Meet the world’s animals.

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• Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major

  

  The Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler is marked by its rufous crown. It breeds in mountain scrub, then moves downslope after breeding.

• 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.

• Pitt Shag Phalacrocorax featherstoni

  The Pitt Shag is a gray cormorant of the Chatham Islands, with yellow feet. It dives for fish and marine invertebrates.

• Upper Guinea Red Colobus Piliocolobus badius

  A red colobus monkey of forests along the Gulf of Guinea. Coat colours and patterns vary among populations.

• Silvery-cheeked Antshrike Sakesphoroides cristatus

  The current name is Sakesphoroides cristatus, while a 2015 diet paper used the older genus name Sakesphorus cristatus. The bird occurs in dry forest and scrub of northeastern Brazil. Stomach samples contained many ants and termites, with more caterpillars during the breeding season.

• White-throated Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) albigula

  This woodrat has a pale throat and builds a large shelter from cactus pieces, sticks, and other materials. It ranges widely across dry areas and scrublands of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

• Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri

  This starling lives in wooded savanna and dry open thornveld in East Africa. It forages on the ground for insects and berries, in pairs or small flocks.

• Japanese pipistrelle Pipistrellus abramus

  A small bat that roosts in buildings and flies over familiar places after sunset.

• African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus

  The African Pied Hornbill lives in forests and wooded farmland in central Africa. It eats fruit and small animals, often feeding high in trees.

• Common Sword-nosed Bat Lonchorhina aurita

  The common sword-nosed bat ranges from southern Mexico through Central America into South America. It is found mainly in forests and eats insects.

• Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica

  This duck has a yellow bill and a long neck and tail. The account here describes the subspecies recorded in the Patagonia region.

• Tibetan gazelle Procapra picticaudata

  A small gazelle of the high Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it has a slender body and long legs. It is usually seen alone or in small herds.

• Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis bornensis

  This small babbler forages in the understory of lowland forest in Southeast Asia. Bold dark streaks on the underside and active insect foraging are noted as characteristic.

• Lesser Marmoset Rat Hapalomys delacouri

  The lesser marmoset rat has a tail longer than its body, ending in a tuft. A Vietnam guide reports it using bamboo internodes.

• White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus

  The White-crested Laughingthrush is a large babbler with a white crest and black facial mask. Flocks of about 6–12 birds search the forest floor for food.

• Red-tailed Squirrel Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) granatensis

  The red-tailed squirrel is an arboreal squirrel with variable coat and tail colors; fruits, nuts and seeds make up much of its diet.

• Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis

  On lakes and coasts of western North America, it dives for fish; during courtship, pairs run together across the water.

• Red-eared Guenon Cercopithecus erythrotis

  This arboreal monkey has separate ranges in southeastern Nigeria and northwestern Cameroon, and on Bioko Island. It feeds mainly on fruit.

• Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus

  The Giant Cowbird ranges from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. Males are black with a violet sheen, while females are dark brown. It lays eggs in other birds' nests, leaving them to raise its young.

• Sagebrush Vole Lemmiscus curtatus

  The sagebrush vole lives in western North America among sagebrush and bunchgrasses. It eats flowers and moist vegetation and carries food into its burrow.

• Malagasy Marsh Harrier Circus maillardi

  This raptor is endemic to Réunion. It lives mainly in wooded mountains; females are larger than males and differ in plumage.

• Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis

  The eastern red bat has bright red fur and rests curled in its tail membrane among foliage, where it can resemble a dead leaf or pine cone. It feeds mainly on moths in summer and migrates in fall.

• Common Miner Geositta cunicularia

  This ground-dwelling bird forages in open country across South America. The sources describe several subspecies and habitats, from coastal dunes to dry highland plains.

• Gianna's Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira giannae

  This bat was described from Peru and has also been recorded in Colombia. Its dorsal fur ranges from brown to reddish brown, with hairs that have differently colored bases and tips. One Colombian survey captured it in both lower and middle forest strata.