Meet the world’s animals.

Photos: 12,825 · Stories: 19,540

• Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius

  

  A large woodpecker of European forests, recognized by its black plumage and red head. It searches for ants and beetles on the ground and in trees, sometimes peeling bark to reach prey.

• Rufous-capped Thornbill Chalcostigma ruficeps

  The Rufous-capped Thornbill is a small hummingbird of mountain regions from Colombia to Bolivia. Males have dark green upperparts and reddish-green underparts and feed on nectar and insects by woodland edges.

• Bare-faced Ground Dove Metriopelia ceciliae

  A 17–18 cm dove with extensive orange bare skin around the eye and pale scaling on the back and wings. In Bolivia it uses dry slopes and grasslands and searches for food on the ground.

• Ridgway's Hawk Buteo ridgwayi

  This medium-sized hawk has broad wings and a long tail. It waits for prey from low perches or open areas and is native to Hispaniola and nearby islands.

• Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura

  This spinetail is recorded in the humid forests of Tumbes in northwestern Peru. Adults are gray with a rufous crown, and they forage in low growth at forest edges and in secondary forest.

• Coco Island Finch Pinaroloxias inornata

  A finch endemic to Cocos Island, Costa Rica, using the island's varied habitats.

• Rufous-chested Flycatcher Ficedula dumetoria

  Southern Flores specimens are described with brown irises, black bills, and bluish-purple legs. A specimen from Tjeréng was collected in primary forest.

• Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus

  This small flycatcher ranges broadly from Central into South America, using scrub and wooded habitats. This account excludes populations assigned to the separately recognized Tumbesian and Marañón tyrannulets.

• Fringe-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena atra

  Pyriglena atra is an antbird of coastal forest in northeastern Brazil. It has red eyes; males are black, while females are mainly reddish brown. It forages in dense lower vegetation along forest edges.

• Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii

  This woodpecker inhabits African woodland and savanna with tall trees. Males and females differ in head and throat markings, and it may forage for ants on the ground.

• Green-backed Firecrown Sephanoides sephaniodes

  This small hummingbird occurs in Chile and Argentina. Males have an iridescent red crown and visit flowers for nectar. ROC reports that insects become a priority in its diet during the breeding season.

• Madagascar Blue Pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis

  A pigeon of eastern Madagascar’s forests, it has a silvery blue-grey neck, dark blue body, and conspicuous red tail. It feeds in the canopy on fruit.

• Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar

  The Gabar Goshawk is a small hawk with a pale gray-and-white form and an all-dark form.

• Cabanis's Spinetail Synallaxis cabanisi

  Cabanis’s Spinetail occurs in forest edges, secondary growth and bamboo thickets on the eastern Andes and adjacent regions.

• Scarlet-browed Tanager Heterospingus xanthopygius

  This tanager occurs from Panama through Colombia to Ecuador. Males are mostly black with a white eyebrow and scarlet eyebrow tufts; the species uses humid lowland forest and its edges.

• Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis

  Its orange face, throat, belly, and tail contrast with a blue-gray back. It searches for insects in leaf litter, and most of its population is in southern Africa.

• Tepui Elaenia Elaenia olivina

  The Tepui Elaenia is a small tyrant flycatcher of southern Venezuela and nearby tepuis, extending into adjacent Guyana and extreme northern Brazil.

• 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.

• Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes

  This Sri Lankan woodpecker is the red-backed form. It is most widespread in the wet zone, while birds in the north-central contact area can show intermediate plumage.

• Royal Sunangel Heliangelus regalis

  This small hummingbird occurs in the Andes of Ecuador and Peru. Males are deep blue, while females are green with cinnamon-colored underparts.

• Sula Fruit Dove Ptilinopus mangoliensis

  This pigeon occurs on Indonesia’s Sula Islands. Its 1898 description records grey underpart feathers edged broadly in greenish yellow and narrow yellow lines on the crown feathers.

• Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma

  The Variable Hawk has several plumage forms. In Argentina's biodiversity account, a white tail with a broad black band is a shared field mark; the hawk searches open mountain habitats while soaring.

• Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner Neophilydor erythrocercum

  The Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner occurs in forests across South America, including Peru. It has a rufous tail and rump and a pale throat.

• Burnished-buff Tanager Stilpnia cayana

  This tanager is recorded in the Restinga de Cabedelo National Forest in Paraíba, northeastern Brazil. The male's black facial pattern contrasts with the paler female.