Meet the world’s animals.

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• Chaco Earthcreeper Tarphonomus certhioides

  

  This small ground-foraging bird lives in dry scrub in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. It feeds on arthropods and usually forages alone.

• Black-fronted Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola frontalis

  This ground tyrant moves through the southern Andes. A wintering record from rocky terrain in central Peru has been reported.

• Phoenicurus fuliginosus Rhyacornis fuliginosa

  The Plumbeous Redstart lives beside fast rivers and streams. Males are blue-grey with an orange tail; females and young birds are grey with scaly markings.

• Madagascar Turtle Dove Nesoenas picturatus

  The Madagascar Turtle Dove varies among Indian Ocean islands. In Seychelles, a smaller native form with a purple head occurs alongside a larger, grey-headed form introduced from Madagascar.

• Socotra Buzzard Buteo socotraensis

  The Socotra Buzzard is resident only on Socotra Island. A 2010 paper described it as a distinct species, noting brown upperparts, pale underparts and differences from related buzzards.

• Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius

  A large woodpecker of European forests, recognized by its black plumage and red head. It searches for ants and beetles on the ground and in trees, sometimes peeling bark to reach prey.

• Glowing Puffleg Eriocnemis vestita

  This hummingbird lives in montane forests on the eastern slopes of the Andes. Males are green with a purple throat and undertail; their plumage differs from that of females.

• Rufous-rumped Seedeater Sporophila hypochroma

  The Rufous-rumped Seedeater is a small bird whose male has a gray head and back with chestnut throat and underparts. In Argentina, it breeds in tall, humid grassland.

• Stripe-crowned Spinetail Cranioleuca pyrrhophia

  This ovenbird occurs in southern South America, where it searches for food on tree trunks and branches.

• Spectacled Tyrant Hymenops perspicillatus

  This tyrant flycatcher lives in South American grasslands and wetlands. Males are black with yellow around the eyes and on the bill. Breeding has been studied in native tall grassland in the Argentine Pampas.

• Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus

  The Slaty-backed Flycatcher lives in hilly and montane forest, and males and females have different plumage.

• Yellow-breasted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus occipitalis

  The Yellow-breasted Fruit Dove lives in forests of the Philippines. It has green upperparts, a gray head, yellow breast, and maroon marks on the belly and behind the eye.

• Javan Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus bartelsi

  This large raptor lives in forests on Java. Adults have a prominent crest and may soar above the canopy.

• White-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes cactorum

  The male has a white forehead and yellow throat. This woodpecker lives in southern South American habitats such as dry forest and savanna; a study documented sap feeding in Argentina's Chaco.

• Saw-billed Hermit Ramphodon naevius

  This large hummingbird is endemic to Brazil. Orange throat and neck markings with a dark central stripe, and its bill shape, help identify it. A study site in southeastern Atlantic rainforest documented flower feeding.

• Blue-necked Tanager Stilpnia cyanicollis

  This brightly colored tanager lives in the Colombian Andes. It uses humid forest, edges, and wooded gardens, feeding on fruit and small invertebrates.

• White-bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes palliatus

  This ovenbird lives in the high Andes of Peru. It has reddish upperparts and a white belly, and walks on the ground to forage in high-elevation bogs.

• Fuscous Flycatcher Cnemotriccus fuscatus

  This flycatcher occurs across South America. The Peru account describes it foraging in the understory of river-created habitats, with different subspecies associated with different environments.

• Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus

  The Spotted Forktail forages beside streams in mountain forest. Its long tail is deeply forked.

• Coroneted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus coronulatus

  This small pigeon is mainly green with a violet-pink crown patch. It eats fruit in lowland forests of New Guinea and nearby islands.

• Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus

  The Red-shouldered Hawk hunts from trees in forests and wetlands. Adult plumage varies by region, and juveniles have a different pattern.

• 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.

• Pale-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes leucurus

  This hummingbird lives in the understory of Amazonian forest. It has dark green plumage, a buff neck band, and a pale stripe on the cheek. Tail color varies among subspecies.

• Plain Seedeater Catamenia inornata

  This finch relative forages in dry to semi-humid montane scrub and other open habitats in the Andes. Males are grey; females are browner, and their bill colors differ.