Meet the world’s animals.

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• Azure-breasted Pitta Pitta steerii

  

  This pitta is conspicuous for its bright blue breast and red lower belly. It lives in lowland forest on a limited group of Philippine islands.

• Grey-sided Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys swinhoei

  The Grey-sided Scimitar Babbler lives in forest and scrub in eastern and southeastern China. It probes near the ground for insects and plant matter. Its account gives a broad March–June breeding period for much of its range.

• Pemba Sunbird Cinnyris pembae

  This sunbird is restricted to Pemba Island off Tanzania. Males are green and violet; females have gray-brown upperparts and pale underparts.

• Magellanic Tapaculo Scytalopus magellanicus

  This small tapaculo lives year-round in the Andean-Patagonian forest of northwestern Patagonia. It uses humid forest, forest transitions, and dense marsh vegetation.

• Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis

  The Red-capped Manakin is a small bird of the understory in humid forests from Central America to northwestern South America. Males have red heads, females are green, and both may be found around fruiting trees.

• White-throated Quail-Dove Zentrygon frenata

  A dove of humid Andean forests, it has pale stripes on the face and a light throat. It may forage on the forest floor in the early morning.

• Sepia-brown Wren Cinnycerthia olivascens

  In Peru's eastern Andes, this wren forages in the understory of humid montane forest, in pairs or family groups. Its reddish-brown plumage has olive tones.

• Flightless Cormorant Nannopterum harrisi

  The flightless cormorant dives from the Galápagos coast to catch fish and octopus.

• Tablas Fantail Rhipidura sauli

  This fantail is restricted to Tablas Island. The Philippine national fauna red-list account reports it in the understory of lowland forest and second growth, usually below 1,000 m.

• Rio de Janeiro Antbird Cercomacra brasiliana

  This antbird account is based on records from Rio de Janeiro state and nearby areas. Males are grey, females olive-brown, and the birds forage low in humid forest.

• Slaty Tanager Creurgops dentatus

  This tanager uses humid Andean forests. Males are dusky gray with a rufous cap; females have rufous throat and underparts, and the species may forage in mixed flocks.

• Drab Myzomela Myzomela blasii

  This small honeyeater lives in forests on islands in eastern Indonesia. It is drab brown, with a dark, slightly downcurved bill.

• Chaco Puffbird Nystalus striatipectus

  The Chaco Puffbird lives in dry woodland and tree formations of the Chaco. Its brown head and back contrast with black streaks across the white lower breast and belly.

• Varied Triller Lalage leucomela

  It occurs in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago. It feeds on insects and fruit along edges between open and closed forest and in riparian woodland.

• Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons

  A North American vireo marked by a bright yellow throat and yellow around the eyes.

• Little Greenbul Eurillas virens

  This small bulbul is common in Gabon's wooded habitats and scrub. It often skulks in cover and sings during the heat of the day.

• Flammulated Treehunter Thripadectes flammulatus

  This large ovenbird forages in the understory of humid Andean montane forest. The Peru Aves account describes it as uncommon to rare on the eastern slope north of the Marañón Valley.

• Turquoise-throated Barbet Psilopogon chersonesus

  This barbet occurs in montane forest on the southern part of Thailand's peninsula. A bold dark line beside the eye is a notable feature.

• Little Stint Calidris minuta

  A tiny wader that passes through the UK on migration. Many pass in autumn, and most migrate to Africa for winter.

• Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis

  A small eagle seen around rivers and lakes. Adults are marked by a white belly and yellow eyes, and the species often uses fast-flowing foothill streams.

• Dusky-blue Flycatcher Muscicapa comitata

  The Dusky-blue Flycatcher (Bradornis comitatus) occurs in the Afrotropical region. It uses forest edges, secondary growth and farmland, and catches invertebrates in the air.

• Hispaniolan Emerald Riccordia swainsonii

  The Hispaniolan Emerald is a small hummingbird of forests and scrub on Hispaniola. It feeds on flower nectar and also takes fruit. Older accounts may use the former genus Chlorostilbon; this entry keeps the candidate pool's scientific name.

• Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum

  This small tyrannulet uses moist lowland forest and its edges in Central America. Accounts also record it in plantations and gardens, where it feeds mainly on insects.

• Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans

  An olive-green parrot with a yellow face and blue forehead band. It searches on the ground for seeds and nests in tree hollows.