Meet the world’s animals.

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• Ashy-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa randi

  

  This flycatcher occurs in moist lowland forest on Luzon and Negros in the Philippines. The account places it mainly below 1,000 m.

• Black-chinned Mountain Tanager Anisognathus notabilis

  This tanager occurs on the Pacific slope of the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador. A Colombian field study suggested that it depends on humid primary montane forest.

• Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis

  The Black-throated Mango has a black throat and chest in the male, while the female has a dark stripe down her white underparts. It takes nectar and flying insects and also visits gardens.

• Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax

  The Rufous-breasted Spinetail uses secondary forest and second-growth scrub, gleaning invertebrates from vegetation. A historical museum account describes plumage of specimens from southern Mexico and Central America.

• Brujo Flycatcher Pyrocephalus nanus

  This flycatcher is found only in the Galápagos Islands. It perches on exposed branches and darts out to catch insects.

• Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall

  The Barred Cuckoo-Dove is a long-tailed dove ranging from the western Himalayas through Southeast Asia. In Hong Kong it is recorded as a winter visitor and passage migrant to well-wooded areas.

• Amur stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri

  A small bird that uses exposed perches in grassland.

• Gray-winged Inca-Finch Incaspiza ortizi

  This finch lives in dry scrub in the Marañón drainage of northern Peru. Its gray and brown body has a dark facial pattern, and it searches for food in low shrubs.

• Festive Coquette Lophornis chalybeus

  This small hummingbird inhabits forests and cerrado in southeastern Brazil. The male has green cheek tufts with white spots; the female lacks these tufts.

• 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.

• Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus

  In northwestern Argentina, the nominate subspecies is listed from Jujuy, Salta, and Tucumán. It has a dark chestnut head, with cinnamon-colored upper tail coverts and underparts.

• Negros Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba keayi

  A ground-dwelling pigeon of forests on Panay and Negros. It has a narrow red patch at the center of its white throat and breast, with green iridescence on the head and wings.

• Philippine Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias ruficauda

  A Philippine forest flycatcher. The historical male description records olive-brown upperparts and a rusty tail.

• Black-bellied Tanager Ramphocelus melanogaster

  This tanager is endemic to Peru's Mayo and Upper Huallaga valleys. It forages in semi-open country, forest edges, and secondary scrub; males show red plumage with a dark central belly.

• Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae

  The Black-tailed Trainbearer is a hummingbird of the Andes from Colombia to Peru. Males have long tails and search for nectar.

• Pacific Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes johnsoni

  The Pacific Tuftedcheek occurs in the western Andes of Colombia and Ecuador. Its rufous back and flanks and white spots on a dark breast are distinctive.

• Oustalet's Tyrannulet Phylloscartes oustaleti

  A small tyrannulet of Brazil's Atlantic Forest. It uses the canopy and subcanopy and occurs in mixed-species flocks.

• Cinnamon Ground Dove Gallicolumba rufigula

  The Cinnamon Ground Dove is a ground-dwelling pigeon with a golden patch of breast feathers. It walks on the forest floor in rain and monsoon forests of New Guinea and nearby islands.

• Atlas Pied Flycatcher Ficedula speculigera

  The male has conspicuous white patches on the forehead and wings in spring. It breeds in mountain forests from Morocco to Tunisia; much of its winter range is unknown.

• Rufous-rumped Seedeater Sporophila hypochroma

  The Rufous-rumped Seedeater is a small bird whose male has a gray head and back with chestnut throat and underparts. In Argentina, it breeds in tall, humid grassland.

• Gilded Hummingbird Hylocharis chrysura

  This hummingbird ranges across southern South America. Its plumage shines golden green and its tail is bronze. It takes nectar as well as insects and small spiders.

• Slender-billed Miner Geositta tenuirostris

  This miner walks over rocky high-altitude grasslands in the Andes, searching for food on the ground. It is recorded at 3,000–4,000 m in northwestern Argentina.

• Black-backed Water Tyrant Fluvicola albiventer

  This tyrant flycatcher perches near water and catches insects in short, low flights. An Argentine species account describes its black-and-white pattern and foraging at the water surface and on aquatic plants.

• Mindanao Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba crinigera

  A Philippine forest pigeon with a striking red breast that searches for food on the ground.