Meet the world’s animals.

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• Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica

  

  The historical Southeast Brazil account describes a tanager whose male is reddish and whose female is olive-brown. It forages low in forest, in pairs or small family groups.

• Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis

  This small bird lives in sub-Saharan African savanna and open woodland. It has a grey-tinged olive back and a belly whose yellow varies in intensity, and it moves actively among foliage.

• White-chested Swift Cypseloides lemosi

  The White-chested Swift is a small swift with a black body and a white triangular breast patch. Its full range remains poorly understood.

• Junin Antpitta Grallaria obscura

  The Junin Antpitta occurs on the eastern Andean slope in Junín, central Peru. Its description reports dark reddish-brown upperparts and two song types, a long and a short song.

• Sickle-winged Nightjar Eleothreptus anomalus

  The Sickle-winged Nightjar is a small nightjar found from central and southeastern Brazil through eastern Paraguay to northern Argentina. A Cotinga paper records regional differences in movement and reports that a male observed in southeastern Argentina could not be identified by wing shape in flight.

• Band-tailed Manakin Pipra fasciicauda

  The Band-tailed Manakin forages in the forest understory of Amazonia. Males show black, red, and yellow plumage, while females are mainly olive green.

• Black-winged Myna Acridotheres melanopterus

  The Black-winged Myna is a black-and-white starling.

• Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus

  A vulture known for a white body, yellow face and occasional use of stones as tools.

• Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus

  A small leaf warbler with olive and yellow plumage. In Britain and Ireland it is a summer visitor that breeds there.

• Red-faced Liocichla Liocichla phoenicea

  This babbler was rediscovered in Nepal's Chitwan region. A 2018 report confirmed by photograph a bird with crimson markings on its body; birds moved quickly through dark thickets and the canopy.

• Black Swan Cygnus atratus

  A large waterbird with mostly black adult plumage and a red bill.

• Cozumel Emerald Cynanthus forficatus

  This hummingbird is restricted to Cozumel Island, Mexico. Males are emerald green with a deeply forked tail; females also have a forked tail and a dark facial mask.

• Black-billed Treehunter Thripadectes melanorhynchus

  The Black-billed Treehunter lives in humid Andean montane and secondary forests. It searches for arthropods in dense undergrowth.

• Chestnut-breasted Hill Partridge Arborophila mandellii

  The Chestnut-breasted Hill Partridge is a forest partridge of the eastern Himalayas. A chestnut band across the breast and a grey belly help identify it.

• Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus

  This shorebird breeds in Arctic North America and migrates as far south as South America. It searches mud and sand for crabs with its long curved bill.

• Tricolored Parrot-Finch Erythrura tricolor

  A small finch of forests and woodland edges in the Lesser Sundas. It has a green back, blue body, and red tail; females are duller than males.

• Yellow-throated Bush Tanager Chlorospingus flavigularis

  This tanager is recorded in humid eastern Andean forests of Peru and Ecuador. The source describes the nominate subspecies.

• Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps

  This small bird ranges from the eastern Andes to southeastern South America. Its forehead and face are ochre-toned, and its wings have ochre bars. It searches dense cover for insects.

• Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma

  In the nominate subspecies, the adult male has a red forehead and cheeks, blue above and in front of the eye, and an orange-yellow band on the hindcrown. Ficus seeds are its main wild food.

• Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis

  The Pale-vented Pigeon has a ruddy brown body, gray head, and pale lower belly. It perches high in trees in woodland and more open habitats and gives a low-pitched call.

• Western Spinebill Acanthorhynchus superciliosus

  The Western Spinebill has rufous, white, black, and grey plumage and a slender bill. It uses flowers, fruit, and small invertebrates in southwestern Australia.

• Short-tailed shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris

  A dark seabird that breeds in Australia and makes long ocean journeys.

• Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta

  This grassland bird is known for a black V on its yellow breast and a flutelike song. It searches the ground for seeds and insects.

• White-collared Yuhina Yuhina diademata

  This small bird occurs in the mountains of southern China and nearby parts of Asia. Its white collar and long crest help identify it.