Meet the world’s animals.

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• Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla

  

  This tiny bird is recognized by its yellow crown and blue-toned plumage. Small groups travel to places with abundant mistletoe berries.

• Sand Gazelle Gazella marica

  This gazelle lives in deserts of the Arabian Peninsula. It uses sand dunes and coastal flats and avoids steep, rocky ground. Its coat is pale fawn, and the facial markings are faint.

• Queen Carola's Parotia Parotia carolae

  Queen Carola's Parotia lives in mountain forests of central New Guinea. The male has a dark body with iridescent green-blue tones and white flank plumes; the brown female has a finely patterned underside.

• Thomas's Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Dermanura) watsoni

  This fruit-eating bat ranges from Mexico to Panama in Central America. Research published under the older name Artibeus watsoni records it modifying young palm leaves into day roosts.

• Great Tinamou Tinamus major

  A large ground-dwelling bird of tropical lowland forest. It is hard to see but known for a haunting double whistle at dawn and dusk.

• Greater spot-nosed Monkey Cercopithecus nictitans

  The greater spot-nosed monkey is a West and Central African guenon with a conspicuous white spot on its nose and dark fur. It eats fruit and seeds and spends much of its time in trees.

• Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus

  The Eurasian Dotterel is a plover that breeds in uplands from Europe to Siberia and winters from North Africa toward Iran. In breeding plumage, females are more colorful than males.

• Bicolored Arboreal Rice Rat Oecomys bicolor

  The Bicolored Arboreal Rice Rat is a tree-using rodent of Central and South American forests. Its back is ochre to reddish brown, its belly is white, and its tail has a short tuft.

• Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus

  The Brown-cheeked Hornbill is a large hornbill of West African forests. It feeds mainly on fruit high in the canopy and also catches insects.

• Black-tailed Thallomys Thallomys nigricauda

  The Black-tailed Thallomys is an arboreal rodent with a black tail, living in dry Acacia savanna.

• Fiery-capped Manakin Machaeropterus pyrocephalus

  This small manakin lives in lowland forest around the Amazon region. Males hang upside down from branches and twist rapidly from side to side during courtship.

• Tropical Big-eared Brown Bat Histiotus velatus

  The tropical big-eared brown bat has large, triangular ears. Brazilian records span several biomes, including Atlantic Forest and Cerrado.

• Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia

  The Rock Sparrow is a sparrow found mainly around the Mediterranean. It may gather near mountain villages and grasslands and nests in cavities in rocks or buildings.

• Central American Dwarf Squirrel Microsciurus alfari

  Alfaro's pygmy squirrel ranges from Central America into Colombia. It lives hidden in forest undergrowth, and little direct information is available about its diet.

• Rock Shag Leucocarbo magellanicus

  This cormorant lives along the coasts of southern South America. It breeds on rocky cliffs and dives near shore for small fish, crustaceans, and other prey.

• Scimitar-horned Oryx Oryx dammah

  The scimitar-horned oryx is an antelope of arid lands, with a pale coat and long, backward-curving horns.

• Red-necked Tanager Tangara cyanocephala

  In Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, this tanager feeds on fruit in the canopy and at forest edges, sometimes joining mixed-species flocks.

• Black Colobus Colobus satanas

  The black colobus is covered in glossy black fur and lives high in the rainforest canopy of western Africa.

• White-vented Whistler Pachycephala homeyeri

  This whistler occurs in the southern Philippines and on Malaysia's Siamil Island. The sexes look alike, with rufous-brown upperparts and white underparts.

• Michoacán Deer Mouse Osgoodomys banderanus

  The Michoacán deer mouse occurs in lowlands and mountains along Mexico's Pacific side. It has been recorded mainly in forest, as well as in scrub, grassland, and riparian sites.

• Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius

  The Golden Nightjar's sandy-golden plumage blends into the Sahel's dry ground. It rests on the ground by day and searches for insects at dusk.

• Southern Luzon Phloeomys Phloeomys cumingi

  This rodent lives in forests on several Philippine islands. Its coarse, dark coat and long-haired tail stand out. Accounts also describe it using spaces near the forest floor and holes in trees.

• Tatama Tapaculo Scytalopus alvarezlopezi

  This tapaculo lives in cloud forest in Colombia's western Andes. The original description covers male plumage, and an observation recorded two birds searching for arthropods while walking through leaf litter.

• Van Gelder's Bat Bauerus dubiaquercus

  This bat is notable for its large ears and spiral-shaped nostrils. In Mexico, records come from several forest types.