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• Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus

  

  The Greater Yellow-headed Vulture lives mainly in the Amazon rainforest. It has a yellow head, a dark body, and feeds on animal carcasses.

• Brazilian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida brasiliensis

  The Brazilian free-tailed bat has a tail tip that projects beyond the tail membrane. Groups that arrive in central Texas each spring are well documented.

• Bower's Shrikethrush Colluricincla boweri

  A northeastern Australian forest bird that is usually solitary and territorial.

• Moonrat Echinosorex gymnurus

  The moonrat is usually black except for its white head and tail tip. It is recorded from the southern Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Sumatra.

• Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae

  It is widespread across southern Africa, with isolated populations in Ethiopia and Kenya. Its back and wings are olive green, and it mainly eats insects found on twigs.

• Patagonian mara Dolichotis patagonum

  A long-eared, long-legged rodent of Argentina’s open country.

• Brown-backed Mockingbird Mimus dorsalis

  The Brown-backed Mockingbird inhabits grasslands and shrub-filled ravines in Argentina’s puna and pre-puna. It has a brown back, white eyebrow, and white markings on the wings.

• Common Dunnart Sminthopsis murina

  The common dunnart is a small marsupial of eastern and southern Australia. It searches for insects at night and rests in a nest or shallow burrow by day.

• Halmahera Golden Bulbul Hypsipetes chloris

  This bulbul occurs on Morotai, Halmahera, and Bacan in the North Moluccas. A 2013 paper uses the former genus combination Thapsinillas chloris, while the IUCN account uses Hypsipetes chloris. It is frequently recorded in forest and woodland, with some mangrove records.

• Black-and-white Langur Presbytis bicolor

  This langur occurs in central Sumatra. Field visits from 2016 to 2022 recorded it in forest and rubber-growing landscapes and documented feeding on rubber-tree and leaves of mango (Mangifera sp.).

• Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii

  It ranges from southern Mexico to western Panama, using forested areas near water as well as edges and scrub.

• Malagasy giant rat Hypogeomys antimena

  The Malagasy giant rat lives in a restricted area on Madagascar's western coast. Family groups use underground burrows, are mainly active at night, and are thought to feed mostly on fallen fruit.

• Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca

  The Black-headed Munia is a small Asian finch with a dark head and chest and a chestnut back. It gathers in wet grasslands and rice fields to search for seeds.

• Blasius's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus blasii

  Blasius’s horseshoe bat roosts in caves and similar shelters and has a distinctive nose shape.

• Bonin Petrel Pterodroma hypoleuca

  The Bonin Petrel is a seabird that catches fish and squid offshore. It breeds in winter and lays one egg in a sandy burrow.

• Spectacled African Dormouse Graphiurus (Graphiurus) ocularis

  The spectacled African dormouse has a bushy tail and a striking black-and-white face mask. It lives among rocky areas in southwestern South Africa and uses crevices for shelter.

• Horsfield's Babbler Malacocincla sepiaria

  Horsfield's Babbler is a brown babbler that lives low in evergreen forests of Southeast Asia.

• Striped Yellow-eared Bat Vampyriscus nymphaea

  This bat is recorded mainly from Colombia’s Pacific region. Its dorsal stripe may be faint, while four white facial lines and yellow ear margins are conspicuous.

• African Houbara Chlamydotis undulata

  A bustard of dry North African landscapes. It uses sandy or stony semi-desert with scattered plants and shrubs.

• Andohahela Sportive Lemur Lepilemur fleuretae

  A nocturnal lemur of southeastern Madagascar’s rainforests. It mainly eats leaves, and mature leaves make up more of its diet when young leaves are scarce.

• Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi

  This ibis lives in Andean wetlands. Breeding adults have a chestnut head through upper breast and a black body with greenish iridescence.

• Pygmy Gerbil Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) henleyi

  This small gerbil is known mainly from North Africa and the Middle East, with records from parts of the Sahel. Its naked soles are distinctive.

• Red-breasted Coua Coua serriana

  The red breast and blue bare skin around the eyes stand out on this coua from northeastern Madagascar. It walks on the forest floor for insects and fallen fruit and runs for cover when alarmed.

• Cinereus Shrew Sorex cinereus

  The cinereus shrew is widespread in northern North America and is often found in moist places such as forests and river or lake edges. It is active at night and feeds mainly on invertebrates.