Meet the world’s animals.

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• Carbon Finch Porphyrospiza carbonaria

  

  This finch lives in shrub-rich grassland and open country in Argentina. The current IOC combination is Rhopospina carbonaria.

• Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa

  This small flycatcher inhabits lowland and foothill forest in West and Central Africa. Dark chocolate-brown plumage, long pointed wings, and high perches on dead trees are characteristic.

• Perija Thistletail Asthenes perijana

  This thistletail is restricted to the Sierra de Perijá on the Colombia–Venezuela border. Its long tail and rufous-brown back stand out; it searches for small prey in high-elevation scrub.

• Cherrie's Antwren Myrmotherula cherriei

  This antwren forages in waterside thickets along streams and lakes in northwestern Amazonia. Males are strongly black-and-white striped; females have rufous and black stripes.

• Blue-capped Hummingbird Eupherusa cyanophrys

  The Blue-capped Hummingbird is a mountain species in southern Mexico; the male has a vivid blue-violet forecrown.

• Shikra Tachyspiza badia

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

• Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia doreya

  A forest dove ranging from Sulawesi through the Moluccas to northwestern New Guinea. The account notes that some island populations may be treated as separate species.

• Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus

  This woodpecker is recorded in Yunnan and nearby areas. It has black-and-white barring; males have a red crown while females have a black crown.

• Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis

  The Western Flycatcher is a small flycatcher that breeds in mountain forests of western North America. It darts into forest gaps to catch flying insects.

• Brown-flanked Tanager Thlypopsis pectoralis

  This tanager is locally distributed in central Peru. It forages in Andean scrub and humid shrubbery.

• Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens

  The Fiscal Flycatcher is endemic to southern Africa. It uses open habitats with scattered trees or bushes, including grassland, fynbos, semi-arid scrub, and valley bushveld.

• Rufous-necked Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla ruficollis

  This furnariid occurs on the western Andean slope from northwestern Peru into Ecuador. It has a rufous neck and tail and is found in dense understory with bamboo.

• Castelnau's Antshrike Thamnophilus cryptoleucus

  This antshrike inhabits the Amazon basin along major rivers. It mainly forages in dense understory on river-created islands, and male and female wing markings differ.

• Glittering-throated Emerald Chionomesa fimbriata

  This hummingbird is widespread across northern South America. It has a glittering green throat and a white stripe down the center of its belly. It feeds on nectar and occurs in forest, scrub, savanna, gardens, and other settings.

• Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus

  The Whistling Kite is a medium-sized raptor with sandy-brown plumage, a narrow head, and a rounded tail. It circles over woodland, wetlands, and farms while giving a whistling call.

• Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes

  The Crested Pigeon is marked by a thin black crest and a whistle-like sound from its wings when startled into flight.

• 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.

• Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus minor

  Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant occurs in dense understory in the Amazon Basin. In Peru, the account reports only a few sight records along the Yavarí River.

• Bananaquit Coereba flaveola

  This small nectar-feeding bird has a white eyebrow and yellow rump. It perches while feeding from flowers.

• Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias olivaceus

  This flycatcher inhabits lowland forest in Southeast Asia. Rhinomyias olivaceus, the candidate-pool name, is an older generic combination; current accounts use Cyornis olivaceus. It catches insects from mid-level perches.

• Canebrake Groundcreeper Clibanornis dendrocolaptoides

  The Canebrake Groundcreeper lives in the southern Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, and Misiones in Argentina. A 2025 Argentine review reports that it tunnels into vertical banks near springs or streams and that most recent Argentine records cluster in central-eastern Misiones.

• Orange-bellied Antwren Terenura sicki

  This antwren is recorded in remaining evergreen forest in Alagoas and Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil. The 1983 type description gives a streaked black and buff crown, chestnut back and orange underside. In 2018, ICMBio reported severe fragmentation and continuing habitat loss and assessed the species as Critically Endangered in Brazil.

• Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni

  A 2010 adult photograph notes blue tones on the lower body and tail as an identifying feature. At one Costa Rican study site in 2022, birds visited flowers; this is a local record.

• Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus

  A harrier that breeds from eastern Europe to Central Asia. Males are pale gray, while females and juveniles are browner; it lives in open country.