Meet the world’s animals.

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• Great Antshrike Taraba major

  

  Male and female Great Antshrikes have different plumage: males are black above, while females are rufous-brown above. They hide in humid lowland undergrowth and are often found in pairs.

• Black-and-chestnut Eagle Spizaetus isidori

  This large eagle has a black crest and a chestnut belly marked with black. It lives in humid forests of northwestern South America and takes arboreal mammals and large birds.

• Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola

  A woodpecker of open Andean highlands, marked by a white rump and yellow wings, that often feeds on the ground.

• Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii

  At about 26–28 cm long, this cuckoo breeds in Madagascar. It searches for invertebrates in forest, forest edge, and scrub habitats, then migrates.

• White-winged Apalis Apalis chariessa

  The White-winged Apalis is a small East African bird with black upperparts, yellow underparts and white wings. It searches for insects in the canopy and along forest edges.

• Tawny-bellied Hermit Phaethornis syrmatophorus

  This hummingbird occurs in the northern Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. In Peru it is recorded in humid montane forest and in humid or semi-deciduous forest in western Piura.

• Vegetarian Finch Platyspiza crassirostris

  The Vegetarian Finch lives on several Galápagos Islands and uses its stout bill to take plant foods. It is extinct on Floreana.

• Golden pheasant Chrysolophus pictus

  A pheasant whose colourful male displays its feathers to court females.

• Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos

  The Blue Duck is endemic to New Zealand. It lives along clear rivers with forested banks and occurs on both the North and South Islands.

• Northern Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura longicauda

  This woodcreeper occurs in the Guianas and in Brazil north of the Amazon. In dry-ground and periodically flooded lowland forest, it climbs trunks from the base while searching for insects.

• Christmas Island Thrush Turdus erythropleurus

  Turdus erythropleurus occurs on Christmas Island. The Parks Australia account treats it as a subspecies of Turdus poliocephalus under an older classification.

• Blanford's Rosefinch Agraphospiza rubescens

  This rosefinch lives in mountain areas from south-eastern Tibet and north-western Yunnan to parts of central China. Males are crimson, while females are mainly brown.

• Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus

  This tiny flycatcher stays in the lower levels of Amazonian forest. Its broad bill, rufous crown, and black-edged cheek markings distinguish it from similar spadebills.

• Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva

  A small flycatcher with white patches on both sides of the tail base. Breeding males have orange-red on the throat and breast, but females and young birds look different.

• Red-browed Amazon Amazona rhodocorytha

  Adult Red-browed Amazons are green, with a red forehead and crown and blue on the throat and upper cheeks. In the wild, they eat fruits and seeds high in the trees of humid forests in eastern Brazil.

• Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius

  The Australian Ringneck occurs in Australia. Its plumage varies by region, but much of the body is green with a yellow band on the hind-neck.

• Spice Imperial Pigeon Ducula myristicivora

  The Spice Imperial Pigeon is a large fruit-eating pigeon found on islands off western New Guinea. A black knob at the base of its bill and iridescent green wings help identify it.

• Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii

  This small owl lives in western North America. Its plumage varies by region, and at night it waits on a perch to catch prey.

• Rufous-capped Antshrike Thamnophilus ruficapillus

  The Rufous-capped Antshrike is about 15–17 cm long. It occurs in disjunct areas of Andean forest and Atlantic Forest; a study includes five subspecies.

• Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus

  A hawk ranging from Africa through South and Southeast Asia to New Guinea. It is known for catching bats in flight around dusk.

• Elliot's Woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii

  This woodpecker occurs in forests of western and central Africa. Red on the rear crown is a male trait; females lack it.

• Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus

  The Dark-billed Cuckoo has a long tail and a thick, curved bill. In the Galápagos it occurs from lowland sites to humid highlands and feeds mainly on insects.

• Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher

  The species account separates two subspecies, and Kenya is one part of its range. It lives low in dense lowland-forest undergrowth and eats insects and other small invertebrates.

• Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii

  The Cuban Emerald is a hummingbird whose male is green with a long, forked tail. It occurs from coastal to mid-elevation habitats and breeds year-round.