Meet the world’s animals.

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• Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura

  

  This bunting is marked by a black-and-white face and yellow breast. It is found in dry savanna and scrub, often in pairs.

• Common marmoset Callithrix jacchus

  A small monkey with conspicuous white ear tufts that feeds on tree sap and raises young with help from family members.

• 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.

• Amazon Weasel Neogale africana

  This South American mustelid occurs in the Amazon Basin. In 2023, one individual was observed hunting a rodent and using a nearby burrow in a shade-grown coffee plot in Bolivia’s Yungas montane forest.

• Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus

  It resembles an American Robin but lacks a white eye-ring, and has rufous on the back and wings. It often hides in woods and dense thickets.

• Bristly Mouse Neacomys spinosus

  The bristly mouse occurs in Amazonian forests of South America, from lowland evergreen forest to montane forest.

• Cameroon Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra oritis

  This small sunbird lives in highland forests, where it uses flower nectar and dense woodland cover.

• Hoffmanns's Titi Plecturocebus hoffmannsi

  Hoffmanns's titi is a monkey of the Brazilian Amazon. It has a gray back, yellowish-white underside, and black tail, and records show it eating fruit and seeds.

• White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis

  A North American nuthatch that searches bark as it moves along trunks and branches.

• Mareeba Rock Wallaby Petrogale mareeba

  A grey to brown rock-wallaby with a pale cheek stripe, it lives in rocky habitat in northern Queensland. At Granite Gorge, provisioned animals began afternoon activity earlier.

• Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus

  This oriole lives in tropical Asian woodlands. The male has strongly contrasting yellow and black plumage, while the female has greener underparts.

• Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus

  A rabbit with brown upperparts and a fluffy white tail. Some individuals have a white spot on the forehead. It also lives near people in places such as yards.

• Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus

  This flycatcher lives in eastern African grassland and semi-arid bushland. It drops from a perch to catch insects on the ground.

• North American Hoary Bat Aeorestes cinereus

  This bat is widespread in North America. It roosts alone in foliage in summer and is recorded flying above treetops and over water.

• Mallee Emu-wren Stipiturus mallee

  The Mallee Emu-wren is a small bird with a very long, filament-like tail. It moves quickly through low vegetation, and the male has a blue face and breast.

• Asian Highland Shrew Suncus montanus

  This shrew is endemic to Sri Lanka, where records span montane forest and lower wet-zone hills. It forages among leaf litter, rotting logs, and streamside vegetation, mostly at night.

• Mindanao Blue Fantail Rhipidura superciliaris

  This blue fantail lives in lowland forest on Basilan and Mindanao. It has a blue head and long tail and feeds mostly on insects.

• Snow Sheep Ovis nivicola

  The snow sheep lives in rocky mountains of eastern Siberia. It makes short seasonal movements and eats grasses and lichens.

• Rufous-crowned Antpitta Pittasoma rufopileatum

  The Rufous-crowned Antpitta is reported from humid foothill forest on the Pacific slope of Colombia and into northwestern Ecuador. It has a rufous head and a dark band through the eye, and is described hopping on the ground to search for insects.

• 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.

• White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus

  The White-throated Spadebill is a small bird with a broad, flat bill and a white throat. In Peru, it searches for food in the understory of humid montane forest.

• Plains Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavescens

  The plains pocket mouse is a small rodent of the North American Great Plains. It carries seeds in fur-lined cheek pouches and stores food in its burrow.

• Necklaced Barbet Psilopogon auricularis

  This barbet is recorded in the forests of Langbiang World Biosphere Reserve in Lam Dong, Vietnam. It eats mainly fruit and flowers, as well as insects.

• King Colobus Colobus polykomos

  The king colobus is a West African forest monkey with a black body and conspicuous white chest, whiskers, and tail.