Meet the world’s animals.

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• Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii

  

  Clark's Grebe is a diving bird with a long neck and pale face. During courtship, pairs run side by side across the water.

• Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus

  

  A small whale with a bulging forehead and relatively short flippers, found in warm seas.

• Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis

  

  The Scrub Euphonia is a small bird of woodland, forest edges and semi-open habitats from Mexico through Central America. It is about 9 cm long, weighs around 10 g and eats fruit.

• Common squirrel monkey Saimiri sciureus

  

  A small monkey that moves quickly between branches in tropical forests near rivers.

• Orange-spotted Bulbul Pycnonotus bimaculatus

  

  The Orange-spotted Bulbul lives in humid forest and mountain scrub on Sumatra, Java, and Bali. This entry follows the two subspecies listed by the current species account.

• Brazilian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida brasiliensis

  

  The Brazilian free-tailed bat has a tail tip that projects beyond the tail membrane. Groups that arrive in central Texas each spring are well documented.

• Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus

  An Australian stilt that gathers at salt lakes filled by rain. In breeding plumage, a chestnut band stands out across the breast.

• Soemmerring's gazelle Nanger soemmerringii

  Soemmerring's gazelle is a gazelle of the dry grasslands and scrub of the Horn of Africa.

• MacGregor's Bowerbird Amblyornis macgregoriae

  The male MacGregor's Bowerbird has a conspicuous orange head plume. He builds and decorates a bower of sticks to court females. The species lives in mountain forests of central and eastern New Guinea.

• Iberian Hare Lepus granatensis

  The Iberian hare has large eyes, long ears and powerful hind legs. It is native only to the Iberian Peninsula and prefers open, level ground.

• Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus

  A small bird that weaves a pouch-shaped nest on branches near water. It ranges across Europe and Asia and forages among reeds and wetland plants.

• Southern White-cheeked Crested Gibbon Nomascus siki

  The southern white-cheeked gibbon lives in forests of central Laos and Vietnam. It stays in the canopy, and its diet changes with the seasons.

• Horned Guan Oreophasis derbianus

  The Horned Guan is a large bird of mountain forests in southeastern Mexico and Guatemala. The red horn on an immature bird is small and has not yet developed into the adult form.

• White-cheeked Spider Monkey Ateles marginatus

  This spider monkey has a white forehead triangle and pale lines on its face against black fur, and uses calls to stay in contact with its group.

• Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia

  The Royal Spoonbill is a large white waterbird. It sweeps its black, spoon-shaped bill through shallow water to find fish and shrimp. During breeding, its head crest grows longer.

• Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus gambianus

  It has a white spot at the base of each ear, and males have white shoulder tufts. It mainly eats fruit, with records of nectar feeding in Ghana.

• White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata

  Its gray body contrasts with a black crest and wings and white on the belly and underside of the long tail. In eastern African montane evergreen forest and nearby scrub or bamboo, it feeds on flies, ants, and other small invertebrates.

• Fea's Muntjac Muntiacus feae

  Fea’s muntjac is a small deer of forests in Thailand and southernmost Myanmar that is active alone at night.

• Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus

  The Sooty Oystercatcher has a black body and a red-orange bill. Along Australian coasts it searches for shellfish and other small animals, and it may form flocks outside the breeding season.

• South American Gray Fox Lycalopex griseus

  A fox with brindled gray fur, large ears, and a long bushy tail. It is nocturnal, and its food varies with the season.

• Pitt Shag Phalacrocorax featherstoni

  The Pitt Shag is a gray cormorant of the Chatham Islands, with yellow feet. It dives for fish and marine invertebrates.

• Giant Atlantic Tree-rat Phyllomys thomasi

  A spiny rat known only from São Sebastião Island off southeastern Brazil. Its back bears reddish-brown spines, and much of the island is Atlantic rainforest.

• Italian Sparrow Passer italiae

  The Italian Sparrow occurs in towns and rural areas in Italy and uses places close to people. Males and females differ in head markings, and the birds nest in gaps in buildings and similar sites.

• Madidi Titi Plecturocebus aureipalatii

  The Madidi titi lives in humid forests in Bolivia. Its golden crown and orange chest and limbs stand out.