Meet the world’s animals.
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- Steller's sea eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus
Photo: Saschathegerman · CC BY-SA 2.0 An eagle with a massive yellow bill. It breeds along the northern Sea of Okhotsk and winters in places including northern Japan.
- White-chested Emerald Chrysuronia brevirostris
This hummingbird occurs on Trinidad and in northern South America. Its straight black bill, bronze tail, and white chest are distinctive features.
- Bamboo Foliage-gleaner Anabazenops dorsalis
The Bamboo Foliage-gleaner is associated with bamboo and cane thickets. Its account highlights bamboo stands in southeastern Peru.
- Amazonian Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus obscurior
This small flycatcher is widespread in Amazonia. Its head, back and breast are grey, its belly yellowish, and it forages in secondary forest and scrub.
- White-throated Quail-Dove Zentrygon frenata
A dove of humid Andean forests, it has pale stripes on the face and a light throat. It may forage on the forest floor in the early morning.
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
The Dark-sided Flycatcher breeds in northern Asia and winters in southern China and Southeast Asia.
- Temminck's Seedeater Sporophila falcirostris
This small seedeater has a thick, curved bill; males are gray and females olive-brown. It eats bamboo seeds and moves in response to bamboo seeding.
- Pale-headed Woodpecker Gecinulus grantia
The Pale-headed Woodpecker lives in bamboo and forest habitats. Males have chestnut upperparts and a reddish patch on the forecrown that females lack.
- 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.
- Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda madagascariensis
This medium-sized raptor lives in Madagascar's forests. It waits concealed among leaves, then glides from a perch to catch insects and small reptiles.
- Dot-eared Coquette Lophornis gouldii
The Dot-eared Coquette is a small hummingbird recorded from northern Brazil and along the Amazon. Gould’s account extended its range to the upper Amazon in Peru.
- Montane Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia striaticollis
The Montane Foliage-gleaner forages in the middle and upper levels of humid montane forest, often with mixed-species flocks.
- Noronha Elaenia Elaenia ridleyana
The Noronha Elaenia occurs on the Fernando de Noronha islands off Brazil. It uses scrub, woodland, thickets, and gardens and eats insects and small fruit.
- Rock pigeon Columba livia
A pigeon that nests in rocky seaside crevices in the wild. Feral pigeons seen in towns are the same species, descended from domestic birds.
- Ceylon Whistling-Thrush Myophonus blighi
This bird lives in wet mountain forests of Sri Lanka. Males and females have different plumage, and it looks for food along streams.
- Greater Yellow Finch Sicalis auriventris
This seed-eating finch lives in the Andes of Chile and Argentina. Adult males are yellow, while females are gray-brown.
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
The Greater Flameback is a large woodpecker ranging across South and Southeast Asia. In part of its range, it is strongly associated with mangroves.
- Lunulated Antbird Oneillornis lunulatus
This scarce antbird inhabits lowland rainforest understory in eastern Ecuador and northeastern Peru. Males are gray and females brown, but both have a white eyebrow and throat.
- Philippine Honey Buzzard Pernis steerei
This honey-buzzard occurs on the main Philippine islands, excluding Palawan. In 2004 on Panay, observers recorded a bird flying above primary-forest canopy and performing a wing-quivering display flight.
- Collared Inca Coeligena torquata
This hummingbird inhabits humid Andean forests. A white chest band stands out against its dark plumage, and it feeds on nectar as well as small insects and spiders.
- Pallid Spinetail Cranioleuca pallida
This spinetail is endemic to Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Its reported range extends from Bahia to northeastern Paraná, and it moves in pairs in the canopy.
- Variegated Bristle Tyrant Pogonotriccus poecilotis
This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in humid Andean mountain forest from Colombia to Peru.
- 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.
- Buff-streaked Chat Campicoloides bifasciatus
The Buff-streaked Chat lives in rocky highland grassland in southern Africa. It searches for food on the ground and on rocks, and males and females differ in plumage.