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• Uganda Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus budongoensis

  

  The Uganda Woodland Warbler is recorded in Uganda's Budongo Forest and Kenya's Kakamega Forest. It is olive green above and pale below and searches dense undergrowth for invertebrates.

• Buff-footed Antechinus Antechinus mysticus

  

  This small marsupial occurs along coastal Queensland in eastern Australia. In the southeast it occupies relatively dry, open, lowland forest; the only known mid-east population is recorded in rainforest.

• White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus

  

  The White-browed Woodswallow is an Australian bird with a striking white eyebrow. It moves in large flocks between seasonal ranges and catches insects in flight.

• Black-and-rufous sengi Rhynchocyon petersi

  

  This small mammal probes leaf litter with its long snout and eats insects. Its reddish and black fur and white eye-rings are striking.

• Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus

  

  The Black-collared Barbet has a red head, dark collar, and gray body. It eats fruit in southern African woodlands and gardens.

• Striped polecat Ictonyx striatus

  

  A carnivore of Africa with striking white stripes on a black body. It is active alone at night and eats small animals and insects.

• Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes

  A penguin recognized by its yellow eyes and head band, it catches fish and squid near the seafloor.

• Lami Tuco-tuco Ctenomys lami

  Lami's Tuco-tuco is a burrowing rodent known from sandy grasslands in southern Brazil. Its coat is darker above and lighter below.

• Orange-breasted Bunting Passerina leclancherii

  The Orange-breasted Bunting forages for seeds in dry scrub and rural areas on Mexico’s Pacific slope. Males show blue, green, orange, and yellow; females are grey-green and pale yellow.

• Mountain Brush-tailed Possum Trichosurus cunninghami

  This possum lives in cool, wet mountain forests. Its short rounded ears and bushy black tail, bare underneath, stand out.

• Black-and-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus

  An integrative taxonomic study separated P. albogriseus from P. salvini, which had been included in the broader Black-and-white Becard. This entry concerns P. albogriseus, found on the eastern Andean slope and in montane forests of Costa Rica and Panama.

• Hairy-tailed Akodont Necromys lasiurus

  The hairy-tailed akodont is a small rodent found in central South America. It lives mainly in grasslands and savannas and eats mostly seeds, though insects can become more important after dry-season fires.

• Bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus

  A mountain vulture with beard-like feathers below the beak and a diet centered on bone.

• Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus

  The bearded seal lives in shallow Arctic and subarctic seas where seasonal sea ice forms.

• Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas

  The Common Scimitarbill has a slender, curved bill and uses dry open woodland in eastern and southern Africa. It moves through the canopy alone or in pairs.

• Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed Rat Isothrix bistriata

  The yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat is an arboreal rodent of western Amazon lowland forest. It nests in flooded forest and river floodplains.

• Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus

  The Mountain Quail is a western North American quail with long, slender head plumes. It uses mountain forests and brush at lower elevations in different seasons.

• Sundevall's Jird Meriones (Pallasiomys) crassus

  This jird has a sandy back with black spots and a white underside. It often leaves its burrow in the evening to feed on seeds and vegetation.

• Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus

  The yellow-cheeked tit is a small tit with yellow cheeks and a black crest. In Hong Kong, a population thought to derive from ex-captive birds has become established in mature woodland.

• Black Dwarf Porcupine Coendou nycthemera

  The black dwarf porcupine has records from the Amazon region. Its dorsal quill pattern helps distinguish it from similar species, but its range is still poorly defined.

• Great Egret Ardea alba

  A large white heron with a long neck and legs, often moving slowly in deeper water.

• Florida Bonneted Bat Eumops floridanus

  A large bat of southern Florida, it catches insects in flight and roosts in tree cavities and some building spaces.

• Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila

  In breeding plumage, the male has a chestnut head and back and a yellow belly. It breeds in the Russian Far East and northeastern China, then migrates to southern China and Southeast Asia for winter.

• Common marmoset Callithrix jacchus

  A small monkey with conspicuous white ear tufts that feeds on tree sap and raises young with help from family members.