Meet the world’s animals.

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• Spotted Ground Squirrel Xerospermophilus spilosoma

  

  The spotted ground squirrel is a ground-dwelling squirrel of dry and open habitats in Texas. It stays near its burrow and is active in early morning and late afternoon.

• Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides

  The Large Hawk-Cuckoo is a migratory cuckoo found at forest edges and in secondary growth. It breeds farther north, including around the Himalayas, and moves south into Southeast Asia for winter.

• 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.

• Gray-headed Chickadee Poecile cinctus

  The Gray-headed Chickadee, called the Siberian Tit in Eurasia, lives year-round in northern forests across northern Eurasia and Alaska.

• Kintampo Rope Squirrel Funisciurus substriatus

  This squirrel lives in West African savannas and riverside woods. Its back ranges from greenish yellow to ochre, with white side stripes and a ringed tail.

• Sumatran Drongo Dicrurus sumatranus

  The Sumatran Drongo lives in humid forests on Sumatra and catches insects by sallying from a perch. This account places the former Mentawai subspecies with Hair-crested Drongo.

• Hooper's Deermouse Peromyscus hooperi

  This deer mouse has records from a restricted part of north-central Mexico. It uses grassy foothills and mountain slopes, distinct from nearby desert scrub.

• D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii

  D'Arnaud's Barbet lives in open woodland and savanna in East Africa. Its orange head spots and black, yellow, and orange pattern stand out.

• Texas Antelope Squirrel Ammospermophilus interpres

  The Texas antelope squirrel has white side stripes and black bands on its tail. It is active by day in rocky, arid country.

• Little Nightjar Setopagis parvula

  This nightjar has been recorded in rocky grassland and nearby habitat in northeastern Argentina. Argentina’s protected-area information lists low woodland and steppe among its habitats.

• Peruvian Fish-eating Rat Neusticomys peruviensis

  This semi-aquatic rodent is endemic to Peru. A 2017 range record reported one female caught in a bamboo patch within secondary forest near a river.

• Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides

  Savi's Warbler is a plain brown bird of reedbeds with a loud, insect-like buzzing song. In the UK it breeds at a small number of wetland sites.

• Red and White Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista alborufus

  The red and white giant flying squirrel is a large forest squirrel. It forages in trees at night and glides using the membrane between its limbs.

• Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea

  The Gray-breasted Martin is a social swallow often found near towns and water. It catches insects in flight and nests in building crevices or tree cavities.

• White-toothed Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) leucodon

  This woodrat lives in dry areas from the southern United States to central Mexico. It has a grey-brown back and white underside, is active at night, and uses nests surrounded by plants and woody debris.

• Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul

  This thrush inhabits forests from the Himalayas to northern Indochina. Males are black with grey wing panels; females are olive-brown with rufous on the wings.

• Amazon Dwarf Squirrel Microsciurus flaviventer

  The Amazon dwarf squirrel has a brownish back, orange chest, and pale-tipped tail shorter than its body. By day it moves along forest trunks and vines while searching for insects and palm fruits.

• Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias cinereifrons

  This bird lives in the rainforests of northeastern Australia. Adults have a gray head, white throat, and rufous back, and search leaf litter for insects and larvae.

• Caucasus Pine Vole Microtus (Terricola) daghestanicus

  This vole lives in high mountain meadows of the Caucasus. Its back is dark and its underside is silvery.

• Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus

  The Tinkling Cisticola lives in scrub and open woodland in south-central Africa. Its orange-rufous tail and call help distinguish it from the Rattling Cisticola.

• Indian Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista philippensis

  The Indian giant flying squirrel lives in tree cavities and canopies, gliding between trees on a membrane that stretches from its forelegs to its hind legs.

• Rufous-breasted Wood Quail Odontophorus speciosus

  Rufous-breasted Wood-Quails inhabit humid forest on the eastern Andes and forage on the ground in family groups. Adult males have rufous underparts, while female plumage differs among the populations described.

• Heather Vole Phenacomys intermedius

  The Heather Vole has long, soft fur. It stays active all year, using burrows in summer and surface nests beneath the snow in winter.

• Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii

  The Somali Bee-eater is a small bee-eater with green upperparts and a blue rump. In dry scrub and open grassland, it makes short flights from low perches to catch small insects in the air.