Meet the world’s animals.

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• Crimson-hooded Manakin Pipra aureola

  

  The Crimson-hooded Manakin uses lowland wet forest and swampy woodland and feeds on fruit. One male collected in Suriname was recorded with green plumage and a few red feathers.

• Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata

  The Yellow-casqued Hornbill lives in lowland evergreen forests of West Africa. Males have a cream-coloured casque, while females have a brown head and a smaller casque.

• Large-billed Seed Finch Sporophila crassirostris

  It has a large, thick bill for its body size. The male is almost entirely black with a white wing patch and ivory bill; the female is brown above and buffier below. In Colombia it forages mainly for grass seeds in tall grass near water.

• Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet Tyranniscus uropygialis

  This small tyrant flycatcher is recorded in northern Salta Province, Argentina. The national park database lists forest and montane-forest edges as its habitat.

• Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana

  A small bird of eastern Australia, often in open woodland and shrubland. Its yellowish underside and white cheek streaks stand out as it forages among leaves.

• Bare-throated Bellbird Procnias nudicollis

  The Bare-throated Bellbird is striking for the male's white plumage and bare green throat. Males give loud, metallic-sounding calls, and the species feeds on fruit.

• White-crested Guan Penelope pileata

  This guan lives in humid lowland forests south of the Amazon in Brazil. Its white crest and chestnut neck and breast are distinctive, while detailed records of its behavior and diet remain limited.

• Sunda Minivet Pericrocotus miniatus

  This minivet was recorded in forests on Java. At Mount Lawoe, the account places it near the upper parts of trees and reports beetle wing cases in one stomach.

• Purple Heron Ardea purpurea

  A heron with a buff head and neck, black cap, gray back, and deep chestnut shoulder patch. It favors dense plants beside shallow water.

• Campina Thrush Turdus arthuri

  The Campina Thrush occurs in the Guianas and northern Amazonia, with records in savanna and at forest edges. A South American committee proposal summarizes why it is treated separately from Turdus ignobilis.

• Apolinar's Wren Cistothorus apolinari

  This small wren lives in high Andean wetlands of Colombia. It has dark streaks on its brown back and searches among marsh plants for insects and other small prey.

• Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma

  The Southern Pochard lives around Andean wetlands and flowing waters, often in pairs or small groups.

• Imeri Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis flavescens

  The Imeri Warbling Antbird is a tropical-forest antbird. A February 2017 paper reported range-extension records near El Encanto along Colombia's Putumayo River.

• Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius

  This small plover searches along water for prey. It breeds in the UK in summer and has a yellow ring around the eye.

• Painted Bunting Passerina ciris

  The Painted Bunting is a small bird that breeds in the south-central and coastal southeastern United States. It searches for seeds during migration and winter.

• Kidepo Lark Corypha kidepoensis

  The Kidepo Lark lives in dry grassland around north-eastern Uganda. It searches for insects on the ground, and a rufous panel shows on the wing in flight.

• Grey-cheeked Bulbul Alophoixus tephrogenys

  A bulbul of Southeast Asian forests and woodland edges. It can raise the feathers at the back of its crown and eats fruit and insects.

• Vinous-breasted Myna Acridotheres leucocephalus

  This bird is native to Southeast Asia. Birds that escaped or were released from captivity have been recorded in towns and parks in central Israel.

• Dusky-capped Greenlet Hylophilus hypoxanthus

  This small bird forages in the canopy and subcanopy of Amazonian forest, often with mixed-species flocks. Its range spans several countries.

• Vinaceous-breasted Amazon Amazona vinacea

  Adults are green with wine-red feathers on the head and breast. They feed on fruit and seeds in South America’s Atlantic Forest.

• White-crested Coquette Lophornis adorabilis

  This small hummingbird occurs on the Pacific side of southern Costa Rica and in far western Panama. Males have a white crest and long green cheek tufts, and visit flowers in forest edges and secondary growth.

• Little Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos elachus

  This small Sahelian woodpecker lives in dry, sparsely wooded country and searches trees for insect larvae.

• Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus

  Males are black and yellow-orange, while females are pale yellow. Females sew their hanging nests to the undersides of palm fronds.

• Satanic Nightjar Eurostopodus diabolicus

  The Satanic Nightjar is a nocturnal bird of Sulawesi. Males have a white throat band and females a pale buff band.