Meet the world’s animals.

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• Brazilian Tanager Ramphocelus bresilia

  

  Males are bright red and females are brownish. The species occurs in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil; the diet records come from a study in one reserve in Rio de Janeiro state.

• Straight-billed Earthcreeper Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus

  This earthcreeper inhabits dry highlands of southwestern Bolivia. Accounts describe its long, nearly straight bill and ground-foraging on sparsely vegetated, rocky slopes.

• Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus

  This small flycatcher has a strongly streaked breast and variable brown, rufous, and intermediate plumages.

• Black-and-orange Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa

  This flycatcher is endemic to India's Western Ghats. The male has a striking black-and-orange contrast.

• Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta

  The Plain-breasted Ground Dove feeds on seeds and fruit on the ground in dry grasslands and other open habitats. Males have a blue-gray head; females are paler.

• Roraiman Antwren Herpsilochmus roraimae

  This small antwren occurs in the tepui highlands of southern Venezuela, western Guyana, and northern Brazil. Its long tail and pale eyebrow stand out. It searches for insects in the upper levels of humid evergreen forest.

• Red Goshawk Erythrotriorchis radiatus

  A large reddish-brown raptor, it usually hunts birds alone in northern Australian forest, savanna, and waterside habitats.

• Olive-backed Woodpecker Gecinulus rafflesii

  The Olive-backed Woodpecker has an olive-green back and golden rump. It searches tree trunks and large branches for insects.

• Purple-backed Sunbeam Aglaeactis aliciae

  Male Purple-backed Sunbeams have iridescent purple backs and rumps. This hummingbird feeds on nectar and small insects on high Andean slopes in northern Peru.

• Western Hemispingus Sphenopsis ochracea

  The Western Hemispingus is recorded from montane forest on the western slope of the Andes in Ecuador and Colombia. A 2022 taxonomic paper noted that only ten study skins were known and ecological information was sparse.

• Uniform Woodcreeper Hylexetastes uniformis

  This woodcreeper occurs in south-central Amazonian forest in Brazil and northern Bolivia. Its species account describes a brown body, dark red bill, and redder wings and tail.

• Black-capped Tyrannulet Tyranniscus nigrocapillus

  This small tyrant flycatcher has a black crown and two pale wing bars. It lives in moist Andean montane forest and often joins mixed-species flocks.

• White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata

  The White-starred Robin lives in the lower growth of evergreen forests in southern Africa. White star markings on its head show when it is alarmed or excited.

• Blue-capped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus monacha

  The Blue-capped Fruit Dove is a mostly green pigeon that eats fruit. Males show blue patches on the crown and breast, while females have less blue.

• Predicted Antwren Herpsilochmus praedictus

  The Predicted Antwren occurs mainly between the Purus and Madeira rivers in the western Brazilian Amazon; its western limit is provisional.

• White-rumped Hawk Parabuteo leucorrhous

  This forest hawk is conspicuous for its dark body and white rump. Argentine records place it in humid and subtropical forests.

• Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius

  A woodpecker of broad-leaved woods, it searches trunks and branches. Its red crown and black-and-white pattern help identify it.

• White-bearded Hermit Phaethornis hispidus

  This widespread Amazonian hummingbird has gray underparts and a white stripe down the throat. A Colombian account adds forest, edge, secondary growth and seasonally flooded forest as habitats.

• Inti Tanager Heliothraupis oneilli

  Heliothraupis oneilli was described from the lower Yungas of Peru and Bolivia. The study reports different recorded settings in the breeding season and dry season.

• Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner Automolus rufipileatus

  This foliage-gleaner occurs in riverine forest and seasonally flooded várzea across the Amazon basin, feeding low in dense vegetation.

• Galapagos Flycatcher Myiarchus magnirostris

  The Galapagos Flycatcher lives in island forests and feeds mainly on insects, as well as fruit and flowers. It nests in cavities in trees and cacti.

• White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni

  This flycatcher inhabits high forests in southeastern Africa. It searches for invertebrates near the forest floor; tracking of one bird suggests seasonal elevation changes.

• Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis

  A small, long-tailed dove with a reddish-brown breast and belly. In southern Africa it is often seen in pairs or small groups, feeding on seeds on the ground.

• White-streaked Antvireo Dysithamnus leucostictus

  This small bird lives in low tangles of humid montane forest. Males are gray, while females have a rufous-brown head and back, among other sex-specific differences.