Meet the world’s animals.

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• Red-crested Bustard Lophotis ruficrista

  

  The Red-crested Bustard lives in dry parts of southern Africa. During courtship, the male makes a striking display by rising steeply and rolling his body backwards.

• Bolivian Akodont Akodon (Akodon) boliviensis

  This akodont ranges from southern Peru through central Bolivia to northwestern Argentina. Records include dry Puna and humid grasslands, with dense grass tussocks and small woodland patches.

• Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber

  The Scarlet Ibis lives in groups in wetlands of northern South America. Adults are bright scarlet, while chicks are dark.

• Yellow-bellied Marmot Marmota (Petromarmota) flaviventris

  The yellow-bellied marmot has a yellowish belly and reddish-brown back. Yellowstone National Park's account describes it feeding on plants in rocky grassland and hibernating.

• Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis virescens

  The Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo occurs in wooded habitats on Sulawesi and is often noticed by its calls. eBird's identification account notes buff underparts and a barred tail.

• Desert Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) lepida

  The back fur ranges from pale gray to dark or cinnamon to black; the belly and feet are white. It is mainly active at night and builds nests from sticks and cactus pieces.

• Tanimbar Corella Cacatua goffiniana

  Mostly white with yellow and orange in its plumage, this cockatoo is native to Indonesia’s Tanimbar Islands.

• Northern Amazon Red Squirrel Sciurus (Urosciurus) igniventris

  The northern Amazon red squirrel is a large tree squirrel of northwestern Amazonia. It can be difficult to distinguish from the southern Amazon red squirrel in the field, and one feeding study analyzed the two together.

• Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus

  A shrike with a bold black face band and reddish-brown back that watches for prey from a perch.

• Sonoran Woodrat Neotoma (Teanopus) phenax

  The Sonoran Woodrat is a medium-sized rodent with large ears and a fully furred tail. In northwestern Mexico it is reported to build nests from brush and to store plant food.

• Woodwards' Batis Batis fratrum

  Batis fratrum lives on the coastal plain of southeastern Africa. Males have grey backs and a white wing-bar; females have a narrow pale eyebrow and rufous wing-bar. It searches for insects in forest understory.

• Jungle Palm Squirrel Funambulus (Funambulus) tristriatus

  This squirrel lives in India's Western Ghats. Three pale stripes run along its back, and its head is grayish or reddish brown. It uses moist forests and can also occur in plantations and pasture.

• Ashy-headed Laughingthrush Argya cinereifrons

  This laughingthrush has a gray head and reddish-brown body and forms groups in damp forest.

• Alai Mole Vole Ellobius (Ellobius) alaicus

  The Alai mole vole is a subterranean rodent of the Alai Mountains. Its back is buff, its flanks and belly are gray, and its forehead is dark brown. Alpine pasture is reported as habitat.

• Red-legged Cormorant Poikilocarbo gaimardi

  The Red-legged Cormorant is a coastal South American cormorant. A white neck patch, red legs, and yellow bill stand out. It occurs on the Pacific coast from Peru to Chile and along southernmost Argentina on the Atlantic.

• Ruwenzori Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus ruwenzorii

  The Ruwenzori sun squirrel lives in mountain forests of the Albertine Rift. It uses the lower forest vegetation and eats mainly fruit.

• Chestnut-crested Cotinga Ampelion rufaxilla

  The Chestnut-crested Cotinga occurs in the canopy of subtropical and temperate Andean forests. It has a red eye, orange throat and neck, streaked pale belly, and chestnut crest.

• Atlantic Forest Hocicudo Oxymycterus dasytrichus

  Oxymycterus dasytrichus is a rodent of eastern Brazil. Its account records it in seasonally flooded forest, moist openings in or near forest, and cultivated fields.

• Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis

  The Savanna Nightjar rests on the ground or rocks by day, blending into its surroundings, and catches flying insects at dusk and at night.

• Arctic Ground Squirrel Urocitellus parryii

  The Arctic ground squirrel lives in colonies in tundra and other northern habitats across Alaska, northern Canada and eastern Siberia, and overwinters underground.

• Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii

  Sprague's Pipit has subdued buff plumage that blends into grassland. On its North American breeding grounds, a male sings from the air above its territory, fluttering and gliding.

• Common Pericote Graomys griseoflavus

  The common pericote is a mouse broadly distributed in dry parts of Argentina. It has a gray-yellow back, pale underside, and a long tail ending in a brush-like tuft.

• Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus

  The Black-headed Oriole occurs in Africa. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a black head and bright yellow plumage; the species account describes the bird as diurnal and omnivorous in open woodland and forest.

• Cream-coloured Giant Squirrel Ratufa affinis

  The cream-coloured giant squirrel is a large squirrel active by day in the upper canopy. It eats fruit and other plant matter, as well as insects.