Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sunda Cuckoo Cuculus lepidus

  

  The Sunda Cuckoo occurs from the Malay Peninsula through the Sunda Islands. It eats mainly caterpillars and other insects and is a brood parasite of small leaf-warblers.

• Weddell's Saddle-back Tamarin Leontocebus weddelli

  

  A small monkey recorded in Rondônia, Brazil. The official species account describes the nominate subspecies east of the Madeira River.

• River Tern Sterna aurantia

  

  A tern with a yellow bill and a deeply forked tail. It flies over rivers and lakes in South Asia and catches fish.

• Sulawesi Flying Fox Acerodon celebensis

  

  The Sulawesi Flying Fox is a fruit bat found only on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. A small island off eastern Central Sulawesi serves as a daytime roost, and the bats fly to mainland forests at night.

• Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni

  

  This small finch lives in high mountain forests. It feeds on seeds on the ground by day and is common in Rwanda’s Nyungwe National Park.

• Chilean Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) chiloensis

  

  The Chilean myotis is a small bat found in Chile and Argentina. It catches flying insects around dusk and uses forests, riparian scrub, caves, and buildings.

• Andean Coot Fulica ardesiaca

  A coot of high Andean lakes and ponds. Bill and frontal-shield colors vary by region, and birds feed on open water, often in flocks.

• Arrow Flying Squirrel Hylopetes sagitta

  This flying squirrel is reported from Java and Bangka. At Mount Ungaran in Central Java, a paper documented nighttime activity in October 2024; the three animals observed were mainly in trees.

• Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii

  A trogon of forests from Costa Rica's Pacific slope to western Panama, the male stands out with a red belly and blue facial skin.

• Daghestan Tur Capra cylindricornis

  The Daghestan Tur is a wild goat of the rugged eastern Caucasus. Males carry large horns that sweep back, and the goats feed on grasses and shrubs.

• Vogelkop Bowerbird Amblyornis inornata

  The Vogelkop Bowerbird lives in the mountains of western New Guinea, where males build decorated structures.

• Black-footed cat Felis nigripes

  A small cat with tawny fur, dark spots and bands, and black foot pads.

• American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus

  The American Bushtit is a small social bird of western North America. Flocks search the undersides of leaves for insects and spiders and weave a pouch-like hanging nest.

• Barbara Brown's Titi Callicebus barbarabrownae

  The blond titi is a titi monkey recorded in small forest patches in Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia. It has pale buff fur and an orange tail.

• Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis

  The Western Crowned Warbler breeds in the mountains of Central Asia and winters in forests on the Indian peninsula. It moves restlessly from branch to branch, searching among leaves for insects.

• Lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros

  A small bat with a horseshoe-shaped fold of skin around its nose. In Ireland, records are concentrated in six western counties.

• Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus

  The Dusky Woodswallow is a grey-brown bird with a white patch on the outer wing. Flocks of about 10–30 birds gather to roost together.

• Fennec fox Vulpes zerda

  A small fox of sandy areas such as the Sahara. It has strikingly large ears and a pale coat.

• Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus

  This small barbet has a red forehead and a golden wing patch. It eats mistletoe fruit and other foods, and nests in a tree hole.

• Abyssinian Hare Lepus habessinicus

  The Abyssinian hare lives in open parts of East Africa. Its coat differs somewhat between Somali and Ethiopian animals.

• Gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua

  A penguin recognized by a red-orange bill and conspicuous white patches above its eyes.

• Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros galeritus

  This bat ranges across South and Southeast Asia. The 2019 species account recognizes four subspecies and gives their distributions.

• Red-and-black Grosbeak Periporphyrus erythromelas

  The Red-and-black Grosbeak shows a marked plumage difference between the sexes: males are red and black, while females are mainly yellow. It occupies the lower and middle layers of lowland forest in northeastern South America.

• Northern Pocket Gopher Thomomys talpoides

  A burrowing rodent widespread in western and midwestern North America. It lives in tunnels and uses grasslands, mountain meadows, and farmland.