Meet the world’s animals.

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• Citron-bellied Attila Attila citriniventris

  

  The Citron-bellied Attila has a yellow belly and lives in Amazonian forests. It searches for prey in the canopy and middle levels of forest across northern and western parts of South America.

• Rubeho Akalat Sheppardia aurantiithorax

  The Rubeho Akalat occurs in forest in the Eastern Arc mountains of central Tanzania. Its throat and upper breast are deep orange, and observations describe it feeding on the ground and low branches.

• Pale Rosefinch Carpodacus stoliczkae

  The Pale Rosefinch ranges from northern and central Afghanistan into western and central China. A report also documents a bird at Turtuk, India, but its subspecies was not determined.

• Sharp-beaked Ground Finch Geospiza difficilis

  A Darwin’s finch of the Galápagos highlands. Among related ground finches, its relatively stout, sharply pointed bill is a useful clue.

• Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer

  The Blue-spotted Wood Dove is a small dove with blue spots on its wings. It lives along forest edges and streams, searching for seeds on the ground.

• Cape Verde Buzzard Buteo bannermani

  The Cape Verde Buzzard occurs in the Cape Verde Islands. One adult described as typical in an article had a dark bib contrasting with a finely barred belly. The 2013 Rui Vaz Natural Park plan says this buzzard eats insects, rats and small birds and nests on rocky escarpments.

• Black-bellied Hummingbird Eupherusa nigriventris

  The Black-bellied Hummingbird inhabits mountain forest on Costa Rica's Caribbean side. Males often forage in the canopy and differ from females in underpart color.

• Grey Antwren Myrmotherula menetriesii

  A small bird that forages in the mid-story of Amazonian forest, it has different male and female plumages. Both sexes wag the tail from side to side. The species is recorded up to 1,100 m on the eastern Andean slope.

• White-collared Foliage-gleaner Anabazenops fuscus

  This bird is recorded in forests of southeastern Brazil. Its bill is bluish-yellow, with white markings around and above the eye. Pairs move through dense foliage and along trunks, inspecting dead leaves and epiphytes for food.

• Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii

  This woodpecker has an orange back and a black line across its head. It climbs tree trunks to search for insects and was recorded in Sarpang, southern Bhutan.

• Luzon Scops Owl Otus longicornis

  A small scops owl found only on Luzon. Its long ear tufts are distinctive, and records come from humid foothill and mountain forest as well as pine forest.

• Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis

  The Lesser Elaenia uses open scrub and forest edges. In Bolivia it occurs alone or in pairs and eats fruit and arthropods.

• Blue-and-white flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana

  A forest bird whose male has blue upperparts and a strong song.

• Hispaniolan Crossbill Loxia megaplaga

  The Hispaniolan Crossbill is a finch from Hispaniola that feeds on pine seeds. The sexes differ in plumage, and the tips of the bill cross.

• Gray-winged Inca-Finch Incaspiza ortizi

  This finch lives in dry scrub in the Marañón drainage of northern Peru. Its gray and brown body has a dark facial pattern, and it searches for food in low shrubs.

• Madagascar Blue Pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis

  A pigeon of eastern Madagascar’s forests, it has a silvery blue-grey neck, dark blue body, and conspicuous red tail. It feeds in the canopy on fruit.

• Pinsker's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus pinskeri

  A forest eagle endemic to the Philippines, it is currently recognized as Nisaetus pinskeri. Adults of the southern population have a pale crown and bold black-and-white markings on the breast and legs.

• Brown Violet-ear Colibri delphinae

  This hummingbird has a brown body and iridescent blue-violet feathers near the ears. Trinidad holds an isolated population within the species' wider range.

• Scalloped Antbird Myrmoderus ruficauda

  The Scalloped Antbird inhabits forest in Brazil and often stays close to the ground. Males have a dark rufous rump and tail; females have a white breast with black scalloping.

• Russet-bellied Spinetail Synallaxis zimmeri

  This ovenbird occurs in the mountains of west-central Peru. A grey crown, rufous upper tail-coverts, and russet underparts help identify it.

• White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus

  The White-naped Woodpecker is marked by a white nape and dark back. It searches bark for invertebrates in open woodland.

• Rufous Fishing Owl Scotopelia ussheri

  This fishing owl lives in coastal West Africa. It watches water from branches beside rivers, lakes, or mangroves and catches fish.

• Maroon-belted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca thoracica

  This chat-tyrant lives in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia. Along forest streams, it catches insects from a perch.

• Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara

  The male Rufous-bellied Niltava has a blue crown, face, throat, and back with sandy-brown underparts. It lives in forest bushes and undergrowth and feeds on small invertebrates.