Meet the world’s animals.

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• Large Pied Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis

  

  The White-browed Wagtail is marked by black-and-white plumage, a long tail, and a broad white eyebrow. It walks near water while wagging its tail and flies with an undulating path.

• Wrinkle-lipped Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon plicatus

  The 2018 study describes a relatively narrow wing shape in bats reported as Chaerephon plicatus. In a 2018 study of two central Thailand roost caves, brown planthoppers were common in droppings during rice growing; other insects appeared during the fallow period.

• Brolga Antigone rubicunda

  A large crane found in Australia, recognised by its red head and black throat pouch. Males and females may dance during courtship.

• Gilbert's Dunnart Sminthopsis gilberti

  This small marsupial occurs in separated populations in Western Australia. It hunts insects at night and nests in vegetation or hollows.

• Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis

  The Black-naped Oriole is conspicuous for its yellow and black plumage. The account here describes its appearance and habits recorded in Singapore.

• Silvered Langur Trachypithecus cristatus

  The silvered langur feeds on leaves and fruit in trees; its orange young gradually develop the silver coat of adults.

• Saker Falcon Falco cherrug

  A large falcon of dry grassland and semi-desert, with plumage that varies in colour.

• Hill's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hilli

  This horseshoe bat is known from a very small area in Nyungwe National Park, southwestern Rwanda. The species treatment lists two localities.

• Western Grasswren Amytornis textilis

  In the Shark Bay area of Western Australia, this grasswren uses shrublands and is recorded foraging on the ground in pairs or family groups.

• Tailed Tailless Bat Anoura caudifer

  Anoura caudifer is a small bat ranging from northern South America through Brazil to northwestern Argentina. It has a long, narrow muzzle and an extendable tongue for taking nectar, and occurs in humid tropical forests.

• Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus

  The Fire-fronted Bishop moves in response to rainfall in eastern Africa. A breeding male is black and yellow with a red forehead patch, and the species feeds mainly on grass seeds.

• Rudd's Bristle-furred Rat Uranomys ruddi

  This rat has a short tail and a white belly. In a Guinea survey it was recorded in escarpment forest, gallery forest, and near cultivated or fallow land.

• Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae

  The Long-tailed Broadbill is a forest bird with a black head, vivid green body, and long blue tail. It has a broad, flattened bill and searches for insects in groups.

• Ussuri Shrew Crocidura lasiura

  The Ussuri shrew is a small shrew of Northeast Asia. A study in the Russian Far East found it using a broad range of habitats within forest-steppe, including forest vegetation.

• Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala

  The Yellow-crowned Amazon is a green parrot with yellow on its head. The extent of yellow varies among subspecies.

• Korean Hare Lepus coreanus

  The Korean hare has brown or grey-brown fur on its back and paler fur underneath. It uses vegetated areas from plains to mountains and is reported to feed in open places in the late afternoon or evening.

• Cochabamba Mountain Finch Poospiza garleppi

  This small finch occurs in the mountains around Cochabamba, Bolivia, including shrub-filled ravines and Polylepis woodland.

• Common Brown Four-eyed Opossum Metachirus myosuros

  This opossum occurs in forests from Central America into central South America. It has brown fur, small pale eye spots and a long, nearly naked tail. It is nocturnal, solitary and mainly terrestrial.

• Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis

  The Cape Bunting forages on the ground for seeds, fruit, and small animals. The male has a gray streaked head and reddish wings.

• Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros hypophyllus

  The Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat is known from southern India. It has broad ears and small supplementary noseleaf structures, and a cave in dry scrubland is its only reported roost.

• Black Parrot Coracopsis nigra

  A fairly large black parrot found in and around forests. Its loud calls are musical whistles.

• Andean Saddle-back Tamarin Leontocebus leucogenys

  This saddle-back tamarin occurs in forests east of the Andes in Peru. Records include primary and secondary forest, forest edge, and riparian forest.

• Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis

  This antthrush lives on the forest floor. It is often seen with its tail cocked while turning leaves to search for food.

• Bennett’s tree-kangaroo Dendrolagus bennettianus

  A tree-dwelling kangaroo of northeastern Australia’s rainforests.