Meet the world’s animals.

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• Atlantic Plain Xenops Xenops minutus

  

  Xenops minutus lives in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. It has an upturned bill, a long white eyebrow, and a white throat. An older regional account from southeastern Brazil uses the pre-split name Plain Xenops.

• White-chested Emerald Chrysuronia brevirostris

  This hummingbird occurs on Trinidad and in northern South America. Its straight black bill, bronze tail, and white chest are distinctive features.

• White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica

  A dove found from the southwestern United States through Mexico and Central America to parts of western South America. Its white wing patches form bright arcs in flight.

• Smoky Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes fumigatus

  This flycatcher inhabits Andean forests. It is dark brown with pale mottling on the throat; one nest on a dead stump was reported in Ecuador.

• Gray Seedeater Sporophila intermedia

  Males in mature plumage are dark gray and white, while females are yellow-olive and buff. The species was studied in the lowlands of Colombia's upper Magdalena Valley.

• White-fronted Black Chat Pentholaea albifrons

  The pool's older generic combination Pentholaea albifrons is updated here to Oenanthe albifrons. The appearance account is for the nominate race, while Senegal is within the range of a different form, frontalis.

• Eye-ringed Thistletail Asthenes palpebralis

  This thistletail is reported as restricted to the eastern Andes of Peru’s Junín region. The pictured bird is of unknown sex; its broad white eye-ring and long graduated tail are conspicuous.

• Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus

  The Rufous Hummingbird makes long migrations through western North America. Males are notably rufous, while females are green with rufous sides.

• Pink Pigeon Nesoenas mayeri

  Endemic to Mauritius, this island pigeon has soft pinkish-gray plumage and a red bill. It feeds on fruits and seeds in remaining native forest and helps disperse seeds.

• Jelski's Chat-Tyrant Silvicultrix jelskii

  Jelski’s Chat-Tyrant forages in the dense understory of humid montane forest. The Peru Aves page consulted here uses the older combination Ochthoeca jelskii; this entry follows the pool’s name, Silvicultrix jelskii, for the same species.

• Black-winged Saltator Saltator atripennis

  The Black-winged Saltator occurs in the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador. It has a black head with a bold white eyebrow and throat, a gray belly, and an olive back. A study in northwestern Ecuador described nests placed in dense shrubs.

• Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca

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

• Berlepsch’s Canastero Asthenes berlepschi

  This small bird is restricted to the Sorata area of Bolivia. It occurs in Polylepis woodland, where it searches foliage for arthropods; territorial pairs care for young.

• Green-throated Mango Anthracothorax viridigula

  The Green-throated Mango ranges from northeastern Venezuela through the Guianas to northern Brazil. It is a hummingbird whose male has a green throat while the female has reddish upperparts.

• Victoria crowned pigeon Goura victoria

  A pigeon with a large lace-like crest that searches for food on the forest floor.

• Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius

  This small tyrant flycatcher ranges from Mexico through much of South America. It uses forest edges and open or cultivated places with tall trees, often staying high in the canopy.

• Scarlet-and-white Tanager Chrysothlypis salmoni

  This tanager occurs in humid lowland forest in Colombia and northern Ecuador. Males are red and white, while females replace the red areas with brown; birds gather in canopy flocks.

• Firethroat Luscinia pectardens

  This small bird breeds in the mountains of southern China and winters in northeastern India. Males show a bright orange throat and breast; females are brown.

• Bar-bellied Woodcreeper Hylexetastes stresemanni

  This large woodcreeper occurs in humid Amazonian lowland forest. It has a large head, a short, large bill, and a short tail.

• Golden-crowned Emerald Cynanthus auriceps

  This small hummingbird lives in western Mexico. Males are green with a deeply forked tail; females are paler below and have a shallower tail fork. A western Mexico study that included this species described an open-cup nest made from plant material and spider web.

• 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.

• Dark-faced Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola maclovianus

  This southern South American migrant reaches the coast and adjacent foothills of northwestern Peru. The Peru Aves account places its Peruvian season from April to October and describes foraging in open places such as grassland and fields.

• Band-tailed Sierra Finch Porphyrospiza alaudina

  The Band-tailed Sierra Finch forages on the ground in open Andean country. Males are gray with a white tail band, while females are brown and streaked.

• Chapin's Flycatcher Muscicapa lendu

  This flycatcher lives in humid mountain forests and sallies from branches to catch flying insects.