Meet the world’s animals.

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• White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris

  

  A small antbird of humid lowland forests from Central America into South America, feeding among low branches.

• Black-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron dorsale

  This hummingbird is recorded only in Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. It uses high mountain forest and páramo, feeding on nectar.

• Lafresnaye's Piculet Picumnus lafresnayi

  This small woodpecker occurs in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. It uses humid lowland forest as well as forest edges, secondary growth, and clearings.

• Scaled Spinetail Cranioleuca muelleri

  The Scaled Spinetail is restricted to Brazil’s lower Amazon. Its rufous crown and tail contrast with a scaly-looking pale underside. It searches for arthropods in flooded forest undergrowth and mid-storey, while breeding details remain poorly known.

• Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti

  A wheatear that searches the ground for small prey in dry country. Males show clear black-and-white markings, while females are sandier.

• Burmese Collared Dove Streptopelia xanthocycla

  This dove is recorded in central Myanmar. A yellow ring of bare skin around the eye is a useful field mark. ITIS lists the name as valid and cites the 2025 IOC World Bird List.

• Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii

  The Pearl Kite is a small raptor with dark upperparts and a white underside. It hunts alone or in pairs, taking insects, lizards, and small birds.

• Glistening-green Tanager Chlorochrysa phoenicotis

  A tanager of humid montane forests in Colombia and Ecuador. Males are vivid green; females are duller.

• Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant Pseudotriccus pelzelni

  The Peru species page identifies subspecies P. p. peruvianus and describes it feeding inconspicuously in the understory of humid montane forest. It is olive brown above.

• Bolivian Slaty Antshrike Thamnophilus sticturus

  The Bolivian Slaty Antshrike occurs from eastern Bolivia into southwestern Brazil, in tropical dry forest. It has white wing spots and spots on the outer webs of many tail feathers that show from above when the tail is open.

• Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus

  This small hummingbird differs in appearance by sex and feeds on nectar and small insects.

• Puerto Rican Woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis

  This woodpecker is endemic to Puerto Rico. It has a black back, white forehead, and red throat and breast, and searches dead trunks and branches for insects.

• Grey-headed Spinetail Cranioleuca semicinerea

  This spinetail occurs in eastern Brazil. Its gray head and upperparts contrast with conspicuous rufous wings and tail.

• Red-breasted Wheatear Oenanthe bottae

  Botta's Wheatear is a flycatcher-family bird of the highlands of southwestern Arabia. It is active by day, foraging on open grassland for small animals.

• Dark-backed Imperial Pigeon Ducula lacernulata

  A forest pigeon that visits fruiting trees in the hills and mountains. It has dark wings and back, while head color varies across Java.

• Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus

  The Common Black Hawk is a dark raptor that waits for prey in wooded wetlands and along streams. It is rare in the southwestern United States and more common from Mexico southward.

• Rufous-chested Tanager Thlypopsis ornata

  This small tanager occurs in Andean scrub and along humid-forest edges in Peru and Ecuador.

• Drab Water Tyrant Ochthornis littoralis

  The Drab Water Tyrant is a small, mostly brown flycatcher commonly reported from the Amazon region. It forages alone or in pairs along riverbanks.

• Rufous-capped Antshrike Thamnophilus ruficapillus

  The Rufous-capped Antshrike is about 15–17 cm long. It occurs in disjunct areas of Andean forest and Atlantic Forest; a study includes five subspecies.

• Coppery Metaltail Metallura theresiae

  This small hummingbird is endemic to Peru. It is recorded on the eastern Andean slopes in humid montane forest and scrub at 2,800–3,550 m.

• 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.

• Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops

  This spinetail has a rufous face and long stepped tail; in Costa Rica it occurs in humid forest at middle elevations.

• 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.

• Lilac-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus rarotongensis

  The Lilac-crowned Fruit Dove is a forest pigeon endemic to the Cook Islands, where it occurs on Rarotonga and Atiu.