Meet the world’s animals.

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• Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae

  

  A tall wader of Australian wetlands. It searches beneath the water for small animals with its chestnut head and neck above a long, upturned bill.

• Mareeba Rock Wallaby Petrogale mareeba

  

  A grey to brown rock-wallaby with a pale cheek stripe, it lives in rocky habitat in northern Queensland. At Granite Gorge, provisioned animals began afternoon activity earlier.

• Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis

  

  This fiscal has gray and black plumage edged with white. It searches for invertebrates by day in dry scrub in eastern Africa.

• Golden-crowned Sifaka Propithecus tattersalli

  

  A sifaka with mostly white fur and a golden crown. It lives in limited forests in northeastern Madagascar and leaps between trees.

• Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher Nephelomyias ochraceiventris

  

  This small flycatcher lives in humid mountain forest east of the Andes. It searches leaves and branches in the canopy and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Crest-tailed Mulgara Dasycercus cristicauda

  

  The crest-tailed mulgara is a small marsupial of arid central Australia. A black tuft marks its tail.

• Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea

  A red-orange crest runs over the head. In western Uganda’s Budongo Forest, observers reported birds following people and searching disturbed leaf litter.

• Cape Elephant Shrew Elephantulus edwardii

  The Cape elephant shrew lives in rocky parts of South Africa and feeds mainly on ants and other insects. Its long, flexible snout is a notable feature.

• Black-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris

  This bird of northeastern India is recognized by its thick bill and black breast.

• African Striped Weasel Poecilogale albinucha

  The African striped weasel has a long, slim body marked with black and white stripes. It is active around burrows at night and mainly eats small mammals.

• Satin Swiftlet Collocalia uropygialis

  A swiftlet of South Pacific islands including Vanuatu, it has satiny blue-black upperparts and a broad white rump band.

• Pearson's Tuco-tuco Ctenomys pearsoni

  Pearson's Tuco-tuco is a burrowing rodent. Its reddish-brown coat has a white collar below the throat and white patches on the sides of the neck.

• Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum

  Batis fratrum lives on the coastal plain of southeastern Africa. Males have grey backs and a white wing-bar; females have a narrow pale eyebrow and rufous wing-bar. It searches for insects in forest understory.

• Stein's Cuscus Phalanger vestitus

  Stein's cuscus occurs on New Guinea. A broad stripe across its back is a distinguishing feature, and a survey recorded it in the highland forests of Lanny Jaya.

• Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus

  A mousebird with a red face and long tail. Flocks use trees in dry regions and feed on leaves and fruit.

• Montane Vole Microtus (Mynomes) montanus

  This vole lives in grasslands and alpine meadows of western North America and remains active beneath snow in winter.

• Black-breasted Puffbird Notharchus pectoralis

  This puffbird lives in humid forest from eastern Panama to western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It takes centipedes and scorpions among other prey and excavates a nest hole in an arboreal termite mound.

• Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina

  A seal of the seas around Antarctica that dives deep to find food.

• Brown Bush-Warbler Locustella luteoventris

  The Brown Bush Warbler is a rare winter visitor in Hong Kong, where it hides in tall grass and reedbeds.

• Hispaniolan Hutia Plagiodontia aedium

  The Hispaniolan hutia is a rodent found only on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Its dark-brown back, paler underside, and nearly hairless tail are useful clues.

• Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus

  The Collared Aracari is a toucan relative with a bright yellow belly and red rump. It moves through trees in small flocks and eats fruits, insects, and other foods.

• Selous's Spiny Mouse Acomys (Acomys) selousi

  This spiny mouse has rufous-brown or coffee-colored upperparts and a white underside. It is recorded on isolated rocky ridges in eastern Botswana, southern Zimbabwe and northern South Africa.

• Mountain Wren-Babbler Gypsophila crassa

  The Mountain Wren-Babbler is a small bird of montane forest on Borneo. Its brown body is set off by pale eyebrows and throat, and it can be hard to see in dark gullies.

• Hope Porcupine Coendou speratus

  This small, long-tailed porcupine was described from Atlantic Forest on the northeastern coast of Brazil. Its back appears fully spiny because it lacks long dorsal fur, and the quill tips are reddish brown against a dark background.