Meet the world’s animals.

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• Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus

  

  The male Vermilion Flycatcher has a bright red head and underparts. It perches low in open areas near water and catches flying insects.

• Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens

  This large reed warbler lives in reedbeds. In northeastern Namibia it climbs papyrus stems while searching for insects and small frogs.

• White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps

  The White-headed Saw-wing is a small, stocky swallow with a short tail. It catches insects in flight around woodland and forest edges.

• 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.

• Cream-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus pseudosimplex

  A 2019 study treated the cream-eyed population on Borneo as a species distinct from the very similar Cream-vented Bulbul. Their plumage is alike, but the cream-eyed birds were recorded in mature forest interior and edge.

• Black Cicadabird Coracina melas

  The Black Cicadabird occurs on New Guinea and is included in a field guide for the Mimika region. The guide describes different plumages for males and females.

• Black-collared Jay Cyanolyca armillata

  The Black-collared Jay is a jay of Andean mountain forests.

• Band-tailed Guan Penelope argyrotis

  This large guan lives in humid forests of Colombia and Venezuela. It has a dark rufous back and an olive-brown breast.

• Horsfield's Babbler Malacocincla sepiaria

  Horsfield's Babbler is a brown babbler that lives low in evergreen forests of Southeast Asia.

• Forest Thrush Turdus lherminieri

  The Forest Thrush has russet upperparts, a yellow bill and legs, and a scaly-looking breast. It searches leaf litter for small prey and also eats fruit.

• Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis

  Its orange face, throat, belly, and tail contrast with a blue-gray back. It searches for insects in leaf litter, and most of its population is in southern Africa.

• 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.

• Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris

  This ovenbird occurs in Costa Rican forests. Adults are olive-brown with fine streaks below, and they search the lower forest for small invertebrates.

• Yellow-shouldered Amazon Amazona barbadensis

  The Yellow-shouldered Amazon is a parrot with a green body and a conspicuous yellow head. It eats fruit and seeds in dry scrub in northern Venezuela and nearby islands.

• Rufous-vented Tapaculo Scytalopus femoralis

  The Rufous-vented Tapaculo searches the understory of montane forest on Peru’s eastern Andes, including bamboo. Similar species can be difficult to separate by sight in dim cover, so the account recommends their calls as a safer clue.

• Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni

  Nelson's Sparrow is a short-tailed bird with a yellow-orange face. It breeds in northern marshes and winters in coastal marshes of the southeastern United States.

• Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus

  The Yellow-wattled Lapwing is a plover of dry, open country in the Indian subcontinent. It may make short movements in response to rain.

• Kikau Foulehaio procerior

  The Kikau, or western wattled honeyeater, lives on islands of Fiji. It uses forests and mangroves and mainly eats flower nectar and insects, often foraging in or just below the canopy. This account follows the current species treatment of Foulehaio procerior.

• Amazonian Streaked Antwren Myrmotherula multostriata

  This small antwren lives in forest along Amazonian rivers and lakes. It searches for insects in the lower and middle layers among tangled vines.

• Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia

  The Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer is a medium-sized, mostly green hummingbird. It is usually seen alone at flowers in forests or forest edges; females have whitish underparts and duller pink feet.

• Yungas Manakin Chiroxiphia boliviana

  The Yungas Manakin is recorded in humid Andean montane forest in southeastern Peru. Males are mostly black with a sky-blue back and ruby crown; females are olive green.

• Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatus

  This cotinga ranges through the Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia. It has a grey body, dark head, wings, and tail, a brown crest that it rarely raises, bright red eyes, and a white tail band visible in flight.

• Flores Monarch Symposiachrus sacerdotum

  Flores Monarch is a small bird restricted to Flores Island. It has slate-gray upperparts, clean white underparts, and a black mask across the face. It is found alone or in pairs in the understory of forested hills and often joins mixed-species flocks.

• Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura

  The Short-tailed Swift has broad wings, an extremely short tail, and a pale beige rump. In the Brazilian Amazon, it catches insects while flying.