Birds
More than 5000 bird species are found in the tropics and no less than 31 bird families are endemic to the tropical rainforests, a high number driven by complex vegetation structures that provide diverse food, nesting sites, and shelter.
Buff-necked Woodpecker (Meiglyptes tukki), Sarawak, Borneo 2025
Long-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus kingii), Quijos, Ecuador 2025
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis), Sarawak, Borneo, 2025
White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora), Mindo, Ecuador 2025
Striped Wren-Babbler (Kenopia striata), Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus), Mindo, Ecuador 2025
Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus), Mindo, Ecuador 2025
Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus), Point Reyes, California 2025
Scarlet-rumped Trogon ♂ (Harpactes duvaucelii), Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Flame-faced Tanager (Tangara parzudakii), Mindo, Ecuador 2025
Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan (Andigena laminirostris), Mindo, Ecuador 2025
Hummingbird (Trochilidae), Mindo, Ecuador 2025
Black Flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis), Quijos, Ecuador, 2025
Pale-naped Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidinucha), Quijos, Ecuador, 2025
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans), Quijos, Ecuador 2025
Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas), Quijos, Ecuador 2025
Western Striolated-Puffbird (Nystalus obamai), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Juvenile Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Golden-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra erythrocephala), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
California Quail (Callipepla californica), Point Reyes, California 2025
Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot (Loriculus galgulus), Sabah, Borneo 2024
Bold-striped Tit-Babbler (Mixornis bornensis), Sarawak, Borneo 2025
Russet-backed Oropendola (Psarocolius angustifrons) composite*, Quijos, Ecuador 2025
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus), Sarawak, Borneo 2025
Golden-naped Barbet (Psilopogon pulcherrimus), Sabah, Borneo 2024
Great Jacamar (Jacamerops aureus), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Mangrove Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis rufigastra), Sarawak, Borneo 2025
Andean Emerald (Uranomitra franciae), Mindo, Ecuador 2025
Masked Trogon (Trogon personatus), Mindo, Ecuador 2025
Silver-breasted Broadbill (Serilophus lunatus), Pahang, Malaysia 2025
Black-chinned Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus notabilis), Mindo, Ecuador 2025
Chestnut-backed Antbird (Poliocrania exsul), Mindo, Ecuador 2025
Golden-naped Tanager (Chalcothraupis ruficervix), Mindo, Ecuador 2025
Aberrant Bush Warbler (Horornis flavolivaceus), Sabah, Borneo 2024
Dusky Munia (Lonchura fuscans), Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Red-crowned Barbet (Psilopogon rafflesii), Sarawak, Borneo 2025
Andean Motmot (Momotus aequatorialis), Quijos, Ecuador 2025
Crimson-rumped Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus), Mindo, Ecuador 2025
Zeledon's Antbird (Hafferia zeledoni), Mindo, Ecuador 2025
Mountain Bulbul (Ixos mcclellandii), Pahang, Malaysia 2025
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus), Mindo, Ecuador 2025
White-lined Tanager ♀ (Tachyphonus rufus), Mindo, Ecuador 2025
Brown Barbet (Caloramphus fuliginosus), Sarawak, Borneo 2025
Buffy Fish-Owl (Ketupa ketupu), Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii), Mindo, Ecuador 2025
Andean Guan (Penelope montagnii), Napo, Ecuador 2025
Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis), Quijos, Ecuador, 2025
Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii), Napo, Ecuador 2025
Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater), Quijos, Ecuador 2025
Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan (Andigena hypoglauca), Napo, Ecuador 2025
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus), Point Reyes, California 2025
Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock (Rupicola peruvianus), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Black-crested Bulbul (Rubigula flaviventris), Pahang, Malaysia 2025
Rufous-browed Flycatcher (Anthipes solitaris), Pahang, Malaysia 2025
Sunset Hummingbird (Trochilidae), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Silver-eared Mesia (Leiothrix argentauris), Pahang, Malaysia 2025
Band-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus zonatus), Mindo, Ecuador 2025
Spectacled Bulbul (Rubigula erythropthalmos), Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Green-backed Trogon (Trogon viridis), Upper Amazon, Ecuador 2025
Black Flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis), Quijos, Ecuador, 2025
Greater Green Leafbird ♀ (Chloropsis sonnerati), Sarawak, Borneo 2025
Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus), Sarawak, Borneo, 2025
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos), Sarawak, Borneo 2025
Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus), Sabah, Borneo 2024
Sabah Partridge (Tropicoperdix graydoni), Sabah, Borneo 2024
Van Hasselt's Sunbird ♀ (Leptocoma brasiliana), Sabah, Borneo 2024
Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker (Prionochilus xanthopygius), Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma), Sabah, Borneo 2024
Hummingbird (Trochilidae), Quijos, Ecuador 2025
Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus treacheri), Sabah, Borneo 2024
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (Sitta frontalis), Sabah, Borneo 2024
Dayak Blue Flycatcher and juvenile (Cyornis montanus), Sabah, Borneo 2024
Landing drongo (Dicrurus sp.), Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Scarlet-rumped Trogon ♀ (Harpactes duvaucelii), Sarawak, Borneo 2024
Hummingbird (Trochilidae), Quijos, Ecuador 2025