Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sabine's Gull Xema sabini

  

  Breeding adults show triangular black, white, and gray wing patches, a dark head, and a red eye ring; they feed in Arctic wetlands.

• Tiny Big-eared Bat Micronycteris (Schizonycteris) minuta

  The tiny big-eared bat has pale brown-orange fur above and white fur below. A Bolivian account describes an insect diet and roosts in tree hollows and other cavities.

• Pink-throated Becard Pachyramphus minor

  It forages in the canopy and subcanopy of Amazonian forest. Males are blackish with a pink band on the lower throat; females are cinnamon with an extended gray cap.

• Central Australian Rock Rat Zyzomys pedunculatus

  The central Australian rock rat lives among rocky sites in central Australia. Records describe a thick tail and a diet based mainly on seeds.

• Streak-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus striaticeps

  This antvireo ranges from southeastern Honduras to Costa Rica. It is recorded mainly in evergreen forest on the Caribbean slope of Central America; the AOS checklist does not accept records from western Panama.

• Gambian Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus gambianus

  This African squirrel has a slender body and round ears. It moves through trees by day and also comes to the ground to feed. Coat colors vary among regional subspecies.

• Black-breasted Wood Quail Odontophorus leucolaemus

  This quail walks along the forest floor in search of food. Its white throat and dark breast are distinctive, though its plumage pattern varies among individuals.

• East European Vole Microtus (Microtus) levis

  This vole lives in meadows and farmland from eastern Europe toward western Siberia. It avoids very short grass and dry areas and eats plant seeds and grain.

• Javan Woodcock Scolopax saturata

  The Javan Woodcock inhabits damp montane forests of Java and Sumatra. It probes the forest floor with its long bill, and observations on Java recorded display behaviour at dawn and dusk.

• Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis

  A fruit-eating bat distributed from South to Southeast Asia. Records from Peninsular Malaysia include forests, gardens, farmland, and mangroves.

• Sangihe Shrike-thrush Coracornis sanghirensis

  This bird occurs only on Indonesia’s Sangihe Island. It has dark olive-brown upperparts and pale underparts, and is found in the canopy of mature hill forest.

• Lichtenstein's Hartebeest Alcelaphus lichtensteinii

  Its horn bases are short and broad, and its horns curve inward before turning backward. A 1976–1977 study in south-eastern Zimbabwe found that it preferred tall grass habitat.

• California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum

  The California Thrasher is a large thrasher of California chaparral. It searches for food on the ground beneath dense shrubs, sweeping leaf litter with its bill.

• Common Yellow Bat Scotophilus heathii

  A bat recorded in forests, woodlands, plantations, and other cultivated land from lowlands to higher hills. The Kerala account describes it flying low while feeding on insects.

• Cream-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus pseudosimplex

  A 2019 study treated the cream-eyed population on Borneo as a species distinct from the very similar Cream-vented Bulbul. Their plumage is alike, but the cream-eyed birds were recorded in mature forest interior and edge.

• Heck's Macaque Macaca hecki

  This macaque lives in rainforest in northwestern Sulawesi. It is active by day and spends much of its time in trees.

• Whooping Motmot Momotus subrufescens

  This motmot ranges from eastern Panama to northwestern South America and uses lowland forest.

• Cuban Fruit-eating Bat Brachyphylla nana

  The Cuban fruit-eating bat roosts in caves in Cuba. This account focuses on its Cuban cave habitat and appearance.

• Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus

  This finch has black and dark red plumage, and individuals differ in bill size. Adults eat seeds, while parents feed nestlings a soft diet made mostly of insects.

• Müller's Rat Sundamys muelleri

  Müller's rat has long, rough brown fur and a dark tail longer than its body. It is mainly nocturnal and ground-dwelling, but also climbs into low vegetation.

• Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni

  The Black Petrel is seen in pelagic waters around northern New Zealand. It breeds in island burrows and feeds at sea at night, including on squid.

• Finlayson's Squirrel Callosciurus finlaysonii

  Finlayson's squirrel has a wide range of coat colors, including white, red, and black. In its native range it lives in wooded places and spends most of its time in trees.

• Scaly-crowned Babbler Malacopteron cinereum

  This babbler has rufous-brown plumage and a finely scaled crown. It moves through the forest understorey, searching for insects among leaf litter and bark.

• Perote Deermouse Peromyscus bullatus

  The Perote deermouse has tawny upperparts, a pale underside, and a tail longer than its head and body. It is recorded in a highland basin of central Mexico.