Meet the world’s animals.

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• Papuan Pitta Erythropitta macklotii

  

  The Papuan Pitta inhabits forests on New Guinea and nearby islands. It has a red belly, rusty nape, black throat, and a blue breast band edged in black. In the 2024 eBird taxonomy, the former northern and southern pittas are treated as one species.

• White-tailed Swallow Hirundo megaensis

  A swallow restricted to southern Ethiopia's Acacia–Commiphora woodland. A study recorded many nests in homes occupied by villagers.

• Snowy Cotinga Carpodectes nitidus

  Males have mostly white plumage and a blue-gray bill, while females are brown-gray. Details of its life in Panama are limited; altitudinal movements known from Costa Rica have not been confirmed there.

• White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera

  Males are red with a black face and wings marked by two white bars. Females are yellow-green and forage in trees, in pairs or mixed-species flocks.

• White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia

  The White-rumped Seedeater is a finch about 12 cm long. It uses dry savanna as well as fields, pastures, and rural gardens.

• Gray Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus

  The Gray Kestrel is a small raptor widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. It searches for insects and lizards from a perch.

• Chaco Eagle Buteogallus coronatus

  The Chaco Eagle has a prominent crest and inhabits savannas and open woodland in Argentina.

• Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis

  A large hornbill of forested hills. Males have a rufous head and neck; females are black and differ in the colors of bare facial skin.

• Red-naped Ibis Pseudibis papillosa

  The Red-naped Ibis has a red crown and dark body. In South Asia it may forage in dry grassland or farmland away from wetlands.

• Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus

  This honeyeater occurs in the hilly, montane and coastal woodlands and forests of southeastern Australia. A regional account also describes birds moving to lower areas in winter.

• Bahama Oriole Icterus northropi

  This oriole is endemic to the Andros island complex in The Bahamas. It nests in palms around settlements, and a 2020 study also documented breeding in native pine forest.

• White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra

  This bird is recorded on the Pacific coastal plain of Guatemala. It uses swamp and dry forest, mangroves, and plantation edges, and eats fruit, leaves, flowers, and some invertebrates.

• Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus

  The Straight-billed Woodcreeper has a long, straight, pale bill. The Peru account records it in riparian undergrowth and semi-open woodland edges.

• Sulawesi Babbler Pellorneum celebense

  This babbler lives in forest and surrounding habitats on Sulawesi. Its plumage varies geographically, and it forages close to the ground with a running movement.

• Yellow-breasted Pipit Anthus chloris

  The Yellow-breasted Pipit inhabits highland grasslands in southern Africa. Breeding adults are yellow below, with females slightly duller than males.

• Puna Tapaculo Scytalopus simonsi

  This tapaculo occurs on the eastern Andean slope from Peru to Bolivia. Its grey plumage can include rufous flanks and rump, and it forages near the ground in humid highland forest and scrub.

• Pacific Kingfisher Todiramphus sacer

  This kingfisher ranges across South Pacific islands. Records extend from coastal scrub to inland forest and villages, and its island subspecies differ in plumage.

• 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.

• Brazilian Tanager Ramphocelus bresilia

  Males are bright red and females are brownish. The species occurs in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil; the diet records come from a study in one reserve in Rio de Janeiro state.

• Tanimbar Flycatcher Ficedula riedeli

  A flycatcher of the Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia, using both primary and secondary lowland forest. The adult's white eyebrow and richer rufous breast are noted as identification characters.

• Spotted Crake Porzana porzana

  The Spotted Crake is marked by dense white spots on its gray breast. It searches among plants in shallow freshwater wetlands for small aquatic animals and plants.

• Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus

  The Crimson-rumped Toucanet has a green body, red rump, and large reddish-brown and black bill. It feeds mainly on fruit and nests in old woodpecker holes.

• Strange-tailed Tyrant Alectrurus risora

  This tyrant flycatcher inhabits wet grasslands near marshes. The breeding male is conspicuous for its elongated tail and bare throat, which turns red; females are brown.

• Unicolored Jay Aphelocoma unicolor

  This jay inhabits montane forests in northwestern Central America. It uses pine and oak forests and feeds on invertebrates, including insects.