Meet the world’s animals.

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• Buff-breasted Wren Cantorchilus leucotis

  

  It lives in secondary lowland forest along rivers from central Panama through northern South America. Pairs sing duets, and the birds search the understory for terrestrial invertebrates.

• Mayor's Mouse Mus (Coelomys) mayori

  

  Mayor's mouse lives in Sri Lankan forests. The lowland subspecies is described as having flattened, spiny dorsal fur and a white underside.

• Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae

  

  The Western Subalpine Warbler breeds on the Iberian Peninsula and winters in the Sahel south of the Sahara. A 2023 study examined both sexes at a Moroccan oasis used by the Iberian population as a spring stopover.

• Taddei's Serotine Eptesicus (Eptesicus) taddeii

  

  This medium-sized bat was described from the Atlantic Forest of southern and southeastern Brazil. The original description reports captures in forest and at forest edges.

• Banded Quail Philortyx fasciatus

  

  The Banded Quail is a small quail of south-central Mexico. Adults have a short crest and rows of black bars across the underparts.

• Lesser Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus pusillus

  

  This fruit bat ranges widely across sub-Saharan Africa. Males have conspicuous white tufts of fur at the shoulders; females do not.

• Olive Flyrobin Microeca flavovirescens

  This small flyrobin occurs on New Guinea and nearby islands, where it catches insects in lowland and hill forest.

• Black Snub-nosed Monkey Rhinopithecus bieti

  This monkey occurs in Yunnan and Xizang, China. Adult males have long black hair on the crown, and the species lives mainly in mountain forests and in trees.

• Magnificent Bird-of-paradise Diphyllodes magnificus

  The male displays yellow plumes and an iridescent green breast shield in a ground court. The female is brown and looks very different.

• Jamaican Flower Bat Phyllonycteris (Reithronycteris) aphylla

  This Jamaican endemic bat has short, pale fur and dark wing membranes. It eats nectar and fruit, and roosts in hot caves, sometimes in mixed colonies with other bats.

• Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica

  In Hong Kong, this swallow is recorded most often from autumn into winter. It flies over lowland fish ponds and catches insects in the air.

• Wild Yak Bos mutus

  A wild yak of the high Tibetan Plateau, it is a species distinct from the domestic yak.

• Cloud-forest Screech Owl Megascops marshalli

  This screech-owl inhabits cloud forest on the eastern Andes of central Peru. The account also reports a recent discovery in Bolivia.

• Gray-headed Flying Squirrel Petaurista caniceps

  This flying squirrel ranges from the eastern Himalaya into southwestern China. Specialist accounts describe a gray head and an unspotted back.

• Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii

  Clark's Grebe is a diving bird with a long neck and pale face. During courtship, pairs run side by side across the water.

• Southern Water Vole Arvicola sapidus

  The southern water vole is a semi-aquatic rodent. It eats plants along riverbanks and digs burrows in soft, vegetated banks.

• Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis

  The Rock Pratincole is a small, dark bird with white rump and underwing markings. It breeds by fast, rocky rivers; the southern African population moves seasonally.

• Small Japanese Field Mouse Apodemus argenteus

  The Small Japanese Field Mouse uses its long tail to move along branches and stores acorns in the soil in autumn for later food.

• White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera

  Its dark body contrasts with white wing tips and white undertail feathers. It swims in lakes and wetlands with abundant aquatic plants, sometimes in moderate-sized groups.

• Leisler’s Bat Nyctalus leisleri

  In Ireland, Leisler’s bats can be seen after sunset, flying over parks and fields as they hunt insects.

• Banded Barbet Lybius undatus

  The Banded Barbet has a red forehead and a black head and breast. It occurs in Eritrea and Ethiopia, feeds mainly on fruit—especially figs—and also catches flying insects.

• Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus angolensis

  This fruit bat has white shoulder tufts in males. It lives in riverine woodland and open woodland and is active at night.

• African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus

  African Shrike-flycatchers show clear differences between the sexes. They inhabit African lowland forest, where they eat insects and may wag the tail while perched.

• Indochinese Gray Langur Trachypithecus crepusculus

  This leaf monkey lives in forests. In a study of one group in an evergreen broadleaf forest in Yunnan, China, the langurs spent most of their time in trees; ground visits included licking rocks.