Meet the world’s animals.

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• Weyns's Weaver Ploceus weynsi

  

  Weyns’s Weaver occurs in central Africa, including around Lake Victoria and along the Congo River. Species accounts place it in seasonal swamp forest and lakeside vegetation; it is usually resident but may wander irregularly.

• 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.

• Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia

  

  This plover occurs along coasts from the southern United States to South America. It searches beaches and tidal flats for crabs and other prey.

• Tufted capuchin Sapajus apella

  

  A monkey that spends much of its time in trees but also comes down to forage on the ground.

• White-cheeked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus vassali

  

  This laughingthrush occurs in southern Laos and Vietnam and adjacent eastern Cambodia. It uses moist forest and often forages near the ground in flocks.

• White-striped Free-tailed Bat Austronomus australis

  

  It has a brown back, a paler underside, and broad white stripes along its sides. This Australian bat is nocturnal and uses echolocation to find insects.

• American Woodcock Scolopax minor

  This shorebird walks on the forest floor and probes the soil with its long bill for earthworms.

• Bornean Short-tailed Gymnure Hylomys dorsalis

  A small gymnure from Borneo, recorded in hill and montane forests from about 1,000 m elevation.

• Black-sided Flowerpecker Dicaeum monticolum

  The Black-sided Flowerpecker is a small bird of Borneo's montane forests. Males have a red throat and dark blue-black back; females have a greener back.

• King Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus rex

  The king horseshoe bat is recorded from southern China. It has very large ears and darker fur above than below.

• Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii

  It ranges from southern Mexico to western Panama, using forested areas near water as well as edges and scrub.

• San Joaquin Pocket Mouse Perognathus inornatus

  The San Joaquin pocket mouse carries seeds in fur-lined cheek pouches. It searches for food on the ground at night and stays in a burrow by day.

• Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera

  The Great-winged Petrel is a large seabird with long wings and all-dark plumage. It breeds on Southern Hemisphere islands and disperses widely over the oceans outside the breeding season.

• Variegated Spider Monkey Ateles hybridus

  The variegated spider monkey lives in forests of northern South America and uses its long limbs and grasping tail to move through the canopy.

• Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda

  A bird with a dark head, rufous-brown body, and long gray tail tipped in black. It moves through trees and eats a wide variety of foods.

• Fawn Antechinus Antechinus bellus

  The Fawn Antechinus is a small marsupial with pale fur, a white chin, and white feet. It is active mainly at dusk and dawn and shelters in tree hollows and fallen logs.

• Red-faced Barbet Lybius rubrifacies

  The Red-faced Barbet lives in wooded and open landscapes with scattered trees in eastern Africa. Its red face contrasts with dark plumage.

• Haviside's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus heavisidii

  This small dolphin lives off southwestern Africa. Its grey body has a dark cape and white markings, and it is observed in shallow coastal and shelf waters, usually in small groups.

• Papuan Pitta Erythropitta macklotii

  The Papuan Pitta inhabits forests on New Guinea and nearby islands. It has a red belly, rusty nape, black throat, and a blue breast band edged in black. In the 2024 eBird taxonomy, the former northern and southern pittas are treated as one species.

• Collared Tuco-tuco Ctenomys torquatus

  The Collared Tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent of lowlands from central Uruguay to southern Brazil. Coat colors vary by locality, including brown, gray, white-marked, and melanistic forms.

• American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus

  A large shorebird that searches tidal flats and beaches for shellfish with its long orange-red bill.

• Annamese Langur Trachypithecus margarita

  The Annamese langur occurs in Indochina. Its coat is generally silvery gray, with black hands and feet; the head hair forms a cap-like hood rather than a central crest. A study of one group on Takou Mountain recorded a diet dominated by young leaves, with fruit also important.

• Glittering Kingfisher Caridonax fulgidus

  The Glittering Kingfisher, also called the white-rumped kingfisher, has a red bill and white belly and rump. It lives in forest and wooded cultivated areas in the Lesser Sundas and eats insects.

• Anderson's Squirrel Callosciurus quinquestriatus

  Anderson's squirrel is reported from montane forests in southern Yunnan and eastern Myanmar. Its upperparts are brown to olive-yellow, with contrasting black-and-white stripes below. It eats plant matter as well as insects.