Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sulawesi Cuckoo Cuculus crassirostris

  

  This cuckoo lives in forests on Sulawesi. It has a gray head, a barred belly, and a banded tail, and it feeds on insects.

• Ruwenzori Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus ruwenzorii

  The Ruwenzori sun squirrel lives in mountain forests of the Albertine Rift. It uses the lower forest vegetation and eats mainly fruit.

• Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis

  A large tern with a long, bright-orange bill. It lives along tropical and subtropical coasts and catches small fish and shrimp in shallow water.

• Salt's Dik-dik Madoqua saltiana

  This small antelope occurs in dry areas of Ethiopia, Somalia, and northeastern Sudan. Coat color varies among subspecies, and it browses mainly on acacia.

• Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata

  This small bird lives in grassland and scrub in southeastern Australia. It feeds on the ground on grass seeds and insects, and has a gray back, white underside, and red rump.

• Dusky Langur Trachypithecus obscurus

  A forest-dwelling monkey of the Malay Peninsula, known for pale eye markings and a leaf-based diet.

• Hawaiian Coot Fulica alai

  The Hawaiian Coot is a waterbird with a dark gray body and a white frontal shield and bill. It is found around ponds and wetlands in Hawai‘i Island's Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park.

• Djungarian hamster Phodopus sungorus

  A small hamster originating in Kazakhstan and southwestern Siberia. It carries material in large cheek pouches.

• Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus

  Gartered Trogons use forest edges, lighter woodland, and clearings with large trees in lowlands and foothills. Males are green and violet-blue, while females are mostly grey above and on the throat and chest; both have orange-yellow lower underparts. They eat insects and fruit.

• Turkish spiny mouse Acomys (Acomys) cilicicus

  A 2017 paper reported two isolated populations between Silifke and Erdemli in southern Turkey from a 2013–2016 survey; capture sites ranged from sea level to 510 m.

• White-eared Catbird Ailuroedus buccoides

  White-eared Catbirds live in forests in northwestern New Guinea and nearby islands. Their green backs and white ear patches stand out, and they eat fruit and insects.

• Savi's Pipistrelle Hypsugo savii

  Savi's pipistrelle is a bat whose long back fur is dark brown at the base and golden at the tips, with a pale underside. In the Mediterranean region, it catches insects while flying.

• Rote Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus rotiensis

  The Rote Leaf-warbler was described from Rote Island, Indonesia. A 2018 study reports its appearance and behavior from observations on the island.

• Smith's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus cepapi

  Its back ranges from yellowish brown to gray, its underside is pale, and white lines surround the eyes. This is a diurnal squirrel that mainly uses trees.

• Grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei

  This social barbet feeds on fruit in groups; adult males have a grey throat and brown plumage.

• Stone's sheep Ovis dalli

  Stone's sheep is a subspecies of Dall's sheep found in the mountains of northern British Columbia and Yukon.

• New Zealand little penguin Eudyptula minor

  A small penguin of New Zealand coasts, with a blue-toned back and white underparts.

• Barbary Macaque Macaca sylvanus

  This macaque lives in the mountains of Morocco and Algeria and has a very short tail that is barely visible.

• Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica

  The historical Southeast Brazil account describes a tanager whose male is reddish and whose female is olive-brown. It forages low in forest, in pairs or small family groups.

• Bonaerense Pericote Phyllotis bonariensis

  The Bonaerense Pericote is a rodent reported as restricted to the Sierra de la Ventana in Argentina. The account notes rocky habitat but provides no published behavior or diet data.

• Glossy-backed Becard Pachyramphus surinamus

  This becard occurs in the Guianas and lower Amazon region. It searches for insects and fruit in the upper and middle parts of humid forest.

• Fawn-footed Melomys Melomys cervinipes

  This small rat lives in forests of eastern Australia. Coat color varies with age; it has pale feet and a long, mosaic-patterned tail.

• Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata

  The Indian Spotted Eagle is a raptor of lowland South Asia. It nests in trees or groves within cultivated areas and gardens; in one study in northwest India, most prey delivered to nests were rodents.

• Chilean Red Bat Lasiurus varius

  The Chilean Red Bat occurs in Argentina and Chile and is solitary. Its long, narrow wings support fast flight, but make it less maneuverable along forest edges and in clearings.