Meet the world’s animals.

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• Puna Miner Geositta punensis

  

  A ground-dwelling bird of high Andean grasslands in northwestern Argentina. It is brown above, greyish-white below, with cinnamon wings and tail marked by dark bands.

• Purple-throated Sunangel Heliangelus viola

  The Purple-throated Sunangel is about 11–12 cm long. It feeds on nectar by day in forest and at forest edges in the Andes.

• Great Antshrike Taraba major

  Male and female Great Antshrikes have different plumage: males are black above, while females are rufous-brown above. They hide in humid lowland undergrowth and are often found in pairs.

• Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza rhodogaster

  The Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk is a raptor of Sulawesi and nearby islands. Adults are marked by a vinous breast and slate-gray upperparts.

• Blue-capped Tanager Sporathraupis cyanocephala

  This tanager inhabits Andean forest and humid scrub. Its blue head and gray throat and belly help distinguish it from similar species.

• Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides

  The Gilded Flicker lives in the Sonoran Desert and nearby areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It nests in cacti and searches for ants on the ground.

• Malabar Imperial Pigeon Ducula cuprea

  This pigeon occurs in India's Western Ghats. The 2022 eBird India taxonomy update separated it from Mountain Imperial-Pigeon and notes its darker iris and narrower tail band as identification features.

• 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.

• White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti

  This long-tailed thrush is marked in black and white and lives along forest streams. It searches near the water for small invertebrates.

• White-bellied Spinetail Mazaria propinqua

  This ovenbird occurs in tall grass along large Amazonian rivers. Adults have a black throat, while juveniles have a whitish throat.

• Peruvian Racket-tail Ocreatus peruanus

  The Peruvian Racket-tail lives in humid mountain forest and along forest edges on the eastern Andes. Males have elongated tail feathers and leg puffs; it feeds on nectar and small insects.

• Slate-colored Antbird Myrmelastes schistaceus

  The Slate-colored Antbird forages in the understory of western Amazonian forest. Males are slaty grey with white dots forming wing bars; females are brown and rufous.

• Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus

  The Lizard Buzzard is a small raptor of sub-Saharan Africa. Its grey head and back contrast with a black stripe down its white throat.

• Rufous-throated Tanager Ixothraupis rufigula

  A small tanager of western Colombia and western Ecuador. A foraging study near Mindo in Ecuador recorded it in the lower, drier disturbed forest and observed it searching leaf surfaces for arthropods.

• Japanese green woodpecker Picus awokera

  A woodpecker found only in Japan, with a green back. It taps tree trunks for insects and also eats ants on the ground.

• Russet-crowned Quail-Dove Zentrygon goldmani

  This quail-dove was studied in Panama’s montane forest, where records show ground foraging and courtship.

• Greyish Mourner Rhytipterna simplex

  This tyrant flycatcher ranges across northern and central South America. It occurs in middle and upper levels of humid forest, feeds mainly on large insects, and also takes fruit.

• Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale

  Males are indigo with brighter blue on the forehead and shoulders; females are olive brown. The species inhabits forests from the eastern Himalayas to southwestern China and beyond.

• Pernambuco Foliage-gleaner Automolus lammi

  This foliage-gleaner occurs in states of northeastern Brazil. It has white eyes and throat and coppery plumage, and searches among leaves and vines in forest interiors near streams.

• Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingii

  This hummingbird lives in Andean mountain forest. Males flash a very long blue-green tail and look markedly different from females.

• Plumbeous Antbird Myrmelastes hyperythrus

  It occurs across the western Amazon, including Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, and Bolivia, reaching 800 m along the Andean foothills.

• Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti

  The Spanish Imperial Eagle occurs in southwestern Iberia. At Monfragüe National Park in Spain, it is described as feeding mainly on rabbits and nesting in large trees.

• Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii

  The Blue-and-black Tanager ranges along the Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia. It is mostly blue with black wings and tail and occurs in Andean scrub and elfin forest edges.

• Tullberg's Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi

  A woodpecker of montane forests from southeastern Nigeria and Cameroon east to the highlands of East Africa. Males have a red forecrown and nape and spotted or barred yellow-green underparts.