Meet the world’s animals.

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• Slaty-backed Forest Falcon Micrastur mirandollei

  

  The Slaty-backed Forest Falcon has a gray back and narrow white tail bars. It is solitary and lives in lowland rainforest and mature secondary forest in Costa Rica.

• Zacatecan Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) zacatecae

  The Zacatecan harvest mouse has a reddish-brown back and a relatively long tail. In Jalisco, it is recorded in high temperate areas.

• Eyrean Grasswren Amytornis goyderi

  This grasswren occurs in Australia's inland dune country. A 2021–2022 study reported records outside its previously known range and persistence at sites without Sandhill Canegrass.

• Zanj Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus undulatus

  The Zanj sun squirrel has orange-ocher coloring on its cheeks and feet. In East African coastal and riparian forests it is active in trees by day, feeding on fruits and seeds.

• Cassin's Malimbe Malimbus cassini

  This weaver occurs in forests from the Gulf of Guinea toward the Congo Basin. In north-eastern Gabon, small groups were seen in the canopy of wet and flooded forest, sometimes feeding with other bird species.

• Wood Lemming Myopus schisticolor

  The wood lemming lives in the moss layer on the floor of wet coniferous forests. It gathers and hides moss in autumn to eat during winter.

• Red-fronted Parrotlet Touit costaricensis

  This green parrotlet has a red forehead. In Panama, it may forage in small groups low in the canopy early in the morning.

• Small Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus punctatus

  This squirrel has dark, soft fur and a long ringed tail. In West Africa, it is recorded in rainforest and forests within forest–savanna mosaics.

• Rufous-bellied Mountain Tanager Pseudosaltator rufiventris

  This Andean bird stands out for its gray upperparts and extensive rufous underparts. It searches in tree crowns and shrubs, alone or in pairs.

• Utiariti Colilargo Oligoryzomys utiaritensis

  This small rodent is recorded from Brazil’s Cerrado–Amazon transition. It has also been captured in secondary forest and plantations near farmland.

• Japanese Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata

  This summer visitor breeds only in Japan, using moist woodland edges and scrub. A male's yellow-green head and the white eye ring of both sexes help identify it.

• Red-tailed Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) ruficaudus

  Its striped back and face contrast with rufous shoulders and sides and an orange-red underside to the tail. It inhabits dense conifer forest, especially shrub-rich openings and edges.

• Rosy-faced lovebird Agapornis roseicollis

  A small parrot of southwestern Africa, with a mainly green body and a rosy face and throat.

• Goldman's Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) goldmani

  Goldman's woodrat has dark-tipped back hairs and cream-buff fur as an adult. It inhabits rocky deserts on the Mexican Plateau.

• Yellow-crested Manakin Heterocercus flavivertex

  This manakin occurs in the lowlands of northern South America. At one study site in northern Venezuela it was observed in seasonally flooded forest and white-sand scrub woodland.

• Four-striped Ground Squirrel Lariscus hosei

  The Four-striped Ground Squirrel has four black stripes on its back and orange underparts. It lives on Borneo and is active by day on the forest floor.

• Crinkle-collared Manucode Manucodia chalybatus

  This bird-of-paradise lives in forests on New Guinea and Misool. Its blue-black plumage has a blue-green sheen, and the feathers on the throat and upper breast look crinkled.

• Chapman's Rice Rat Oryzomys chapmani

  Its back ranges from brown to dark with black hairs; its ears are smallish and blackish, and the tail is uniformly colored. It lives in Mexican cloud forest and grassy areas in pine-oak forest, and is nocturnal and terrestrial.

• Tapajos Hermit Phaethornis aethopygus

  Phaethornis aethopygus is a hermit hummingbird recorded along the Tapajós River in Brazil. The study examined specimens and field records from the river’s eastern bank.

• 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.

• Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher Todiramphus australasia

  The Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher has a green head and orange underparts. It lives in forests on Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Islands and the Tanimbar Islands.

• Medium-tailed Rice Rat Eremoryzomys mesocaudis

  This rodent was described from the Marañón River region of northern Peru. A black line at the center of the nose tip is one of its diagnostic features.

• Japanese Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume

  The Japanese Murrelet breeds on islands of Japan. Adults have a prominent crest during the breeding season.

• Alexander's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus alexandri

  This small squirrel lives in lowland forests of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Its back has orange, black, and cream stripes, and it searches for food on trees by day.