Meet the world’s animals.

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• Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus

  

  The Tropical Royal Flycatcher catches flying insects in forest undergrowth and at woodland edges near streams. Its crest usually lies flat but opens into a fan, scarlet in males and yellow in females.

• Large Flying Fox Pteropus vampyrus

  

  A large fruit-eating bat of Southeast Asia. A tracking study in Malaysia recorded movements across national borders.

• Magellanic Snipe Gallinago magellanica

  

  This snipe has a slender olive bill and patterned brown plumage. In Chile it is recorded from Atacama to Cape Horn, using wet grassland and waterside vegetation.

• Agile Gibbon Hylobates agilis

  

  This gibbon lives high in tropical forest and uses its long arms to move from branch to branch.

• Ringed Storm Petrel Hydrobates hornbyi

  

  Ringed Storm Petrels occur offshore along the Humboldt Current on the west coast of South America. A breeding site has also been recorded inland in Chile's Atacama Region, where birds were reported to enter the nesting site at night.

• Thick-thumbed Myotis Myotis (Myotis) rosseti

  

  This small bat is known from Cambodia, southern Thailand, and Vietnam. At one Vietnamese site, it was observed flying low over thickets and maize fields while foraging.

• Japanese bush warbler Horornis diphone

  A small bird of satoyama woods, low hills and thickets, known for its spring song.

• Alpine Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) alpinus

  This chipmunk lives high in California's Sierra Nevada, among rocky slopes and subalpine forest.

• Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica

  This lark lives in open, dry grassland in East Africa. It has dark streaks on its reddish-brown upperparts and streaking on the breast.

• Mongoose Lemur Eulemur mongoz

  The mongoose lemur is known for its grey fur and beard. Adult males and females have different beard colors.

• Pink-backed pelican Pelecanus rufescens

  An African wetland pelican whose pale back can take on a pink tint.

• Dama gazelle Nanger dama

  A gazelle that feeds on shrubs and grasses in arid country.

• Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus

  The Little Bee-eater is a small bee-eater widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. It catches flying insects from low perches.

• Asian golden cat Catopuma temminckii

  A forest cat whose coat color and pattern vary among individuals.

• Kashmir Nuthatch Sitta cashmirensis

  The Kashmir Nuthatch has blue-gray upperparts and reddish-buff underparts. It feeds on insects and spiders, adding seeds and nuts in winter.

• Collared Pika Ochotona (Pika) collaris

  The collared pika has a collar-like pattern from the nape to the shoulders. It uses rocky slopes and nearby meadows, gathering plants for winter.

• Chilean Skua Stercorarius chilensis

  The Chilean Skua is a seabird of southern South American coasts and offshore waters. It sometimes takes food from other seabirds.

• Red River Hog Potamochoerus porcus

  A wild pig of western and central African forests, savannas and wetlands that becomes active after dusk.

• Verdin Auriparus flaviceps

  The Verdin is a tiny bird with a yellow head and grey body. It lives mainly among thorny shrubs in deserts of the southwestern United States and Mexico.

• Brown Titi Plecturocebus brunneus

  An arboreal monkey from Brazil's Rondônia state. Its brown back, reddish limbs and belly, and black crown help distinguish it.

• Black-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis nigrivestis

  A hummingbird of high-elevation forest in northwestern Ecuador. It is marked by white leg puffs and feeds on flower nectar.

• South American Sea Lion Otaria byronia

  The South American sea lion lives along the continent's coasts. It feeds at sea and returns to shore to breed and rear its pups.

• Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana

  The Altai Accentor breeds in the mountains of Central Asia and moves into the Himalayas outside the breeding season. It feeds on rocky slopes, often in flocks.

• Masoala Sportive Lemur Lepilemur scottorum

  Scott's sportive lemur is a nocturnal lemur with reddish-brown fur and a black tail tip. The 2020 assessment knew it only from Masoala National Park in northeastern Madagascar.