Meet the world’s animals.

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• Olive-faced Flatbill Tolmomyias viridiceps

  

  In a Colombian photo, the nominate form is shown with an olive back, yellow wing bars and a pale lower bill with a black tip. A 2024 study reported one nest each in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.

• Variegated Bristle Tyrant Pogonotriccus poecilotis

  This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in humid Andean mountain forest from Colombia to Peru.

• Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus pulchellus

  The Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher is a tiny tyrant flycatcher of southeastern Peru's eastern Andean slope. It moves through thick foliage along forest edges and in second growth.

• Eared Pygmy Tyrant Myiornis auricularis

  This tiny tyrant flycatcher is reported from Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. It has a black patch behind the eye on a grey head and feeds mostly on insects.

• Cocos Tyrannulet Nesotriccus ridgwayi

  This small tyrant flycatcher is endemic to Cocos Island off Costa Rica. It has greyish olive plumage and a relatively long bill, and forages in the rainforest canopy and subcanopy. A breeding study recorded hidden nests on outer branch tips.

• Taczanowski's Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola griseus

  It occurs in the high Andes at 3,200–4,800 m; the same source also reports it from Bolivia and Chile.

• Grey-crowned Flatbill Tolmomyias poliocephalus

  The Grey-crowned Flatbill is widespread in Amazonia, with records up to 1,300 m along the Andean foothills. It may forage in mixed-species flocks in the canopy of river-edge forest and on river islands.

• Rufous-tailed Attila Attila phoenicurus

  It has a grey head and a chestnut body. It occurs in southern South America and moves north toward the central Amazon during the austral winter.

• Citron-bellied Attila Attila citriniventris

  The Citron-bellied Attila has a yellow belly and lives in Amazonian forests. It searches for prey in the canopy and middle levels of forest across northern and western parts of South America.