Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sumatran Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx viridis

  

  The Sumatran ground-cuckoo is a large forest cuckoo with a long tail and sturdy green legs and bill. It lives on the ground and is thought to feed on prey found on the forest floor.

• Sapphire-spangled Emerald Chionomesa lactea

  This hummingbird has a green body with a shimmering violet-blue throat and breast. In eastern Peru it visits flowers at forest edges and secondary growth, and also catches small insects in flight.

• Scrub Tanager Stilpnia vitriolina

  The Scrub Tanager occurs in the northern Andes of Colombia and Ecuador and uses scrub and forest edges.

• Bronze-tailed Peacock Pheasant Polyplectron chalcurum

  The bronze-tailed peacock-pheasant is mostly brown, with blue-green edges on the male's tail feathers. Pairs search among forest-floor leaves for fruit and invertebrates.

• West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea

  The West Indian Whistling Duck is a large duck of Caribbean islands. It has a long neck and legs and is active at night.

• Rufous-banded Miner Geositta rufipennis

  A regional account from northwestern Patagonia describes it as a ground-dwelling bird of rocky high-Andean areas. It has gray-brown upperparts with rufous marks and a dark tail band. Records note that it descends to lower open country during winter snowstorms.

• White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius

  The White-chinned Thrush is endemic to Jamaica. Adult males and females look similar, with a dark grey head and back, a white wing patch, pale chin, and orange bill. It searches forest floors for small animals and fruit.

• Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica

  This 9–10 cm bird is active by day and feeds on fruit.

• Southern Bentbill Oncostoma olivaceum

  This small flycatcher has yellowish-olive upperparts and yellow underparts. It occurs along lowland forest edges and in secondary forest in eastern Panama and northern Colombia.

• Bearded Scrub Robin Erythropygia quadrivirgata

  The Bearded Scrub Robin inhabits thickets and broad-leaved woodland in eastern and southern Africa. The mainland form has white eyebrows, moustachial stripes, and throat bordered by dark facial lines, plus white wing patches.

• Blue-headed Macaw Primolius couloni

  Its green body, blue head, and maroon tail stand out. It lives in the western Amazon forests of Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil.

• Plum-faced Lorikeet Oreopsittacus arfaki

  This small lorikeet lives in the mountains of New Guinea. It feeds on nectar, flowers, and fruit in the canopy and mid-storey, often in pairs or small flocks.

• Spotted Imperial Pigeon Ducula carola

  This imperial pigeon occurs only in the Philippines. Males show stronger gray, white, and dark contrasts, while females are browner overall; plumage also varies among subspecies.

• Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica

  The Brown Wood Owl described here is a large owl of Hong Kong's forests. It is mainly active at night and forages among the canopy.

• Speckled Antshrike Xenornis setifrons

  This antshrike ranges from eastern Panama into northwestern Colombia. Males and females differ in face and underpart color, and a Panamanian record describes a nest on a streamside slope.

• Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca

  A large eagle of open country from eastern Europe across parts of central Asia.

• Golden-collared Woodpecker Veniliornis cassini

  This small woodpecker occurs in northern Amazonia and nearby forest regions. The male's red crown and yellow wing spots, along with barred underparts in both sexes, help identify it.

• Dwarf Cuckoo Coccycua pumila

  This small cuckoo has a gray crown, brown back, reddish throat and chest, and cream belly. It feeds mainly on caterpillars.

• Velvet-purple Coronet Boissonneaua jardini

  The Velvet-purple Coronet is a hummingbird of wet montane forest in western Colombia. Its iridescent purple, blue, and green plumage, slightly curved bill, and white leg patch are noted in the account.

• Orange-headed Tanager Thlypopsis sordida

  A small tanager with a yellow-orange head. It moves through scrub, savanna, and forest edges.

• Roll's Hill Partridge Arborophila rolli

  This pheasant-family bird lives in forests of northwestern Sumatra. It has a brown, dark-marked back, a reddish-brown breast, a white belly, and bold black-and-white bars on its flanks.

• Bufflehead Bucephala albeola

  The Bufflehead is a small duck that nests in tree cavities and dives for food. Males and females have different plumage.

• Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail Spartonoica maluroides

  The Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail lives in salt marshes of southeastern South America. In a measured sample, males tended to have a longer rufous cap and a more robust bill than females.

• White-eared Solitaire Entomodestes leucotis

  This thrush lives in humid montane forest on the eastern Andean slope. A broad white cheek-and-ear stripe stands out against its dark head and underparts.