Meet the world’s animals.

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• Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca

  

  The Western Olivaceous Warbler is migratory. It breeds in North Africa and southern Iberia and winters in western sub-Saharan Africa. It also uses dry scrub, orchards, and thickets along rivers.

• Red Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista petaurista

  The red giant flying squirrel spreads a membrane between its limbs to glide from tree to tree. It is nocturnal and lives among forest trees.

• Yellow-billed Nunbird Monasa flavirostris

  The Yellow-billed Nunbird lives in upper Amazonian forests east of the Andes. Its yellow bill and white shoulder marks stand out, and it catches insects in short flights from branches.

• Peter's Climbing Rat Tylomys nudicaudus

  Peter's Climbing Rat is a large rodent with a long, naked tail and reddish-brown back. It is active at night and around dawn in forests.

• Ahanta Francolin Pternistis ahantensis

  The Ahanta Francolin is a ground-dwelling bird of forest edges, regrowth, and streamside thickets in West Africa. Its chestnut plumage is patterned.

• 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.

• Rainbow Pitta Pitta iris

  This resident pitta lives in the seasonal forests of northern Australia and searches the leaf litter for food that changes with the season. The sexes look very similar.

• Nimble-footed Deermouse Peromyscus levipes

  The nimble-footed deermouse is a member of the deer-mouse group found in the mountains of eastern Mexico.

• Long-legged Pipit Anthus pallidiventris

  The Long-legged Pipit walks on open ground in dry grassland and farmland, searching for small invertebrates.

• Round-tailed Ground Squirrel Xerospermophilus tereticaudus

  The round-tailed ground squirrel lives on sandy desert flats, dunes, and wash edges. It mainly eats green vegetation, with seeds and insects added seasonally.

• White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata

  Its white face, long neck, and long legs stand out, and it gives a high-pitched whistle. It gathers in wetland flocks and feeds on insects and plants from mud and shallow water.

• Brush Deermouse Peromyscus boylii

  The brush deermouse has a brown back, a pale underside, and a long tail with a tufted tip. It is active at night and uses trees and rock crevices.

• Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

  The Mediterranean Gull is also recorded around the UK’s coasts and waters. Adults in breeding plumage stand out by their black heads and red bills.

• Japanese flying squirrel Pteromys momonga

  A Japanese forest squirrel that glides between trees. It is mainly active in the treetops at night.

• Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus

  The Straight-billed Woodcreeper has a long, straight, pale bill. The Peru account records it in riparian undergrowth and semi-open woodland edges.

• Golden Oldfield Mouse Thomasomys aureus

  This rodent is recorded in the mountains of eastern Ecuador. It has long fur, a grizzled yellow-brown back, and a paler underside.

• Blacksmith Thrush Turdus subalaris

  The Blacksmith Thrush was recorded in Paraguay’s Atlantic Forest in October. A 2017 specimen account treated three birds under the older name Turdus nigriceps and assigned them to the eastern form subalaris.

• 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.

• Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni

  Hutton's Vireo is a small gray-green bird with pale markings around its eyes. It searches among leaves for insects and ranges from western North America into northern Central America.

• Oaxaca giant deer mouse Megadontomys cryophilus

  This large deer mouse lives in the highland forests of Oaxaca, with a dark back, ocher sides, and a slate-gray belly. It uses the dense understory of high-elevation forest.

• Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus

  This falcon is widespread in southern Africa. It hunts over open country and hilly terrain, often using rocks or roadside posts as perches.

• Shrew-faced Squirrel Rhinosciurus laticaudatus

  This squirrel is recognized by its long snout and pale sides. It searches the forest floor for insects and earthworms.

• Damara Hornbill Tockus damarensis

  This hornbill ranges from central and northeastern Namibia into southwestern Angola. It has black-and-white plumage and a long, slender red bill.

• Reed Vole Microtus (Alexandromys) fortis

  A large vole associated with wet grasslands. Seasonal movements in the Dongting Lake area have been studied in relation to changing lake levels.