Meet the world’s animals.

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• Marsh Antwren Formicivora acutirostris

  

  This antwren lives in flooded coastal wetlands of southern Brazil. Males have a gray-black underside, while females have black-and-white mottling underneath; the bird uses marsh vegetation.

• White-bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes palliatus

  This ovenbird lives in the high Andes of Peru. It has reddish upperparts and a white belly, and walks on the ground to forage in high-elevation bogs.

• Spotted Piculet Picumnus pygmaeus

  This small woodpecker occurs in eastern Brazil's dry woodland and dense scrub. A guide to Sete Cidades National Park describes it searching for larvae and small arthropods in open vegetation.

• 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.

• Madagascar Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vociferoides

  The Madagascar Fish Eagle is a large raptor associated with Madagascar’s coasts and freshwater. Its wingspan is about 1.65–1.80 m, and it hunts around water by day.

• 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.

• Parrot-billed Seedeater Sporophila peruviana

  This small seed-eater occurs along the Pacific lowlands of western Ecuador and Peru. Its unusually large, thick bill is a clear feature.

• Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki

  The Mugimaki Flycatcher breeds in East Asia and migrates to Southeast Asia. In Japan it is seen during spring and autumn passage.

• Green-fronted Hummingbird Leucolia viridifrons

  This hummingbird lives in dry woodland and scrub in Mexico. It has a green forehead and a red bill with a black tip.

• White-breasted Antbird Rhegmatorhina hoffmannsi

  This antbird lives in Amazonian forest understory. Willis described the male with a white face, throat, and breast, a black crest, grey underparts, and greenish-brown upperparts; the female differs in crown and body pattern.

• Curve-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus procurvoides

  It has a long, strongly curved red bill.

• Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus

  This African woodpecker uses forests and secondary growth and searches trees for ants, termites, and other invertebrates.

• Mariana Fruit Dove Ptilinopus roseicapilla

  The Mariana Fruit Dove lives in forests of the Northern Mariana Islands. It walks along branches while feeding on fruit, leaves, seeds, and flowers.

• Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus

  A small, long-tailed eagle with both light and dark plumage forms.

• Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher Nephelomyias ochraceiventris

  This small flycatcher lives in humid mountain forest east of the Andes. It searches leaves and branches in the canopy and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Espanola Cactus Finch Geospiza conirostris

  The Large Cactus Finch is a Darwin's finch of the Galápagos, with a varied diet that includes Opuntia cactus. Here the account follows the Trust's treatment of the Española Island population.

• Rusty-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra

  This shortwing has strongly different plumage in males and females. It lives in damp forest and dense undergrowth in the eastern Himalayas.

• Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris

  Males have a striking blue head and throat. This hummingbird laps nectar with its tongue and also eats insects.

• Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor

  This small antwren occurs in Panama's humid forests. Males are gray and females olive-brown, and the birds search low growth for small prey.

• Cordilleran Canastero Asthenes modesta

  This ground-dwelling bird is about 16 cm long and occurs in Argentina’s shrub steppes and rocky slopes. Adults have a yellow to orange throat spot, which juveniles lack.

• Chestnut Piculet Picumnus cinnamomeus

  This small woodpecker occurs in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. It uses dry woodland, mangroves, and other dry scrubby habitats, and males and females differ in crown spotting.

• Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall

  The Barred Cuckoo-Dove is a long-tailed dove ranging from the western Himalayas through Southeast Asia. In Hong Kong it is recorded as a winter visitor and passage migrant to well-wooded areas.

• Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis

  This slender raptor has a long tail and white spots on its chest and belly. It glides over open woodland and grassland while searching for prey.

• Amazonian Elaenia Myiopagis cinerea

  This small tyrant flycatcher lives in humid lowland forest across the Amazon Basin. Males are blue-gray above, while females have a brighter green back.