Meet the world’s animals.

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• Peruvian Piedtail Phlogophilus harterti

  

  The Peruvian Piedtail is a hummingbird endemic to Peru. Its account places it in montane forest on the eastern slope of the Andes.

• Red-and-black Grosbeak Periporphyrus erythromelas

  The Red-and-black Grosbeak shows a marked plumage difference between the sexes: males are red and black, while females are mainly yellow. It occupies the lower and middle layers of lowland forest in northeastern South America.

• White-faced Cuckoo-Dove Turacoena manadensis

  A pigeon with a white face and dark body. It eats fruit in trees and uses several kinds of woodland on Sulawesi.

• Buff-breasted Babbler Pellorneum tickelli

  This small babbler keeps near dense cover and the ground. A study in northern Thailand found nests along creeks, where both sexes incubated eggs and cared for nestlings.

• Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii

  Bewick's Wren is a small bird that flicks its long tail as it moves from branch to branch. Its bold white eyebrow stands out, and its song strings together short whistles, warbles, and trills.

• Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris

  The Large-billed Leaf Warbler breeds around the Himalayas and winters in dense forests of southern India and Sri Lanka. Its strong bill and long white eyebrow are distinctive.

• Melanesian Flycatcher Myiagra caledonica

  This flycatcher occurs in New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. Adult males are glossy black; females combine grey and rufous-orange plumage.

• Luzon Boobook Ninox philippensis

  The Luzon Boobook is a small owl of lowland and foothill forests on Luzon. Its yellow eyes and long facial whiskers stand out.

• Rufous-chested Dotterel Charadrius modestus

  This plover breeds in grasslands and wetlands at the southern tip of South America. Some move north along the Pacific coast outside the breeding season, while others remain in the south throughout the year.

• Amazonian Umbrellabird Cephalopterus ornatus

  The Amazonian Umbrellabird is a large cotinga with a black body, bushy crest, and heavy bill. It feeds on fruit and large insects in forests of the Amazon basin and the eastern Andean foothills.

• Yellow-bellied Whistler Pachycephala philippinensis

  The Yellow-bellied Whistler lives in Philippine forests. It has several island subspecies with regional plumage differences, and usually searches for insects in the forest understory.

• Lemon-browed Flycatcher Conopias cinchoneti

  This tyrant flycatcher is recorded in humid montane forest on Peru's eastern Andean slope. The Peru account gives an elevational range of 800–1,950 m and notes that it also occurs in Colombia and Ecuador.

• Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus

  A small bird of conifer forests in Alaska and northern Canada. It has a brown cap and hides food in autumn for winter.

• Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus

  The Yellow-throated Longclaw walks on the ground to search for prey. An adult male of the nominate subspecies has a conspicuous yellow throat and breast.

• Blue-throated Piping Guan Pipile cumanensis

  The Blue-throated Piping Guan is a large galliform bird of northern South American forests. It has a long crest and a blue-violet wattle on the throat.

• Yellow-eyed Bristlebill Bleda ugandae

  Bleda ugandae is a resident of lowland forest in central Africa. It is treated separately from the related Lesser Bristlebill, with yellow eyes and a weaker mark near the bill among the distinguishing features.

• Peruvian Tern Sternula lorata

  The Peruvian Tern occurs along the Humboldt Current, from southern Ecuador to northern Chile. It is a small tern whose breeding sites also include dry plains inland from the coast.

• Clarke's Weaver Ploceus golandi

  Clarke's Weaver is a weaver found in southeastern Kenya. Males show black and yellow plumage, while females are olive and yellow.

• Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae

  This night-active nightjar has fine brown, gray, and buff markings. It hides on the forest floor by day and catches flying insects at dusk.

• Mountain Firetail Oreostruthus fuliginosus

  The Mountain Firetail is a chunky finch of the New Guinea highlands. It occurs along montane forest edges and where subalpine grassland meets shrubland.

• 'Oma'o Myadestes obscurus

  The ‘Ōma‘o is a Hawaiian solitaire endemic to Hawaiʻi Island. Its subdued plumage is olive-brown and gray; it often perches quietly and is detected by song. It eats fruit, flowers, and invertebrates.

• Stripe-tailed Yellow Finch Sicalis citrina

  Males are conspicuously yellow, while females have stronger dark streaks on the head and underside. At Brasília National Park, a breeding study found the finches using old mining sites and nesting close to the ground.

• White-eared Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites meyerii

  The White-eared Bronze Cuckoo lives in mountain forests of New Guinea and searches for insects in the middle levels of trees. White ear patches and green barring help identify it.

• African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta

  The African Pygmy Kingfisher is a small kingfisher widespread south of the Sahara. It eats insects more often than fish and searches for prey from a perch.