Meet the world’s animals.

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• Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus

  

  The Southern Bald Ibis has a bare red crown and whitish bare face. It searches grasslands and fields in southern Africa for insects and nests on cliff ledges.

• Dark Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) obscurus

  This fruit-eating bat has been recorded in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. Its dorsal and ventral fur is subtly two-toned, and the forearm is densely furred.

• Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea

  The Cinereous Bunting uses rocky, scrub-covered slopes and nests on the ground. Its underparts range from whitish gray to yellowish between the western and eastern subspecies.

• 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.

• Black-necked Wattle-eye Platysteira chalybea

  This forest bird occurs in west-central Africa. Males are glossy greenish black, while females are duller and have a smaller blue-green eye wattle.

• Saola Pseudoryx nghetinhensis

  The saola is a wild relative of cattle that lives in the forests of the Annamite Mountains in Laos and Viet Nam. Both sexes have long horns and white facial markings.

• Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus

  The Spotted Honeyguide is an African bird with an olive back and a spotted breast. It searches forest canopies for beeswax and insects.

• Mediterranean horseshoe bat Rhinolophus euryale

  A bat of wooded foothills and mountains. It emerges at twilight to hunt moths and other insects.

• Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis

  The Rufous-throated Solitaire is a year-round resident of Caribbean mountain forests. It is mostly gray, with a rufous throat and white outer tail feathers; plumage varies among islands.

• Leschenault's Rousette Rousettus leschenaultii

  Rousettus leschenaultii is a fruit-eating flying fox ranging across South and Southeast Asia. Its dorsal fur is fulvous brown and the underside grey to brown-grey; it roosts by day in caves and some buildings.

• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea

  The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher is a tiny, long-tailed bird with blue-gray plumage. It moves through the outer foliage of broadleaf forests and scrublands while searching for insects and spiders.

• Abyssinian Hare Lepus habessinicus

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

• Mountain Thornbill Acanthiza katherina

  Mountain Thornbills are endemic to Queensland’s Wet Tropics and inhabit upland rainforest. BirdLife reports their highest densities at about 1,200 m.

• White-winged Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peronymus) leucoptera

  The white-winged dog-like bat has white wings beyond the forearm and ears joined above the forehead. Its biology is still poorly known.

• Andean Guan Penelope montagnii

  The Andean Guan lives mainly in trees in Andean cloud forest. Its subspecies vary in plumage across the range.

• Geoffroy's Tamarin Oedipomidas geoffroyi

  This small monkey occurs from Colombia's Pacific coast into Panama. It uses primary and secondary forest, including secondary growth with large trees, and can be found near cultivated areas.

• Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri

  The male Straw-tailed Whydah grows a very long tail in breeding plumage and shows bold black-and-pale markings. It feeds on seeds on the ground in dry savanna.

• Ethiopian wolf Canis simensis

  A wolf found only in Ethiopia's highlands, with a bright reddish coat and long legs.

• Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi

  Townsend's Warbler searches for small insects high in conifers, where its yellow and black plumage stands out among the foliage. In winter it also occurs in Mexico, Central America, and along the Pacific coast of the United States.

• Black-flanked Rock Wallaby Petrogale lateralis

  The black-flanked rock wallaby lives among rocky outcrops in western and south-central Australia. A dark flank stripe and use of rock crevices are characteristic.

• Black-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris

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

• West Javan Langur Trachypithecus mauritius

  A monkey restricted to forests of western Java. It eats leaves and shoots and spends much of the day resting.

• European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus

  The European Storm Petrel is a small, dark seabird that spends much of its time at sea. In the breeding season it returns to island burrows, including in Scotland.

• Florida Bonneted Bat Eumops floridanus

  A large bat of southern Florida, it catches insects in flight and roosts in tree cavities and some building spaces.