Meet the world’s animals.

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• Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata

  

  A flycatcher whose wing markings differ between males and females.

• Frances's Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza francesiae

  Frances's Sparrowhawk is a small hawk endemic to Madagascar. Females are larger than males, and the birds dash from open perches to catch prey.

• Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper Dendrexetastes rufigula

  This large woodcreeper occurs in Amazonia and is often found high in the forest canopy. It is also noted for tending to occur alone.

• Amazonian Antshrike Thamnophilus amazonicus

  An antshrike of Amazonian forests. Males are grayish, while females have a cinnamon head and breast; birds search for insects among vines and forest-edge vegetation.

• Lesson's Seedeater Sporophila bouvronides

  Lesson's Seedeater is a seasonal visitor to the northern lowlands of Bolivia. The Birds of Bolivia account describes it there as a rare, local nonbreeding visitor.

• Black-bellied Thorntail Discosura langsdorffi

  The Black-bellied Thorntail occurs in Amazonia and in a separate range on the coast of eastern Brazil. Each region has a different subspecies.

• Ringed Antpipit Corythopis torquatus

  This South American forest flycatcher has a grey-brown crown, tawny shoulders, a white throat and belly, and a broad black breast band. It feeds on insects and other small prey.

• 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.

• Himalayan Woodpecker Dendrocopos himalayensis

  A white shoulder patch stands out against this woodpecker's black back. Males have a red crown, and it searches tree trunks for food.

• Yellow-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis mabirae

  Clements treats Stiphrornis mabirae as a separate species. A Salonga survey recorded individuals singing in terra firma forest.

• Shikra Tachyspiza badia

  A small, long-tailed hawk whose adult males and females differ in eye and upperpart color.

• White-chinned Woodcreeper Dendrocincla merula

  The White-chinned Woodcreeper lives low in humid Amazonian forest and is strongly associated with army-ant swarms, catching arthropods disturbed by the ants rather than eating the ants. A white chin is useful, but iris color varies among subspecies.

• 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.

• Saffron-crowned Tanager Tangara xanthocephala

  This tanager is marked by an orange-yellow crown and a black facial pattern. In humid forests on the eastern Andes, it searches moss and the undersides of small branches for arthropods.

• Scaled Metaltail Metallura aeneocauda

  This small hummingbird lives in humid highland forest on the eastern Andes. Adult males and females differ in tail and throat color.

• Mishana Tyrannulet Zimmerius villarejoi

  This small tyrannulet occurs in a restricted part of northern Peru. It forages in the canopy and subcanopy of humid forest and in secondary growth, sometimes alone.

• Rufescent Imperial Pigeon Ducula chalconota

  The Rufescent Imperial Pigeon has glossy green upperparts and a chestnut-red belly. It feeds on fruit in the mountain forests of New Guinea.

• Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus

  This woodpecker has a red forehead and crown, black-and-white wings, and a rufous belly. It eats insects and occurs in forests from the Himalayas through parts of East and Southeast Asia.

• White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni

  This flycatcher inhabits high forests in southeastern Africa. It searches for invertebrates near the forest floor; tracking of one bird suggests seasonal elevation changes.

• Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus

  A hawk with broad wings and a rounded tail. In Japan, it breeds in low mountain forests north of Shikoku and digs up nests of ground-nesting wasps to eat.

• Curve-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus procurvoides

  It has a long, strongly curved red bill.

• Dusky-tailed Antbird Drymophila malura

  This long-tailed antbird is associated with dense understory in humid forest, as well as woodland and forest edges.

• White-throated Sierra Finch Idiopsar erythronotus

  The White-throated Sierra Finch forages on the ground in open Andean country. Adults are gray overall, with a white throat and a paler lower belly.

• Chilean Woodstar Eulidia yarrellii

  The Chilean Woodstar is a small hummingbird found in Chile and Peru. Males have olive-green upperparts, white underparts, and an iridescent violet-red throat, and feed on flower nectar.