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• White-shouldered Fairywren Malurus alboscapulatus

  

  The White-shouldered Fairywren is a bird of New Guinea that lives in open habitats such as grassland and marshes.

• Red kangaroo Osphranter rufus

  A kangaroo of dry inland grasslands and other habitats in Australia. It hops on powerful hind legs and uses its long tail for balance.

• Great Black-headed Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus

  Great Black-headed Gulls breed from the Black Sea region east to Mongolia and move south for winter. In Hong Kong, they have been recorded on an estuary mudflat during winter and passage periods.

• Fulvus Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros fulvus

  The fulvous leaf-nosed bat is a small bat found across much of southern Asia. It rests in caves, burrows, or other roosts by day and searches for insects at night.

• Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis

  This weaver occurs widely in parts of southern, central, and eastern Africa. Males change in appearance between breeding and non-breeding plumages, and the birds eat grass seeds as well as insects.

• Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine Coendou vestitus

  A small porcupine recorded in Colombia's Eastern Cordillera. Observations describe it using its tail for support while moving.

• Least Nighthawk Chordeiles pusillus

  This small nighthawk flies by night over open grassland and catches airborne invertebrates. A breeding record in Misiones, Argentina, also describes one female and a nest on the ground.

• Gray Slender Loris Loris lydekkerianus

  The gray slender loris is a nocturnal primate with large forward-facing eyes and long, slender limbs.

• New Caledonian Streaked Fantail Rhipidura verreauxi

  This small bird often fans its long tail. It has an observation record from Mont Koghi, New Caledonia, and lives in forest and forest edge.

• Central American Red Brocket Mazama temama

  The Central American red brocket is a small deer of Central America. This study examines regional variation in its form and environment.

• Plumbeous Ibis Theristicus caerulescens

  The Plumbeous Ibis is a grey ibis with a long, curved bill. In Argentina it uses wetlands with trees and nests in trees.

• Red-fronted Brown Lemur Eulemur rufifrons

  The red-fronted brown lemur is a tree-dwelling lemur from Madagascar that mainly eats fruit and leaves.

• Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus

  This small honeybird has a patchy range south of the Sahara. It searches leaves and branches for insects and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.

• Bare-bellied Hedgehog Paraechinus nudiventris

  The bare-bellied hedgehog is marked by short spines on its back and a white underside. A survey in southern India recorded it sheltering in shrubs by day and foraging from evening into night.

• Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus

  This large thrasher has pale eyes and a scaly-looking brown body. Across Caribbean islands it uses forest and coffee-farm habitat and eats fruit, insects, and other small prey.

• Bare-rumped Sheath-tailed Bat Saccolaimus saccolaimus

  The Bare-rumped Sheath-tailed Bat ranges from South and Southeast Asia through Australia to islands of the western Pacific. It is an insect-eating bat active at night that roosts in tree hollows and rock crevices.

• Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena

  The Arabian Warbler is marked by its black hood and long black tail. It moves slowly through acacia canopies in dry scrub and along wadis.

• Mentawai Squirrel Callosciurus melanogaster

  This dark squirrel is found only on the Mentawai Islands. It is active by day, mostly in trees, and eats fruit and young leaves.

• Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis

  The Blue Waxbill has a blue face, underside, and tail with a brown back and wings. In southeastern Africa it forages for seeds on the ground, often in flocks.

• Northern Three-striped Opossum Monodelphis (Microdelphys) americana

  The Northern Three-striped Opossum has three black lines on its back. Close relatives share the same pattern, so appearance alone may not distinguish them.

• Song Thrush Turdus philomelos

  A thrush with brown upperparts and a spotted breast that repeats short phrases in its song.

• Red-tailed Sportive Lemur Lepilemur ruficaudatus

  The red-tailed sportive lemur is a nocturnal lemur with a gray-brown body and reddish tail. It rests in tree holes by day and feeds on leaves.

• Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus

  This bee-eater stands out for its pink underparts and dark eye-stripe. Groups dig nest burrows in sandy riverbanks and sandbars.

• Flamarion's Tuco-tuco Ctenomys flamarioni

  Flamarion's Tuco-tuco is a rodent with sandy fur and long, stiff hairs on its digging fingers. It lives alone in burrows in coastal dunes of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.