Meet the world’s animals.

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• Yapacana Antbird Aprositornis disjuncta

  

  A grey antbird with a conspicuous white patch between the shoulders. It searches for small prey in dense lowland forest undergrowth.

• Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa

  This woodcreeper ranges from Mexico to northern Colombia and far northern Venezuela. It is mostly rufous and lives in humid forest, semi-open woodland, and clearings. It eats spiders and insects and may follow army-ant columns.

• Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus

  The Red-bellied Woodpecker has a boldly barred back and red on the head. It is found in forests of eastern North America, where it searches along trunks and branches.

• Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia macassariensis

  This cuckoo-dove occurs on islands of Indonesia. A 2016 study treats the Tanahjampea and Kalaotoa populations as subspecies longa and describes its plumage separately.

• White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis

  Most of its body is white, while the upper wings and tail are black. By day it searches for prey from a forest-edge perch or while circling above the canopy.

• Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill Rhynchocyclus olivaceus

  This flatbill occurs in Brazil's eastern Atlantic Forest. A 2022 taxonomic study examined several lineages formerly grouped under the same name and placed the subspecies R. o. olivaceus in forest from Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro.

• Yellow-billed Cardinal Paroaria capitata

  The Yellow-billed Cardinal is a small South American bird with a red head and yellow bill. It forages on the ground near wetlands for seeds, berries, and insects.

• Mountain Robin-Chat Cossypha isabellae

  This bird has dark olive-brown upperparts, a white line in front of the eye and orange-rufous underparts. It is recorded in montane forests of western Cameroon and southeastern Nigeria; a Cameroon survey found it in primary and secondary forest.

• Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris

  The Long-billed Starthroat is marked by a long, straight bill and white markings on the cheek and tail tips. The Bolivian account describes it searching vegetation at different heights and darting after flying insects.

• Black-faced Antbird Myrmoborus myotherinus

  The Black-faced Antbird lives in humid Amazonian forests. Males are bluish grey and black, while females are brown with a black mask, so the sexes have different plumage. It forages in the middle and upper canopy for insects and other arthropods.

• Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris

  The Red-billed Scythebill is a forest bird with a very long, down-curved bill and fine streaks on the face and breast.

• Golden-naped Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysauchen

  Adult males have a golden forehead and nape with a red crown; females lack the red on the head. The Costa Rican account describes family groups in humid forest.

• Christmas Imperial Pigeon Ducula whartoni

  The Christmas Island Imperial Pigeon is a large pigeon found only on Christmas Island. Flocks feed on ripe fruit in the rainforest canopy.

• Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis

  A common North American hawk, it circles over open country on broad wings, riding rising air.

• Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps

  This flycatcher lives in moist forest from Central America into north-western South America and catches small insects in the canopy and at forest edges.

• Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum

  The Cinereous Conebill occurs mainly in the Andes, reaching the coast in northern Chile and Peru. It is a small active bird of shrubbery, hedges, and gardens.

• White-bellied Bush Chat Saxicola gutturalis

  The White-bellied Bush Chat lives on Timor and nearby islands. It uses open habitats with scattered trees, and males and females differ in plumage.

• Bumblebee Hummingbird Selasphorus heloisa

  The Bumblebee Hummingbird occurs in Mexico. An early naturalist account says males used forest as their main setting but also visited wildflowers.

• Caatinga Antwren Radinopsyche sellowi

  An antwren of dry woodland and scrub in northeastern Brazil, especially in the Caatinga region.

• 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.

• Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus

  This woodpecker is recorded in Yunnan and nearby areas. It has black-and-white barring; males have a red crown while females have a black crown.

• Maranon Pigeon Patagioenas oenops

  The Maranon Pigeon occurs in the upper Marañón Valley of the northern Andes. It feeds on plant seeds in woodland and along forest edges.

• Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis

  A small eagle seen around rivers and lakes. Adults are marked by a white belly and yellow eyes, and the species often uses fast-flowing foothill streams.

• Roraiman Flycatcher Myiophobus roraimae

  A solitary forager of humid Andean forest, with a concealed orange-yellow crown patch in males.