Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sooty Swift Cypseloides fumigatus

  

  This swift catches insects in flight and nests on cliffs beside waterfalls. A study in northeastern Argentina recorded breeding at several waterfalls.

• Bharal (blue sheep) Pseudois nayaur

  A mountain animal also known as the blue sheep, found in the Indian Himalaya.

• Chusquea Tapaculo Scytalopus parkeri

  The Chusquea Tapaculo is associated with dense stands of Chusquea bamboo. Its original description covered a population studied at 2,250–3,150 m in southeastern Ecuador.

• African Yellow Bat Scotophilus dinganii

  The African Yellow Bat has a yellowish underside and eats insects. It roosts in hollow trees and buildings, alone or in small groups.

• Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini

  Adults have a pale grey head and neck and a pale yellow ridge on the upper bill. Salvin's Albatross breeds in colonies on New Zealand islands and seeks food at sea.

• Arunachal macaque Macaca munzala

  This macaque is recorded in the mountains of northeastern India. A yellow forehead patch and fur that lightens over the upper body and forelimbs help identify it.

• Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens

  A grey-brown eagle with a large head, marked in flight by a white band across its short tail.

• Large Japanese Field Mouse Apodemus speciosus

  The large Japanese field mouse has a reddish-brown back and a white underside. It moves over the ground and fallen logs at night and sometimes stores food underground.

• Bare-headed Laughingthrush Melanocichla calva

  This laughingthrush occurs in the hills of northeastern Borneo. Its dark body, bare head, pale blue areas around the eyes, and red bill are distinctive.

• Bolivian Squirrel Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) ignitus

  The Bolivian squirrel lives in trees in South American mountain forests. It has an ocher or brown back, orange lower face and belly, and a rusty-red tail.

• Long-billed Honeyeater Melilestes megarhynchus

  The Long-billed Honeyeater occurs on New Guinea and nearby islands. It has a long, strongly curved bill and feeds on insects, spiders, and nectar at several levels of forest.

• Northern Red-backed Vole Myodes rutilus

  This small vole occurs in northern Europe, Asia, and North America. Its back has a rusty-red cast, and it stores plant and fungal foods in nests for use during winter.

• Huayco Tinamou Rhynchotus maculicollis

  This tinamou inhabits the Andes of Bolivia. It uses tall grass and shrub-covered grassland, including herbaceous meadows and cultivated areas.

• Chinkara Gazella bennettii

  The chinkara is a small gazelle of dry parts of South Asia. It can go for a long time without water, an adaptation to arid environments.

• Golden Monarch Carterornis chrysomela

  The Golden Monarch inhabits forests on New Guinea and surrounding islands. Males have an orange-yellow head, black throat with a white teardrop mark, and forage for small insects along forest edges.

• Natterer's Myotis Myotis (Myotis) nattereri

  A bat found across much of the British Isles. It flies slowly among trees and can glean small insects from leaves and branches.

• African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica

  This babbler occurs in scattered African highlands. It searches near the ground in forest understory and dense scrub.

• Guinea Baboon Papio papio

  A West African baboon whose wild ecology has been studied in a Senegalese national park.

• Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica

  The Pacific Swallow has a metallic blue back and chestnut on the forehead and throat. In Singapore, it is recorded year-round from mangroves to urban areas.

• Matthey's Mouse Mus (Nannomys) mattheyi

  This small mouse has a short tail and a clear contrast between its light-brown back and whitish belly. It lives in moist savanna and grassland in West Africa.

• Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa

  The Kentucky Warbler has yellow underparts and a yellow spectacle around the eye. It forages near the forest floor in eastern North America during breeding and moves to Central America for winter.

• Cambodian Striped Squirrel Tamiops rodolphii

  Tamiops rodolphii has been recorded in Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. It has dark and pale stripes on the back and head and uses the understory and lower canopy.

• Citron-throated Toucan Ramphastos citreolaemus

  This toucan ranges from northern Colombia to northwestern Venezuela. It feeds on fruit in the canopy of humid forest.

• Hairy-tailed Akodont Necromys lasiurus

  The hairy-tailed akodont is a small rodent found in central South America. It lives mainly in grasslands and savannas and eats mostly seeds, though insects can become more important after dry-season fires.