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• Australian Owlet-Nightjar Aegotheles cristatus

  

  The Australian Owlet-nightjar rests in tree hollows by day and searches for insects at night. Its back can be reddish brown or greyish brown.

• Somali Elephant Shrew Galegeeska revoili

  

  The Somali Elephant Shrew is a small sengi with a tail that appears much longer than its head and body. In southern Djibouti, pairs were observed sheltering beneath low bushes.

• Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator

  

  The male Woodchat Shrike has a reddish-orange head and striking black-and-white markings. During breeding it hunts insects in open, sparsely wooded places, then winters in Africa.

• Eastern Wolf Canis lycaon

  

  The COSEWIC report describes the Eastern Wolf as an intermediate-sized canid whose coat varies from reddish brown to tawny. It identifies this population using genetic evidence as well as appearance.

• Patagonian Yellow Finch Sicalis lebruni

  

  This finch occurs in Patagonia in Argentina and Chile. A Tierra del Fuego field guide describes its seasonal flocking and feeding in open country.

• Brush-tailed rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata

  

  A wallaby with a brush-tipped tail that shelters among rocks.

• Wood Stork Mycteria americana

  The Wood Stork is a large wetland bird with a white body and black flight feathers. It snaps up fish when they touch its bill underwater.

• Japanese hare Lepus brachyurus

  A hare endemic to Japan, including Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. It uses forest edges and other areas with grasses and shrubs.

• White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa

  The White-rumped Swallow is a South American swallow with glossy blue-green upperparts and a white rump and belly. It catches insects over water and grassland and also nests in building cavities.

• Commerson's Leaf-nosed Bat Macronycteris commersonii

  A bat found only in Madagascar. It eats beetles and has been recorded roosting by day in caves and vegetation.

• Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus

  This nocturnal forest bird has several regional forms. The distribution entry here is limited to the marmoratus subspecies in northeastern Australia.

• Great Evening Bat Ia io

  The great evening bat is a large Asian bat that roosts in caves. Birds have also been recorded in its diet in northeastern India.

• Brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

  A dark-bodied pelican that plunge-dives into the sea to catch fish.

• Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus

  An Iberian lynx with a short black-tipped tail, tufted ears, and facial ruffs.

• Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus

  A small pipit that breeds in high mountain grasslands. It descends after breeding, and northern populations migrate. Adults in breeding plumage show a faint rosy wash from the throat to the belly.

• Eastern Woolly Lemur Avahi laniger

  The eastern woolly lemur is a nocturnal lemur of eastern Madagascar, marked by woolly back fur and a white stripe on the thighs.

• Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica

  The Grey Shrikethrush varies in color across its range, from gray to brown. It searches for food on the ground and on tree trunks and branches in Australian forests and woodlands.

• Demidoff's Dwarf Galago Galagoides demidoff

  This small galago has a white stripe from between the eyes down the nose. It moves among branches at night and rests in a leaf nest by day.

• Titicaca Grebe Rollandia microptera

  The Titicaca Grebe is a flightless grebe of high-altitude lakes around Lake Titicaca. In breeding plumage, its yellow-orange bill and white cheeks stand out; it dives for fish in shallow, vegetated water.

• Eurasian Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus

  This small shrew has a long, pointed snout and very small eyes and ears. In Britain it occurs in places with grass, leaf litter, or other ground cover.

• Spot-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis maculicaudus

  Spot-tailed Nightjars rest on the ground or low branches by day and become active around dusk and at night. Adult males show white tips on the outer tail feathers; the species ranges from southeastern Mexico to Paraguay.

• Tibetan gazelle Procapra picticaudata

  A small gazelle of the high Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it has a slender body and long legs. It is usually seen alone or in small herds.

• Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris

  The Roadside Hawk is a small raptor of forests and open areas in Central and South America.

• Gerbil Mouse Malacothrix typica

  The gerbil mouse is a nocturnal rodent recorded across much of Namibia. It travels away from its burrow at night to search for food.