Meet the world’s animals.

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• Yellow Wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa

  

  This honeyeater lives on Tasmania and nearby islands. Its orange-yellow wattles on the sides of the head stand out, and it often feeds on nectar from eucalypts and other plants.

• Caucasian Mountain Ground Squirrel Spermophilus musicus

  The Caucasian mountain ground squirrel lives in high meadows and mountain steppe of the central Caucasus and spends winter in burrows.

• Japanese Reed Bunting Emberiza yessoensis

  The Japanese Reed Bunting uses grassland, farmland, and dry riverbeds. This account focuses on the form that breeds in Honshu and Kyushu.

• Korean Red-backed Vole Myodes regulus

  Craseomys regulus occurs south of the Gaema Plateau on the Korean Peninsula. A National Institute of Biological Resources account describes a reddish-brown back, brown sides, and dark-grey underside.

• Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris

  The Ecuadorian Thrush is a forest bird recorded from coastal and foothill western Ecuador to northwestern Peru.

• Black-striped Squirrel Callosciurus nigrovittatus

  A squirrel with black stripes along its sides. It is active by day in trees and eats fruit and insects. Stripe patterns vary among subspecies.

• Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae

  Anchieta's Sunbird is 10–12 cm long. It uses open Brachystegia woodland and shrubs associated with Tacoma and Protea, and feeds on invertebrates. The page lists sound recordings from Zambia.

• Hatt's Vesper Rat Otonyctomys hatti

  Hatt’s vesper rat is a small mouse with russet fur and a pale underside. It is often found in trees and feeds on seeds and fruits.

• Siberian Nuthatch Sitta arctica

  A 2006 taxonomic study examined the Siberian form arctica within the Eurasian Nuthatch group and supported treating it as a separate species. That form has dark bluish-grey upperparts, a white belly centre and chestnut flanks. A current species account lists forest habitat and invertebrates as food, but the taxonomic study says ecological information about arctica remains fragmentary.

• Collie's Squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) colliaei

  A tree squirrel from Mexico’s Pacific slope. A study in Jalisco recorded it in tropical dry forests, where it also ate fruit.

• Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus

  This oriole ranges through western and central Africa and into parts of eastern Africa, including Uganda and Kenya. It feeds mostly on invertebrates, especially caterpillars.

• Salt-marsh Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) raviventris

  This mouse lives in saline and brackish wetlands around San Francisco Bay. Its back is dark brown, while reddish bellies vary by location.

• Bluethroat Luscinia svecica

  The Bluethroat is a small bird that searches for insects in low shrubs near water and elsewhere. A male's blue throat pattern changes with season and region.

• Andean Squirrel Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) pucheranii

  The Andean Squirrel lives in mountain forests of Colombia. It is active by day and searches for tree seeds and fruits on the ground and in the canopy.

• Black Grasswren Amytornis housei

  This ground-dwelling bird lives in the Kimberley of northwestern Western Australia. Its black underparts, white streaks, and long tail are distinctive.

• Ash-colored Oldfield Mouse Thomasomys cinereus

  This mouse has soft, dense gray fur and is active on the ground at night. The account notes that the name may cover a species complex.

• White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola

  The White-browed Fantail is a small bird with a white brow and a fan-shaped tail. It catches small flying insects in woodland and open places.

• Hoary Marmot Marmota (Petromarmota) caligata

  The hoary marmot is a large rodent of high mountains, marked by gray shoulders and a white nose.

• Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus

  The Great Crested Flycatcher hunts insects high in trees and is marked by reddish-brown accents and a yellow belly.

• Norway lemming Lemmus lemmus

  A small rodent of cold mountains and tundra from Norway toward the Kola Peninsula.

• Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus

  The Crimson-fronted Barbet is a small forest barbet in Sri Lanka. A male of the nominate subspecies has a red forehead and orange-golden throat, and visits fruiting trees.

• Mexican Ground Squirrel Ictidomys mexicanus

  This ground squirrel has rows of white spots along its back. Records from Mapimí Biosphere Reserve in Mexico showed it active during the hottest part of the day.

• Black Curassow Crax alector

  The Black Curassow is a large bird of northwestern South America that uses humid forest and riverine thickets. Pairs or small groups search for fruit on the ground and retreat into trees when alarmed.

• 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.