Meet the world’s animals.

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• African sacred ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus

  

  A mainly white bird with a black head and neck and a long down-curved bill. The head and neck are bare in adults.

• Black Flying-fox Pteropus alecto

  The black flying-fox is a large fruit bat found in northern and eastern Australia. Its Japanese name also appears in the Japanese Mammalogical Society’s standard mammal-name list.

• Madagascar Mannikin Lemuresthes nana

  Lepidopygia nana is a small finch found widely across Madagascar. It eats grass seeds and often forages in flocks of its own species.

• Golden Oldfield Mouse Thomasomys aureus

  This rodent is recorded in the mountains of eastern Ecuador. It has long fur, a grizzled yellow-brown back, and a paler underside.

• Goliath Heron Ardea goliath

  A large heron that waits for fish in shallow water. Its grey body contrasts with its chestnut head, neck, and belly.

• Azorean Bat Nyctalus azoreum

  This bat is endemic to the Azores. A 1993 morphological comparison found it smaller than the related Leisler's bat, and a 2026 study confirmed its presence on Flores.

• White-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis castaneoventris

  The White-throated Mountain-gem lives in Costa Rican mountain forest. The adult description notes a white throat, pale green breast, and grayish tail.

• Black Duiker Cephalophus niger

  This small antelope is recorded from the Upper Guinea forest zone east to the Lower Niger area of western Nigeria. It has a dark body and legs, a grayish head and neck, and a reddish-brown crown tuft.

• Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus

  This weaver occurs in tropical Africa. Adult males have a chestnut crown and broad white eyebrow, and the assessment lists dry savanna and other habitats as suitable.

• Little Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira lilium

  A fruit-eating bat studied in Brazil’s montane Atlantic Forest. Its back fur ranges from dark gray to reddish brown, with a paler underside; a study in Brazil's montane Atlantic Forest found a fruit-only diet, mostly Solanaceae.

• Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus

  This small leaf warbler has a yellow eyebrow and two wing bars. It breeds in the Siberian taiga and spends most of the winter in Southeast Asia.

• White-cheeked Macaque Macaca leucogenys

  This macaque was described from Medog in southeastern Tibet, China. White cheek and chin whiskers stand out, and its neck has long, thick hair. The species-description abstract lists records in forests at several elevations.

• Indian Bush Lark Plocealauda erythroptera

  This lark inhabits dry lowlands in India and southeastern Pakistan. A pale eyebrow, heavily streaked upperparts, and a spotted breast help identify it.

• Mindanao Squirrel Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) mindanensis

  This tree squirrel is centered on Mindanao. Its 1890 original description notes a dark-gray back and reddish areas around the nose and feet; later surveys also recorded specimens on nearby islands.

• Yellow-billed Lorikeet Neopsittacus musschenbroekii

  The Yellow-billed Lorikeet lives in the mountains of New Guinea, and its plumage varies between subspecies.

• Oriental House Rat Rattus tanezumi

  The Oriental House Rat is widely recorded in rural and residential parts of Taiwan. Its back is gray-brown, its underside gray-white, and it eats grain grown or stored by people.

• Buff-throated Purpletuft Iodopleura pipra

  This small bird inhabits Brazil’s eastern Atlantic Forest. Field observations report male flank tufts and feeding and nesting activity at forest edges.

• Peters's Fruit Bat Cynopterus luzoniensis

  Peters's fruit bat is a small fruit-eating bat. Its ears have pale edging along the front, and it is reported from the Philippines and Sulawesi.

• Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi

  The Long-tailed Fiscal ranges from southern Somalia through Kenya to northeastern Tanzania. It perches in open country and dives to the ground for prey.

• Montane Vole Microtus (Mynomes) montanus

  This vole lives in grasslands and alpine meadows of western North America and remains active beneath snow in winter.

• White-rumped Tanager Cypsnagra hirundinacea

  This tanager inhabits Cerrado and open grassland with low trees in central Brazil. Its black head, white rump and rufous throat are distinctive; it may move in small groups or mixed flocks.

• Northern Bat Myotis (Pizonyx) septentrionalis

  The Northern Bat is a North American bat with long ears. It forages in forests during the warmer months and hibernates in caves or mines in winter.

• Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

  The Black-necked Stork has a glossy black head and neck, a white body and long legs. It waits to ambush prey in shallow water.

• Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus

  A large antelope of the Indian subcontinent that is active by day in grassland and woodland.