Meet the world’s animals.
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- White-eyed Parakeet Psittacara leucophthalmus
Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 The White-eyed Parakeet is a medium-sized parrot that is mainly green. Red markings on the neck vary widely and may be barely visible. In South America, it feeds on fruit and other foods in flocks.
- Large Pied Bat Chalinolobus dwyeri
The Large Pied Bat is an eastern Australian bat associated with cliffs and caves. It has glossy black fur, long ears, and a white V-shaped fringe beneath the wings and tail membrane.
- Short-tailed Frogmouth Batrachostomus poliolophus
The Sumatran Frogmouth is a nocturnal bird of mountain forest on Sumatra.
- Red wolf Canis rufus
Once widespread in the eastern United States, the red wolf now has a wild population in a limited area of northeastern North Carolina.
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
The Red-tailed Black Cockatoo is a black parrot with a conspicuous red tail. The sexes differ in plumage, and the species includes several subspecies and disjunct populations.
- Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Stenella frontalis
This dolphin lives in warm Atlantic waters. Its spots develop with age and become darker and more widespread, while groups usually number fewer than 50 but sometimes reach about 200.
- Blue Mountain Vireo Vireo osburni
This vireo lives in humid montane forests of north-western Jamaica and feeds within dense leaf cover.
- Dulzura Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys simulans
The Dulzura kangaroo rat ranges from coastal southern California to southern Baja California Sur, Mexico. Reported populations differ in body size across regions and habitats.
- Black-girdled Barbet Capito dayi
A small barbet of lowland forest in central Amazonian Brazil and eastern Bolivia. The male’s red crown and black band across the white underside are distinctive.
- Ka'apor Capuchin Cebus kaapori
It has cream-colored cheeks and shoulders, a dark crown, and a tail that helps it move among branches. A dry-season study in Pará found fruit to be its main food.
- Pale-legged Warbler Myiothlypis signata
The Pale-legged Warbler searches for food in the lower growth and edges of mountain forest on the eastern Andes, including bamboo thickets.
- Laos Langur Trachypithecus laotum
The Laos langur lives in limestone forest in central Laos. At the study site, young animals showed varied coat colors, and groups were observed eating young leaves.
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
This thick-knee has large yellow eyes and long legs. It uses dry, open ground in Africa, including places near water.
- Southern Four-eyed Opossum Philander quica
The southern four-eyed opossum is a medium-sized marsupial of Brazil's Atlantic Coastal region. It feeds mainly on invertebrates, small vertebrates, and fruit, and is active at night.
- Orange-crowned Fairywren Clytomyias insignis
This small bird has an orange crown. It moves in small groups through mountain-forest thickets on New Guinea and gleans invertebrates from leaf undersides.
- Guianan Squirrel Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) aestuans
A squirrel from the northeastern part of Amazonia, recorded in southern Venezuela, northern Brazil, and the Guianan region.
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
This large stork lives south of the Sahara in Africa. It scavenges in grasslands and savannas and may also search for food around villages and rubbish dumps. Sparse head and neck feathers and a large throat pouch give it a distinctive profile.
- Merriam's Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga mutica
This bat has brown back fur with whitish bases, and its tongue tip may show even at rest. It ranges from Mexico through Central America to northern and western Colombia.
- Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii
A small sparrow, about 16 cm long, found in highlands and near human settlements. It feeds mainly on plant seeds on the ground and is sedentary.
- Alaska Hare Lepus othus
This hare lives in western Alaska's tundra and changes coat color with the seasons.
- Red Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea rubra
The male displays crimson plumes in courtship; the female is mainly brown. The species inhabits the Raja Ampat Islands.
- Bunny Rat Reithrodon auritus
Its back has mixed gray and black fur, its underside is pale gray, and its large rounded ears are furry. It lives in open grasslands and pampas, digging or using burrows and natural rock holes.
- Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola
The Masked Gnatcatcher searches woodland and scrub for small insects. Males have a black facial mask; females have a white eye-ring and cheeks.
- Vanuatu Flying Fox Pteropus anetianus
The Vanuatu flying fox lives on islands in Vanuatu. It roosts in small groups and eats fruit and flowers. The factsheet says it is seen flying by day more often than other flying foxes in Vanuatu.