Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala

  

  This bunting migrates to Cyprus to breed, using farmland with nearby trees and shrubs, and winters in India.

• Pichi Zaedyus pichiy

  

  A small armadillo of dry southern South America that digs burrows and feeds mainly on insects.

• Black-tailed Myiobius Myiobius atricaudus

  

  Olive upperparts, a yellow rump, black tail, and white throat mark this flycatcher. Males have a hidden yellow crown patch. It searches for insects low in forest.

• Gray-headed Lemur Eulemur cinereiceps

  

  This lemur lives in forests of southeastern Madagascar. Males and females differ in coat color, and groups forage in trees for fruit and other foods.

• Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

  

  A sandpiper that migrates from northern breeding grounds to Australia. In its Australian non-breeding range it forages in coastal and inland wetlands.

• Bay Duiker Cephalophus dorsalis

  

  The Bay Duiker is a forest antelope with a chestnut body, black legs, and a dark line along its back. It is mainly nocturnal and is associated with lowland tropical forest.

• Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis

  Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel is a small, dark-brown seabird.

• Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus

  An Iberian lynx with a short black-tipped tail, tufted ears, and facial ruffs.

• Philippine Bush Warbler Horornis seebohmi

  This warbler occurs in the mountains of Luzon in the Philippines. Its species account lists dense brush and undergrowth above 800 m.

• Ringtail Bassariscus astutus

  A raccoon relative with a long ringed tail that climbs nimbly over rocks.

• Arabian Lark Eremalauda eremodites

  The Arabian Lark is a large-billed lark of sandy deserts and open arid plains on the Arabian Peninsula. It runs along the ground while feeding, occurring singly or in pairs when breeding and in larger groups outside the breeding season.

• Daurian Pika Ochotona (Ochotona) dauurica

  The Daurian Pika is a small herbivore with short legs and rounded ears. It digs burrows in steppe and semi-desert habitats and feeds on vegetation.

• American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

  The American White Pelican is a North American pelican with broad black-and-white wings and a huge bill. It scoops fish in shallow water, sometimes herding fish with other pelicans.

• Java Warty Pig Sus verrucosus

  This pig occurs on Java and Bawean Island. It has an elongated face and uses cultivated landscapes and teak plantations mixed with grassland, scrub, and secondary forest.

• Rufous-crowned Bee-eater Merops americanus

  This bee-eater occurs in the Philippines. Adults have a rufous crown and upper back and an almost entirely green underside. The species profile identifies it as a diurnal, sedentary invertivore of woodland and semi-open habitats.

• Ucayali Bald Uacari Cacajao ucayalii

  This saki occurs in Amazonian forests of northeastern Peru. A taxonomic study described specimens from Peru's Río Javari-Mirim as reddish chestnut, while specimens from another area differed in color. At the Quebrada Blanco study site, sightings were more frequent in drier periods than during the rainy season.

• Yellow-billed Nuthatch Sitta solangiae

  The Yellow-billed Nuthatch has a yellow bill and violet-blue upperparts. It has a scattered, local range in Vietnam, Hainan, and Laos, where it moves through forest while searching for insects.

• Brown fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus

  A fur seal with separate subspecies in southern Africa and southern Australia. It lives at sea and comes ashore to breed.

• Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus

  A seabird that breeds on Arctic tundra and may steal food from other seabirds. Adults vary from dark to pale color forms.

• Seal's Sportive Lemur Lepilemur seali

  Seal's sportive lemur has thick, long fur and a pale collar at the neck. It is nocturnal and feeds mainly on leaves.

• Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus

  This tiny bird is about 8 cm long, with a brownish-grey head and back, darker wings and a short tail. It forages in pairs or family groups in dry savanna and shrubland.

• Javan slow loris Nycticebus javanicus

  This nocturnal primate moves through trees in Java's forests. It mainly eats gum and insects and has a pale, striped nape.

• Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus

  A green hummingbird with shining violet-blue markings, it visits flowers along highland forest edges and clearings.

• Lesser Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus sedulus

  The lesser woolly horseshoe bat is recorded from Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Few specimens are known, but it has been reported roosting in a culvert at a Malaysian national park.