This seedeater breeds in upland grasslands of southern Brazil and moves north to the Cerrado for winter.

• Dusky-blue Flycatcher Muscicapa comitata

  The Dusky-blue Flycatcher (Bradornis comitatus) occurs in the Afrotropical region. It uses forest edges, secondary growth and farmland, and catches invertebrates in the air.

• Southern Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura pallida

  *Deconychura pallida* is an Amazonian bird separated in research from the formerly broad *D. longicauda* group. A 2010 study reported distinct vocal characters among its lineages.