Meet the world’s animals.

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• Ochre-rumped Antbird Drymophila ochropyga

  

  An antbird of humid forest in Brazil. Males and females differ in head and breast markings.

• Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii

  

  The Yellow-streaked Warbler breeds in China and moves from southwestern China to northern Indochina for the nonbreeding season. In Hong Kong it is recorded on passage and in winter.

• Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris

  

  The Rufous-bellied Tit lives in hilly broadleaf woodland and searches tree branches for small invertebrates.

• Cerulean-capped Manakin Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla

  

  This manakin occurs on Peru’s eastern Andean slopes. The male is black with a blue crown, back, and rump; the female is green with a yellowish belly. Both forage in the understory of montane forest.

• Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis

  

  The Noble Snipe is a secretive wader of wetlands near the Andean treeline. Its back has pale stripes, and the center of its belly is unmarked white.

• Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra

  

  This small brown bird is recorded in the rainforests of northeastern Australia. It moves through low and middle levels of the forest, searching mainly for insects.

• Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus

  A dark-brown eagle with yellow eyes and bare whitish legs. It often watches for snakes from a perch and ranges widely across sub-Saharan Africa.

• Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis

  This large woodpecker lives west of the Andes. It has a white V on its black back and searches for food under tree bark.

• Gould's Toucanet Selenidera gouldii

  A small toucan relative with a black head and chest in males and chestnut-brown head and chest in females. It lives in humid South American forests, and detailed diet records are limited.

• Biak Coucal Centropus chalybeus

  The Biak Coucal is a cuckoo found on Biak and Supiori, northwest of New Guinea. It is usually inconspicuous unless it calls.

• Goliath Heron Ardea goliath

  A large heron that waits for fish in shallow water. Its grey body contrasts with its chestnut head, neck, and belly.

• Olive-colored White-eye Zosterops oleagineus

  This white-eye occurs on Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia. It is olive-green overall, with a conspicuous white ring around the eye.

• Junin Antpitta Grallaria obscura

  The Junin Antpitta occurs on the eastern Andean slope in Junín, central Peru. Its description reports dark reddish-brown upperparts and two song types, a long and a short song.

• Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus

  Males are chestnut and gray, while females are mostly brown. This sparrow uses dry acacia country and towns and forages in large flocks outside the breeding season.

• Oahu Elepaio Chasiempis ibidis

  The Oahu Elepaio is a small flycatcher found only on Oahu. Hawaiʻi and U.S. federal listings classify it as endangered.

• Lazuli Kingfisher Todiramphus lazuli

  The Lazuli Kingfisher lives in Indonesia's southern Moluccas. Males are blue and white, while females also have blue-purple on the breast and belly.

• Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella

  It occurs in dry savanna, mostly among acacia trees, where pairs and small groups feed actively in the canopy. Its legs and bill are pink.

• Spangled Coquette Lophornis stictolophus

  This tiny hummingbird is about 7 cm long. The male's crest and glittering throat feathers stand out, and the sexes have different patterns.

• Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii

  It has a ragged crest and lime-green wings and tail. It moves through forest canopies in small parties and sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.

• Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis

  The Northern Puffback is widespread south of the Sahara. Females have loose rump feathers that they puff up, grey rump and shoulders, and orange-red eyes. It searches woodland and thickets for insects and plant buds.

• Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala

  This yellow tanager has a silvery-white throat. In Costa Rica, it uses humid mountain forest and forest edges.

• Yellow-headed Brush Finch Atlapetes flaviceps

  This Colombian endemic is known from scattered Andean localities, especially the upper Magdalena region. It is associated with early secondary growth at forest edges and feeds mainly on insects and fruit.

• Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons

  The Rufous-capped Warbler has a striking rufous-and-white head and a yellow throat and breast. It searches for insects in low brush and builds a domed nest on the ground.

• Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma

  This flowerpecker lives in forests across South and Southeast Asia. Males and females have different plumage, and the bird mainly eats fruit, with occasional insects.