Meet the world’s animals.

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• Yellow-headed Warbler Teretistris fernandinae

  

  This warbler occurs in western Cuba and on the Isle of Pines and nearby islands. Its gray body and yellow hood are distinctive, and it searches for food in lower and middle forest layers.

• Jungle cat Felis chaus

  A wild cat with tall, tufted ears that also lives in grasslands and wetlands.

• Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye Platysteira concreta

  An East African forest bird. The field guide describes an olive back, a chestnut-yellow breast and belly, and bright green wattles beside the eyes.

• Piebald Shrew Diplomesodon pulchellus

  A Central Asian desert shrew with a white back patch that prefers damp sand.

• Bicolored Wren Campylorhynchus griseus

  This large wren has a striking white eyebrow and rufous-brown back. It uses dry scrub and cactus habitat, and family groups call to one another.

• East Asian Tailless Leaf-nosed Bat Coelops frithii

  This bat ranges across South and Southeast Asia. A 2026 checklist added three female records from lowland mixed forest in southern Vietnam.

• Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum

  A pratincole with a tern-like flight that catches insects over open country near water.

• Mesoamerican Common Mustached Bat Pteronotus (Phyllodia) mesoamericanus

  An insect-eating bat studied in a Costa Rican dry-forest population in 2020, where researchers examined how wing shape related to diet.

• Greater Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa

  The Greater Sooty Owl is a nocturnal forest owl recorded in eastern Australia and New Guinea. It hunts vertebrate prey in dense forest.

• Eastern Bettong Bettongia gaimardi

  The eastern bettong is a small Tasmanian marsupial that carries nesting material with its long tail. It leaves its grass nest at night to forage on fungi, seeds and other foods.

• Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella

  A bunting that stays on farmland in Britain year-round; males have a bright yellow head.

• Grizzled Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus inustus

  The grizzled tree kangaroo is a marsupial with powerful forelimbs and curved claws suited to climbing. In the wild it eats leaves, fruit, and soft bark, and most records come from primary forest.

• Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus

  In Japan, this shrike arrives as a summer visitor in areas north of central Honshu and also occurs in shrubby grassland.

• Natal Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus natalensis

  An insect-eating bat that roosts in caves. Seasonal movements between caves have been studied in populations in northeastern South Africa.

• Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus

  This bushshrike lives mainly in southern Africa, especially South Africa. Its black throat band contrasts with bright yellow on the throat and face, and it forages in open places with scattered shrubs and trees.

• San Diego Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus fallax

  The San Diego pocket mouse is a small rodent that comes out at night to gather seeds.

• Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis

  The Brown-necked Raven is a crow with a bronze sheen on its neck and a long, triangular tail.

• Bonobo Pan paniscus

  An ape living in forests south of the Congo River whose groups gather or split as food availability changes.

• Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus

  A tiny bird of eucalyptus canopies, the Spotted Pardalote has a distinctive pattern of white spots. Adult males also show a red rump and yellow throat. It searches foliage for insects and sugary exudates.

• Desert Gundi Ctenodactylus vali

  The desert gundi is a small herbivorous rodent found in a few rocky areas around the Sahara.

• Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa

  The Kentucky Warbler has yellow underparts and a yellow spectacle around the eye. It forages near the forest floor in eastern North America during breeding and moves to Central America for winter.

• Santa Marta White-fronted Capuchin Cebus malitiosus

  This capuchin lives around the Santa Marta mountains of northern Colombia. Its dark coat contrasts with pale fur on the head and shoulders.

• Tawny-headed Swallow Alopochelidon fucata

  This small swallow has a tawny head and pale underside. It is migratory and catches flying insects in the air.

• Thongaree's False-vampire Eudiscoderma thongareeae

  This rare bat is known from Bala Forest in southern Thailand. The original description was based on three specimens, and little is known about its natural history.