Meet the world’s animals.

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• Yellowish Pipit Anthus chii

  

  The Yellowish Pipit has a large but patchy range from Panama to Argentina. It is ground-dwelling, with a streaked back and breast, and uses open, flat places. It may sing while in flight.

• Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena

  The Rufous-cheeked Nightjar lives in dry country and catches flying insects at dusk. Its back is finely marked, and adult males have white tips on the outer tail feathers.

• Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis

  This African eagle has a black chest band and a white belly. It spots and catches snakes and other prey on the ground.

• Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

  Male Yellow-headed Blackbirds stand out with a yellow head, black body, and white wing patch. They breed in wetlands and gather in large flocks on farmland in winter.

• Blue Noddy Anous ceruleus

  The Blue Noddy is a small tern with bluish-gray plumage. It breeds on Pacific islands and forages in waters near land.

• Rufous-banded Owl Strix albitarsis

  The Rufous-banded Owl has separate field records from Ecuador and Colombia. An Ecuadorian report describes a pale-down juvenile; a Colombian study suggests foraging in secondary forest and plantations.

• Red-winged Warbler Heliolais erythropterus

  This warbler ranges across tropical Africa. In woodland, it spends much of its time among tall grass and shrubs below a broken canopy, and small parties fly up into the canopy when disturbed.

• Neumann's Starling Onychognathus neumanni

  This starling has a patchy range from West Africa into western Central Africa. It uses rocky cliffs, outcrops, and gorges and feeds mainly on fruit, with insects and snails also recorded.

• Erckel's Francolin Pternistis erckelii

  Erckel's Francolin is a ground-dwelling bird of the highlands of Eritrea, Ethiopia, and northeastern Sudan. Pale markings show on its body.

• Red-necked Crake Rallina tricolor

  The Red-necked Crake ranges from eastern Indonesia through New Guinea to northeastern Australia. Adults are chestnut from the head to the breast.

• Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus

  This small woodpecker ranges from Central to East Africa. Its pale greenish back and yellowish breast with fine spots help identify it. It is recorded in forest as well as at forest edges and farmland.

• Spot-winged Rosefinch Carpodacus rodopeplus

  A Himalayan rosefinch that breeds at high elevations and moves lower in winter.

• Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons

  A brown goose with a white patch at the bill. It occurs across the Northern Hemisphere and gathers in wetlands and fields in winter.

• Grey-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla

  The Grey-fronted Dove is a ground-dwelling dove widespread in South America. A study in Acre found nests near forest edges and reported that breeding records peaked in the rainy season.

• Dugand's Antwren Herpsilochmus dugandi

  This antwren lives in lowland evergreen forest in northwestern South America. Males have black crowns; females have rufous crowns. Both search for insects in the canopy and subcanopy.

• White-bellied Minivet Pericrocotus erythropygius

  This account refers to Pericrocotus erythropygius and excludes the separately treated Jerdon's Minivet. Males show black, white, and orange, while females are mainly grey-brown and white.

• Striated Bulbul Alcurus striatus

  This bulbul lives in broadleaf forests on hills and mountains. Its streaked plumage is distinctive, and it may move in noisy groups.

• Scaled Fruiteater Ampelioides tschudii

  Its back has black-edged scales, its crown is black, and its eyes are yellow. In Andean montane forest it forages at several heights.

• Goias Parakeet Pyrrhura pfrimeri

  The Goias Parakeet occurs in dry forest patches on limestone in central Brazil. A 1997 field study documented dry-season feeding in this restricted habitat.

• Green-striped Brush Finch Arremon virenticeps

  A Mexico City bird guide describes this Mexican brushfinch among dense shrubs near the ground in mountain forest. Its white throat and olive back help identify it.

• Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus

  In southern Africa, the Black Cuckoo is a migrant that breeds in summer. It is often noticed by its call because the bird itself is hard to see. It lays its eggs in nests of other birds, including boubous.

• Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens

  This small ovenbird lives in evergreen mountain forests from Central America into the Andes. Tawny spots on its breast and around the eye are useful identification marks.

• Veracruz Wren Campylorhynchus rufinucha

  The Veracruz Wren is found locally in a small area on Mexico's Gulf Coast.

• Chestnut-faced Babbler Zosterornis whiteheadi

  This babbler is endemic to Luzon in the Philippines. It is recorded in mountain forest as well as open forest, secondary growth, and scrub.