Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus

  

  The Black-winged Kite is a small raptor with a grey back, white underparts, and black shoulder patches. It has a broad range across Africa, southern Europe, and parts of Asia.

• Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis

  This tanager has dark plumage covered in iridescent blue-green spots. It occurs in Andean cloud forest from Venezuela to Bolivia.

• Undulated Antshrike Frederickena unduliger

  A large antshrike that forages in dense Amazonian understory. PeruAves describes it as rare but widespread south of the Amazon River.

• Rufous Flycatcher Myiarchus semirufus

  This flycatcher is restricted to dry habitats in northwestern Peru. Peru Aves labels its adult photographs sex unknown; the birds are mostly rufous with a gray-brown head and mantle and a black bill.

• White-capped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii

  The White-capped Fruit Dove is endemic to the Marquesas Islands. Head and chest colors vary among islands, and it feeds mainly on fruit.

• 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.

• Little Thornbird Phacellodomus sibilatrix

  This ovenbird is recorded from thorny woods and open woodland in northern Argentina. It has dull olive-brown upperparts, with chestnut on the forehead and part of the wing. An old account describes a large twig-and-thorn nest placed in a tree branch.

• Slaty-backed Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias goodfellowi

  This flycatcher lives in montane forest understory on Mindanao. An early description of the female records dark slate-gray upperparts with white and buff underparts.

• Black-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis nigrivestis

  A hummingbird of high-elevation forest in northwestern Ecuador. It is marked by white leg puffs and feeds on flower nectar.

• 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.

• Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus

  A hawk with feathers extending down its legs, moving between the Arctic and open lands farther south with the seasons.

• Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis

  The Yellow-bellied Seedeater is a small bird identified by the male's pale yellow belly and black head. It feeds on grass seeds in grassy and agricultural areas.

• White-throated Antbird Oneillornis salvini

  This antbird lives in lowland Amazonian forest. The male is gray with a white throat, while the female is reddish brown with black barring; in Peru it uses the forest understory.

• Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus pulchellus

  The Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher is a tiny tyrant flycatcher of southeastern Peru's eastern Andean slope. It moves through thick foliage along forest edges and in second growth.

• Partridge Pigeon Geophaps smithii

  This ground-dwelling pigeon is recognized by facial skin and a white stripe along the body. In northern Australia the facial skin is red in one region and yellow in another; it feeds on seeds on the ground.

• Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi

  This large woodpecker is endemic to Sri Lanka’s forests. It has deep crimson upperparts, and pairs have been reported in the forest understory.

• Pacific Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes johnsoni

  The Pacific Tuftedcheek occurs in the western Andes of Colombia and Ecuador. Its rufous back and flanks and white spots on a dark breast are distinctive.

• Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra

  The Sooty Chat is a chat whose male has black plumage and a white wing patch. Females and juveniles are brown, and the species forages on the ground in grassland.

• Violet-bellied Hummingbird Chlorestes julie

  A small hummingbird whose male has a violet-glowing belly. It feeds mainly on nectar in humid lowland and foothill forests of northwestern Colombia.

• African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis

  A small gray-brown owl that blends into tree trunks, it is active at night. It uses wooded areas and dry savannas where trees provide cavities.

• White-bellied Sea Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster

  A large raptor with a white head, rump, and underparts and dark grey back and wings. It flies near coasts and other waters and feeds largely on aquatic animals.

• Bananaquit Coereba flaveola

  This small nectar-feeding bird has a white eyebrow and yellow rump. It perches while feeding from flowers.

• Chapman's Antshrike Thamnophilus zarumae

  Chapman's Antshrike is about 14–15 cm long and occurs from southwestern Ecuador into northwestern Peru. It uses forest edges and secondary woodland and gleans invertebrates in trees. The species page divides this region between two subspecies.

• Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus

  The Brown-crested Flycatcher launches from a branch to catch insects in the air; it is a large member of the tyrant flycatchers.