Meet the world’s animals.

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• Dusky-tailed Canastero Pseudasthenes humicola

  

  A canastero found in Chile. The nominate subspecies has a brown back and pale eyebrow; a central Chile study recorded nesting in thorny scrub and cactus areas.

• Scale-throated Hermit Phaethornis eurynome

  A study in Brazil's Atlantic Forest recorded this hermit visiting open flowers of the bromeliad Vriesea incurvata; visit frequency changed with plant density. It generally feeds on nectar and arthropods in the forest understory.

• Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri

  The Blue-headed Wood Dove lives in lowland forests of western and central Africa. It has a blue-gray head and rufous-brown body, and searches the forest floor for seeds, fallen fruit, and small animals.

• White-bellied Pygmy Tyrant Myiornis albiventris

  This small flycatcher lives in humid montane forest on Peru's eastern Andes. It forages in the midstory and subcanopy.

• Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta

  This small seed-eater occurs from Central into South America. Males and females differ in plumage, and male coloration also varies geographically.

• Blackstart Oenanthe melanura

  The Blackstart is a grey-brown wheatear with a conspicuous black tail. It lives in rocky deserts and mountains and nests in rock crevices.

• Striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus obsoletus

  This woodcreeper lives in lowland forests of the Amazon Basin and Guiana Shield. It searches for insects while climbing trunks and branches in forests near water and in flooded forests.

• Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus

  This is a tiny hummingbird whose male throat patch may flash purple or pink with the light. It feeds on nectar; the cited distribution account is limited to southwestern Colombia.

• Yellow-bibbed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus solomonensis

  A violet crown and yellow breast band make this fruit dove distinctive. It feeds on fruit in trees and lives in forests across islands from the New Guinea region to the Solomon Islands.

• White Monjita Xolmis irupero

  The White Monjita is a South American tyrant flycatcher. A university species page describes the male as almost entirely white, with black eyes, wings, bill, and tail tip; it notes that females are greyer on the crown and back. The bird uses open grasslands and parks with scattered trees and often perches prominently.

• Raimondi’s Yellow-Finch Sicalis raimondii

  Raimondi’s Yellow-Finch is endemic to the Peruvian coast, where it occurs in lomas vegetation. It is usually uncommon but may gather in large numbers where food is available.

• Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis

  The Collared Flycatcher breeds in Europe and winters in southeastern Africa. Breeding males show a distinct white collar.

• White-throated Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes albicollis

  This large woodcreeper inhabits forests in Brazil and neighboring countries. It climbs trunks and peels bark and lichen to find hidden arthropods.

• Blue-headed Hummingbird Riccordia bicolor

  Males have blue-violet on the head and throat while females have green upperparts and grey-white underparts; the species uses mountain wet forest on Dominica and Martinique.

• Geelvink Imperial Pigeon Ducula geelvinkiana

  This large pigeon is resident on islands off western New Guinea in Indonesia. It has a pale gray head and breast, iridescent blue-green upperparts, and one mainland record is considered a vagrant.

• Antioquia Bristle Tyrant Pogonotriccus lanyoni

  This flycatcher occurs in Antioquia and eastern Caldas in northern Colombia. It inhabits moist lowland forest and has prominent yellow markings around the eye and across the face.

• Great Pampa-Finch Embernagra platensis

  This large finch lives in shrubby grasslands and marshes in southern South America. It has a long tail and a strong orange-yellow bill; back and vent colors vary among forms.

• Miombo scrub-robin Erythropygia barbata

  A bird of broadleaf miombo woodland, with a brown back and a rufous chest.

• Parker's Spinetail Cranioleuca vulpecula

  A small ovenbird of islands in the Amazon river system. It uses young grass and scrub and searches trunks and branches for small arthropods.

• Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae

  The Buff-winged Starfrontlet is a 14 cm hummingbird. It feeds mainly on nectar in humid Andean forest and along forest edges.

• Crested Quail-Dove Geotrygon versicolor

  This dove is endemic to Jamaica. It has a grey face with a red line below the eye and green and purple iridescence on its plumage. It lives in wet limestone areas and mountains and eats fruit and seeds as well as invertebrates.

• Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis

  The Streak-necked Flycatcher lives in Andean forests. A white mark behind the eye and dark streaks on its yellow underside help identify it; the account reports foraging along forest edges and in second growth.

• Golden Tanager Tangara arthus

  The Golden Tanager combines golden plumage with a black ear patch and chestnut throat. It forages in the canopy of montane forest on the eastern Andes.

• Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris

  The Cape Rock-Thrush lives in rocky areas and grassland in southern Africa, often in pairs or small groups. Males have a blue-gray head and throat with a brown back; females have buff underparts.