Meet the world’s animals.

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• Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti

  

  It lives in forests and parks in northern and eastern Australia and gathers at fruiting trees. Flocks eat soft fruit and berries, and also take insects.

• Jalapan Pine Vole Microtus (Pitymys) quasiater

  The Jalapan pine vole is endemic to a limited part of Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental. It has been recorded in mountain cloud forest as well as some fields and pastures.

• Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas

  The Common Yellowthroat is a small bird that searches low vegetation for insects and spiders. Adult males and females have different facial markings.

• Anderson's Squirrel Callosciurus quinquestriatus

  Anderson's squirrel is reported from montane forests in southern Yunnan and eastern Myanmar. Its upperparts are brown to olive-yellow, with contrasting black-and-white stripes below. It eats plant matter as well as insects.

• Choco Vireo Vireo masteri

  It is recorded in humid montane primary cloud forest in western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It searches the upper forest for small invertebrates.

• Desert Pseudomys Pseudomys desertor

  The Desert Pseudomys is a medium-sized rodent. Its chestnut fur is overlaid by long, dark guard hairs, and pale orange rings surround its eyes. The tail is brown above and lighter along the sides and below.

• Little Heron Butorides atricapilla

  A small heron found around wetlands from Africa through Asia to Australia. Plumage varies, though many birds appear mostly gray.

• Blackish Grass Mouse Thaptomys nigrita

  The blackish grass mouse is a small rodent that uses tunnels beneath leaf litter. A survey in southern Brazil recorded it in deciduous forest with pitfall traps.

• Javan Tesia Tesia superciliaris

  This tiny bird hides in low thickets in Java's mountains. Its very short tail, black crown, and dark eye stripe are distinctive.

• Bornean Mountain Ground Squirrel Dremomys everetti

  This squirrel occurs in the mountains of Borneo. Stomach contents from 26 Mount Trus specimens were mostly insects, with fruit, nuts, leaves, and shoots also recorded. The current Mammal Diversity Database uses Sundasciurus everetti, while ADW retains the older genus.

• Black-throated Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis

  This ground-dwelling quail has a conspicuous black throat and white facial lines in the adult male. It rests in small groups among grass.

• Plains Pseudomys Pseudomys australis

  A mouse of Australia’s arid zone. Recent records are concentrated on stony plains in South Australia, with scattered records in the Northern Territory and Queensland.

• Sunda Grasshopper-warbler Locustella montis

  This small bird lives on Java, Indonesia. A 2015 taxonomic study retained Java's Locustella montis as a species and included the Timor population as a subspecies. This entry describes the Java specimens examined in that study.

• White-ankled Deermouse Peromyscus pectoralis

  The White-ankled Deermouse occurs in the Mexican highlands and mountains. It is active at night and eats seeds, fruits, and other foods.

• Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura

  The Indian Pitta is a colorful ground-dwelling bird of scrub and forest in the Indian subcontinent. It moves between regions seasonally.

• Black-tailed prairie dog Cynomys (Cynomys) ludovicianus

  A ground squirrel of North American grasslands. It digs underground tunnels and chambers and lives in colonies.

• Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus

  This bee-eater stands out for its pink underparts and dark eye-stripe. Groups dig nest burrows in sandy riverbanks and sandbars.

• Crete Spiny Mouse Acomys (Acomys) minous

  This spiny mouse lives on Crete. It has a gray back, reddish-yellow flanks with fine spines, and uses dry scrub and rocky crevices.

• Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae

  This large turaco is 51–54 cm long. It is active by day and eats fruit and flower nectar in African tropical woodlands.

• Naked-soled Conyrat Reithrodon typicus

  This rodent has sparsely haired soles and a mostly uniform-colored tail. It occurs in grasslands of Argentina, Uruguay, and nearby areas; Argentine records describe it as nocturnal.

• Mountain Kingfisher Syma megarhyncha

  The Mountain Kingfisher is a large kingfisher of New Guinea's mountain forests. It has a longer bill than its close relative, although the black marking on the upper bill is absent in the Huon Peninsula subspecies.

• Congo Rope Squirrel Funisciurus congicus

  This diurnal squirrel of central and southern Africa is marked by a broad pale stripe along each side.

• Blue-breasted Fairywren Malurus pulcherrimus

  In the Blue-breasted Fairywren, the deep blue head and breast of mature males stand out. Males forage with family groups in the understory of dry eucalyptus woodlands.

• African Arvicanthis Arvicanthis niloticus

  This rat is recorded along the Nile in Egypt. Groups use shared burrows and keep grassy runways clear around them.