Meet the world’s animals.

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• Emerald-chinned Hummingbird Abeillia abeillei

  

  A small hummingbird of humid mountain forest. The male has a green crown and ear coverts, and its upper throat shines emerald green.

• Coroneted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus coronulatus

  This small pigeon is mainly green with a violet-pink crown patch. It eats fruit in lowland forests of New Guinea and nearby islands.

• Striolated Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura striolata

  This furnariid was studied in montane mixed forest in southern Brazil. A 2003–2004 study observed a tendency to forage alone along shrub branches.

• Black-and-white Tanager Conothraupis speculigera

  This tanager breeds in northwestern Peru and moves to the eastern Andean foothills and adjacent lowlands afterward. Males are black and white, females are mainly olive, and both sexes have red irises.

• Yellow-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis mabirae

  Clements treats Stiphrornis mabirae as a separate species. A Salonga survey recorded individuals singing in terra firma forest.

• Olive-streaked Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus

  This flycatcher occurs in montane forest on the eastern Andean slope. The Peru Aves account says it forages at different heights along forest edges and in second growth.

• Green Hermit Phaethornis guy

  This large hummingbird has a long curved bill and white-tipped tail feathers. It feeds on nectar in the understory and edges of humid forest.

• Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus

  The Orange-breasted Green Pigeon ranges across South and Southeast Asian forests. It eats fruit from branches, and males and females differ in breast pattern.

• Band-tailed Earthcreeper Ochetorhynchus phoenicurus

  The Band-tailed Earthcreeper is a ground-dwelling bird of arid shrub steppe. It walks through low vegetation with its tail raised and sometimes makes short flights between shrubs.

• Masked Saltator Saltator cinctus

  This bird lives in humid montane forest in the northern Andes and is often associated with bamboo thickets.

• Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura

  The male is black with a white rump and tail, while the female is browner.

• Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii

  The Forest Elaenia is widespread in the Amazon region. It forages in the canopy and sub-canopy of humid forest and sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.

• Brown Violet-ear Colibri delphinae

  This hummingbird has a brown body and iridescent blue-violet feathers near the ears. Trinidad holds an isolated population within the species' wider range.

• Mindanao Brown Dove Phapitreron brunneiceps

  The Mindanao Brown Dove is known from forests on Mindanao and Basilan in the Philippines. A conservation account describes its use of upland forest and fruiting trees.

• Cactus Canastero Pseudasthenes cactorum

  A furnariid of Peru's western Andean slope, using open areas with shrubs and cacti. Some populations also occur in low-elevation lomas.

• Large-billed Seed Finch Sporophila crassirostris

  It has a large, thick bill for its body size. The male is almost entirely black with a white wing patch and ivory bill; the female is brown above and buffier below. In Colombia it forages mainly for grass seeds in tall grass near water.

• 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.

• Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus

  This tyrant flycatcher has streaking on its head and back. It makes short sallies from high perches in the canopy to catch insects and other food.

• Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae

  A hummingbird of Andean forest near rushing streams. It uses a very long, slender bill and flies low and quickly among flowers for nectar.

• Yungas Dove Leptotila megalura

  The Yungas Dove is a dove of the Andean regions of Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. It is usually seen alone or in small, loose groups.

• Orinoco Softtail Thripophaga cherriei

  A furnariid recorded in riparian forest in the upper Orinoco region of southern Venezuela. Its documented habitat is localized and information remains limited.

• Greater Flowerpiercer Diglossa major

  This large flowerpiercer occurs in southeastern Venezuela and adjacent northern Brazil. It has a broad black mask, bluish-slate plumage, and a pale blue-gray bill with a strongly hooked tip. It feeds on nectar and insects.

• Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca

  This black-and-white bird breeds only on Cyprus and migrates to Africa for winter.

• Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer

  The Dusky-capped Flycatcher has a gray chest, yellow belly, and rusty highlights in the wings. It forages within tree foliage for insects.