Meet the world’s animals.

Photos: 12,813 · Stories: 19,540

• Grey-necked Friarbird Philemon subcorniculatus

  

  The Grey-necked Friarbird is endemic to Seram Island, Indonesia. Two plumage forms have been reported, one with a grey head and throat and another with dark markings; records extend from the coast into mountain forest.

• Merriam's Deermouse Peromyscus merriami

  Merriam's deermouse is a small mouse ranging from southern Arizona into northwestern Mexico. It is recorded in dry scrub, thorn forest, and grassland.

• White-throated Tinamou Tinamus guttatus

  The White-throated Tinamou lives in forests. Its mainly brown plumage has small white spots, and its pale throat stands out.

• Cliff Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) dorsalis

  Neotamias dorsalis ranges across the western and southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Its smoky-grey back has dark stripes, and the underside is creamy white.

• White-eared Monarch Carterornis leucotis

  The White-eared Monarch occurs in eastern Australia. Adults have black upperparts, pale-gray underparts and white marks on the ear region, wings and tail. The NSW profile records it singly or in pairs in forest, at edges and in the canopy or subcanopy.

• Black-footed Colilargo Oligoryzomys nigripes

  The black-footed colilargo is a small rodent with a tail longer than its head and body combined and relatively short, broad hind feet. A southern Brazilian forest study found it associated with dense scrub.

• Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae

  The Western Subalpine Warbler breeds on the Iberian Peninsula and winters in the Sahel south of the Sahara. A 2023 study examined both sexes at a Moroccan oasis used by the Iberian population as a spring stopover.

• White-tailed antelope squirrel Ammospermophilus leucurus

  A ground squirrel that moves with its tail held over its back, it lives in deserts and dry shrublands.

• Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis

  This small swallow ranges from Central to Southeast Asia. In Hong Kong, records are from above open country.

• Chiapan Deermouse Peromyscus zarhynchus

  The Chiapan deermouse is a forest mouse from Chiapas in southern Mexico. It has large ears and a long tail, and has also been recorded as a host for a beetle.

• Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata

  The Myrtle Warbler is a small woodland bird with noticeable yellow and white markings. It moves south in fall and also eats berries in winter.

• Dusky Palm Squirrel Funambulus (Funambulus) sublineatus

  This small palm squirrel lives in damp forest. It has subdued coloring and faint stripes, and observations in India record it feeding on nectar and fruit.

• Yellow-eared Toucanet Selenidera spectabilis

  This toucanet lives in humid forest from Honduras to Panama and searches for fruit and small animals in high branches.

• Bicolored Arboreal Rice Rat Oecomys bicolor

  The Bicolored Arboreal Rice Rat is a tree-using rodent of Central and South American forests. Its back is ochre to reddish brown, its belly is white, and its tail has a short tuft.

• Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida

  A small, pale olive-gray warbler that searches shrubs and trees for insects. It migrates between breeding and wintering areas.

• Black Flying Squirrel Aeromys tephromelas

  A nocturnal flying squirrel of Southeast Asian forests. Its coat differs between two subspecies, one mainly black and the other orange-red.

• Iago Sparrow Passer iagoensis

  The Iago Sparrow lives in towns and dry savannas of the Cape Verde archipelago. It is accustomed to people and may visit café terraces.

• Brazilian Marsh Rat Holochilus brasiliensis

  The Brazilian marsh rat lives in wetlands and has webbed hind feet. It eats plant material and is adapted for swimming.

• Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus

  The Common Woodshrike lives in scrub and open woodland in southeastern India and feeds mainly on insects.

• Redwood Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) ochrogenys

  This chipmunk lives in coastal mountains of northern California. It occupies redwood and mixed-conifer forests, forages on the ground, and also climbs low branches.

• Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus

  A forest woodcreeper that moves along trunks and branches, with a buff throat and long streaks below.

• Brandt's Hamster Mesocricetus brandti

  Brandt's hamster lives in dry steppe from Turkey through the Caucasus to northwestern Iran. It stores plant foods in underground burrows before hibernating.

• Eared Pitta Hydrornis phayrei

  The Eared Pitta lives close to the forest floor, where it searches among leaf litter for small prey.

• Allen's Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) senex

  This chipmunk occurs in western U.S. forests. It also climbs trees, forages on forest floors and nearby chaparral, and nests in tree hollows or fallen logs.