Meet the world’s animals.

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• Greater Green Leafbird Chloropsis sonnerati

  

  The male is green, with a black throat patch and blue moustachial stripe that can blend into the leaves. In the canopy it eats fruit, nectar, and insects.

• Kirk's dik-dik Madoqua kirkii

  A tiny antelope of East and southwestern Africa, living among shrubs and savannah vegetation.

• Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis

  The male builds a large display structure decorated with objects. The species lives in dry woodland of northern Australia.

• Black-handed Titi Cheracebus medemi

  The black-handed titi occurs in the Colombian Amazon. Its species account describes dark hands, feet, tail, and underparts, with a white throat.

• White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis

  The White-shouldered Black Tit is mostly black, with a white wing patch and pale eye. It ranges across parts of western and eastern Africa and uses dry woodland, savanna and open habitats.

• Javan Rusa Rusa timorensis

  A deer recorded in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.

• Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer

  An identification guide describes this warbler among rocks and boulders near the upper rhododendron zone, with streamside vegetation used in winter.

• Northern Sportive Lemur Lepilemur septentrionalis

  The northern sportive lemur lives at the northern tip of Madagascar. It is active at night and rests in trees.

• Snethlage's Antpitta Hylopezus paraensis

  This antpitta occurs in the southern Brazilian Amazon. A 2012 revision treated it as a lineage distinguished from relatives by vocal and genetic evidence.

• Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina

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

• Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis

  The Spot-billed Pelican is a waterbird of South and Southeast Asian wetlands. It scoops fish near the surface into its bill pouch, drains the water, and swallows the fish.

• Robinson's Mouse Opossum Marmosa (Exulomarmosa) robinsoni

  Robinson's Mouse Opossum is a small marsupial with large ears and dark markings around the eyes. Current records extend from western Panama through Colombia to northern Venezuela and nearby islands.

• Pygmy Bushtit Psaltria exilis

  This tiny bird occurs only in the mountains of western and central Java. It feeds on insects and moves actively through the lower forest in small flocks.

• Northern Giant Mouse Lemur Mirza zaza

  This large mouse lemur is active at night. It lives in northwestern Madagascar’s forests and has a dark tail and pale underside.

• 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.

• Large Asian Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros lekaguli

  This bat has a large noseleaf. In 2019, six were caught and released after measurements near a cave on Negros Island, Philippines.

• Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor

  The Lesser Honeyguide occurs in wooded habitats in southern Africa. It searches for insects around bark and tree holes and may lay its eggs in the nests of other birds.

• Western Hoolock Gibbon Hoolock hoolock

  A gibbon of forests in northeastern India and nearby areas; males and females have different coat colors.

• Red-headed Tanager Piranga erythrocephala

  This tanager inhabits mountain forests in western Mexico. Males have a red head and throat; females lack the red areas.

• Phayre's Langur Trachypithecus phayrei

  This forest monkey moves through trees and feeds mainly on leaves. Adults are dark blue-gray, while young are born with yellowish fur.

• African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus

  The African Golden Oriole breeds in tree-rich savannas south of the Sahara and moves seasonally between regions.

• Tropical Big-eared Brown Bat Histiotus velatus

  The tropical big-eared brown bat has large, triangular ears. Brazilian records span several biomes, including Atlantic Forest and Cerrado.

• Riverbank Warbler Myiothlypis rivularis

  The Riverbank Warbler lives in lowland forests and wet places along South American rivers. It has a dark crown, white eyebrow, green upperparts, and a pale underside.

• Minute Tuco-tuco Ctenomys minutus

  The minute tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent of the southern Brazilian coastal plain. Populations in sandy fields beside dunes are described as typically brown.