Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sulawesi Masked Owl Tyto rosenbergii

  

  The Sulawesi Masked Owl is a nocturnal owl with a pale grey, heart-shaped facial disc edged in rufous. It is thought to hunt small animals over open farmland and forest edges.

• Fijian Monkey-faced Fruit Bat Mirimiri acrodonta

  The Fijian monkey-faced fruit bat has been recorded in upland cloud forest on Taveuni Island. It has bright orange eyes, and records of its ecology remain limited.

• Common Smoky Honeyeater Melipotes fumigatus

  Orange-yellow skin around the eyes and on the ear-wattle contrasts with the smoky brown back. In New Guinea's highlands, it feeds on small fruits and insects in the canopy and middle storey.

• Walston's Tube-nosed Bat Murina walstoni

  This bat has its type locality in northeastern Cambodia, with additional specimen records from Vietnam. Its back is warm brown and its underside is white; the holotype was trapped on a dry streambed in semievergreen forest.

• Black Stork Ciconia nigra

  A large stork that uses forests and wetlands. Many populations migrate seasonally, while some, including those in southern Africa, remain in the same area.

• Durango Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) durangae

  A chipmunk of the Sierra Madre Occidental in western Mexico. It inhabits mountain forests containing pine, oak, and juniper.

• Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae

  This small gray warbler has yellow on the chest and undertail. It searches among trees and shrubs in open pinyon-pine and oak woodland in the Southwest.

• Siberian ibex Capra sibirica

  A wild goat of Central Asian mountain ranges, both sexes have horns, but those of males grow especially long and large.

• Hooded Grebe Podiceps gallardoi

  The Hooded Grebe breeds in highland lakes in southern Argentina and is also recorded at Atlantic estuaries in winter.

• White-lined Broad-nosed Bat Platyrrhinus lineatus

  The white-lined broad-nosed bat is a South American bat marked by a white stripe on its back. It is nocturnal and mainly eats fruit.

• Black Cicadabird Coracina melas

  The Black Cicadabird occurs on New Guinea and is included in a field guide for the Mimika region. The guide describes different plumages for males and females.

• Golden Snub-nosed Monkey Rhinopithecus roxellana

  A monkey of montane forests in central and western China; leaves are a major part of its diet, alongside seeds and fruit.

• Eurasian hobby Falco subbuteo

  A long-winged falcon that flies swiftly to catch small birds and dragonflies in the air.

• Sumichrast's Vesper Rat Nyctomys sumichrasti

  This arboreal rodent lives in forests from southern Mexico to Panama. Its orange-tinged back and brush-like tail tuft stand out.

• Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii

  A starling of eastern African highlands, from Ethiopia south to Tanzania, associated with wet montane forest.

• Canefield Rat Rattus sordidus

  This ground-dwelling rat occurs in northeastern Australia. A survey in the Pellew Islands also recorded it in grassy open woodland.

• White-bellied Yuhina Erpornis zantholeuca

  A small forest bird that often joins mixed-species flocks. eBird currently displays it as White-bellied Erpornis, while the pool name is retained here.

• Bornean Spotted-winged Fruit Bat Balionycteris maculata

  This small fruit bat has yellow spots on its wings. It lives in forests in Thailand, Malaysia, and Borneo and is usually active at night.

• Rusty-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula ferrugineipectus

  This small antpitta occurs in separated mountain regions of northern Colombia and northern and western Venezuela. It lives in the understory of humid montane forest.

• Large Myotis Myotis (Myotis) chinensis

  Large Myotis is a large mouse-eared bat recorded in Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand.

• Mountain Barbet Psilopogon monticola

  It is a stocky green bird with a bare orange-yellow patch around the eye and a heavy pale bill. In Borneo's montane forest canopy it feeds mainly on fruit and berries.

• Idaho Ground Squirrel Urocitellus brunneus

  This Idaho ground squirrel occurs in Adams and Valley Counties. It has a reddish-brown back with faint pale spots. Adult males emerge above ground first, followed by females and yearlings, and the animals later enter seasonal hibernation.

• Creamy-bellied Gnatcatcher Polioptila lactea

  The Creamy-bellied Gnatcatcher occurs in southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. It moves its tail in the trees and fans it when excited, showing a strong black-and-white contrast.

• Mountain Reedbuck Redunca fulvorufula

  This antelope lives in dry mountain grasslands. Only males have horns, and grass is its main food.