Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sapphire Quail-Dove Geotrygon saphirina

  

  This dove spends much of its time near the forest floor. Its blue-gray to bronzy head and white marks around the eye stand out in evergreen forest and nearby regrowth.

• Harlequin Antbird Rhegmatorhina berlepschi

  This antbird occurs in forested parts of southern Amazonia. In places where it meets the related Rhegmatorhina hoffmannsi, studies report geographic variation in throat and chest color.

• 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.

• Chat Flycatcher Bradornis infuscatus

  This flycatcher is common in dry savannas and scrublands of southern Africa. It drops from a low perch to catch insects and other prey on the ground.

• Bolivian Tyrannulet Zimmerius bolivianus

  This small bird has olive-yellow upperparts and pale underparts. It uses the canopy and subcanopy of humid Andean forest from southeastern Peru into Bolivia.

• Blue-tufted Starthroat Heliomaster furcifer

  The Blue-tufted Starthroat has a long, slightly curved black bill. Males have a violet-glittering throat and blue feathers on the sides of the neck and breast. It feeds mainly on nectar and also catches small insects in flight.

• Ash-breasted Sierra Finch Geospizopsis plebejus

  A small finch of the Andes. The male has a gray body with dark streaks on its back and searches for food on open highland ground.

• African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides

  A raptor of woodland and forest across sub-Saharan Africa. It has a gray crest and broad rufous bars below, and searches for prey from one perch to another.

• White-throated Screech Owl Megascops albogularis

  This nocturnal owl is marked by a white throat and a streaked belly. It lives in high-elevation temperate forest and pairs may duet.

• Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus

  This woodpecker has mostly chestnut-brown plumage and a sturdy bill for working into wood. Males have a red stripe along the side of the face; females do not. Ants and termites are major foods.

• Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina

  The Evening Grosbeak is a stocky finch with a massive bill. Males are yellow and black, while females are mostly gray.

• Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis

  The Bar-shouldered Dove ranges across northern and eastern Australia and southern New Guinea. It searches for seeds in short grass and is marked by a bronze patch on the hindneck.

• Bertoni's Antbird Drymophila rubricollis

  The male has a black crown, a long white supercilium and a broad black band through the eye. The species ranges from southeastern Brazil through eastern Paraguay to Misiones, Argentina, and searches for arthropods in bamboo thickets.

• Double-banded Greytail Xenerpestes minlosi

  The Double-banded Greytail is a small ovenbird recorded in eastern Panama and parts of Colombia. A field study in Panama documented a nest in a heavily cleared town, built in a tree fork.

• Thyolo Alethe Pseudalethe choloensis

  This forest bird occurs around the Thyolo Highlands of southern Malawi. It has rusty upperparts and searches among leaf litter for small arthropods.

• Cinereous Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola cinereus

  This tyrant flycatcher visits the high Andes as an austral migrant. It has gray upperparts and whitish underparts, and is recorded at 4,000–4,700 m among rocky, shrubby grasslands.

• Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus

  This hummingbird lives in the understory of humid forests from Panama south to Bolivia, as well as on Caribbean islands. It takes nectar with a long, strongly curved bill.

• Capped Seedeater Sporophila bouvreuil

  This seedeater occurs in South America. A plumage study separates reddish-brown males as Sporophila bouvreuil and grey-to-white males as the distinct S. pileata.

• Gundlach's Hawk Astur gundlachi

  Gundlach's Hawk is a forest-associated hawk endemic to Cuba that preys on birds.

• Cinereous Owl Strix sartorii

  This owl is documented in the mountains of Mexico. The American Ornithological Society committee account notes its original description from high-elevation pine forest in Veracruz and identifies its ash-gray coloration as a distinguishing feature.

• Heart-spotted Woodpecker Hemicircus canente

  A woodpecker with a large head and short, rounded tail, it searches humid forest and bamboo for ants, termites, and other insects.

• Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris

  The Thick-billed Euphonia is a small bird about 11 cm long. Males have a glossy blue back and yellow-orange underparts; females have an olive back and yellow-orange underparts. It feeds on fruit.

• Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus

  A green pigeon with yellow legs. It uses lowland forest, orchards, and parks, and is also seen in towns across much of South Asia.

• Moustached Antwren Myrmotherula ignota

  This roughly 8 cm bird lives in northern Amazonia. Males have black-and-white streaking and yellow underparts, while females are buff and black; both search along tree sides.