Meet the world’s animals.

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• Tablas Drongo Dicrurus menagei

  

  This drongo is treated as endemic to Tablas Island in the Philippines. Its outer tail feathers are very long and curve outward at the tips; most field observations were in mature, closed-canopy forest.

• Bonin flying fox Pteropus pselaphon

  A large fruit-eating bat native only to the Ogasawara Islands.

• Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis

  This sparrow breeds in open sage-dominated shrubsteppe in western North America. During migration and winter it also uses dry scrub with creosote or saltbush.

• Purple-necked Rock Wallaby Petrogale purpureicollis

  The purple-necked rock-wallaby lives among rocky country in Queensland, Australia. Its purple appearance comes from pigment on the fur, not a permanent coat colour, and varies among individuals.

• Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum

  The Olive-tree Warbler is a long, slender bird with a long bill. It breeds in southeastern Europe and the Middle East and migrates to Africa for winter.

• Müller's Three-striped Dasyure Myoictis melas

  Müller's three-striped dasyure is a dasyurid marsupial from New Guinea's forests. Specimens assigned to the species vary in color, from nearly black to reddish brown.

• Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis

  This small honeybird is about 10 cm long. It lives in the Afrotropical region and searches for invertebrates in trees.

• Coimbra Filho's Titi Callicebus coimbrai

  Black forehead, crown and ears set off the striped front half of this titi monkey's back. One group studied in a southern Sergipe forest fragment fed more during the wet season and rested more during the dry season. Its Atlantic Forest range includes Sergipe and northern coastal Bahia.

• Inland Dotterel Peltohyas australis

  This sandy, mottled plover blends into open plains. It forages in small flocks by day and alone or in pairs at night.

• Northern Red Muntjac Muntiacus vaginalis

  Muntiacus vaginalis is a muntjac listed in Nepal's mammal Red List. The account describes it in dense forest and wooded hills, feeding on fruit, buds, and new grass shoots.

• White-chested Puffbird Malacoptila fusca

  This puffbird inhabits lowland evergreen forest in northwestern Amazonia and nearby regions. Its streaked plumage, small white collar, and orange bill base stand out; it feeds on spiders and caterpillars in the understory.

• Mediterranean Water Shrew Neomys anomalus

  The Mediterranean water shrew is a small shrew associated with water. Its dark back and white underside stand out, while its close relative can look almost identical.

• Espanola Mockingbird Mimus macdonaldi

  This mockingbird lives only on Española in the Galápagos. It has a long tail and curved bill and eats insects, fruit, and other small prey.

• Vangunu Giant Rat Uromys vika

  This rat has a cinnamon-brown back and creamy-white underside. The 2017 account describes a single subadult specimen found in a cut-down tree in lowland rainforest on Vangunu Island.

• Rose-faced Parrot Pyrilia pulchra

  Adults are mainly green with a rose-pink face, a dark crown, and a blue-tipped tail. Juveniles have pink confined to a smaller area around the eyes and ear coverts.

• Greater Hog Badger Arctonyx collaris

  The greater hog badger has a long, projecting snout and strong claws for digging.

• Palawan Frogmouth Batrachostomus chaseni

  This frogmouth inhabits lowland forest on Palawan. Males are gray-brown and finely speckled; females are more rufous and less patterned.

• Big-eared Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus macrotis

  The big-eared horseshoe bat is a small horseshoe bat with relatively large ears. In a summer study in southwestern China, most detected insect food belonged to Lepidoptera, the group that includes moths and butterflies.

• Blue-eyed Cockatoo Cacatua ophthalmica

  A large white cockatoo of lowland forest on New Britain.

• Cotton-top tamarin Oedipomidas oedipus

  A small monkey of northwestern Colombia, distinguished by long white hair flowing from the head toward the shoulders.

• Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius leucotis

  This vireonid inhabits humid forests from northern South America into the Amazon basin. It has a slaty-blue head, a bright yellow eyebrow, and yellow underparts.

• Cape Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis

  An antelope of open southern African savannas that can raise a crest of white hair when excited.

• Sira Barbet Capito fitzpatricki

  This small barbet is known only from the eastern slope of Peru’s Cerros del Sira. Its description paper reported three localities at 950–1,250 m and mainly describes paired birds foraging in the canopy.

• Nathusius's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii

  Nathusius's pipistrelle is a migratory bat. In the UK it catches flying insects near lakes and rivers.