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• Black-tipped Cotinga Carpodectes hopkei

  

  The Black-tipped Cotinga occurs from southeastern Panama through western Colombia to northwestern Ecuador, mainly in humid forest canopy. Males are almost white and females mostly gray above. It eats fruit, but details are sparse and seasonal movement is only suspected.

• Ceram Flying Fox Pteropus ocularis

  

  The Ceram flying fox is known from only a small number of recorded individuals in the Moluccas. A 2015 study reported a new record from western Seram.

• Yellow-lored Amazon Amazona xantholora

  

  The Yellow-lored Amazon is a green parrot whose adult male has a white forehead, yellow lores, and red around the eyes. The birds live in flocks and feed mostly in treetops.

• Desert Pocket Gopher Geomys arenarius

  

  The desert pocket gopher is a rodent that digs underground burrows in sandy soils. It carries food in cheek pouches and feeds on plants below ground.

• Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii

  

  A large bustard of arid regions across Asia. Birds breeding in northeast Asia migrate south, while some southern populations are resident.

• Common Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea

  

  This slender mongoose occurs widely in sub-Saharan Africa and has been recorded from semidesert to woodland at elevations of 0–2,700 m.

• Striated Antthrush Chamaeza nobilis

  This terrestrial antthrush is recorded in lowland Amazonian forest in Peru. PeruAves describes it as rare and associates it with terra firme, or relatively flood-free forest. This entry limits its account to Peruvian records.

• Chinese Water Deer Hydropotes inermis

  A deer whose males are notable for long canine teeth that project from the mouth.

• Bolivian Brush Finch Atlapetes rufinucha

  A brushfinch of montane forest in Bolivia and far southern Peru, also using edges and second growth.

• Cotton-top tamarin Oedipomidas oedipus

  A small monkey of northwestern Colombia, distinguished by long white hair flowing from the head toward the shoulders.

• White-crested turaco Tauraco leucolophus

  A bird with an upright white crest that hops through the trees.

• Asian Badger Meles leucurus

  The Asian badger ranges from eastern Europe to eastern Asia and is well adapted for digging. It has a white face with dark stripes over the eyes, and its coat color varies by region.

• Dwarf Cuckoo Coccycua pumila

  This small cuckoo has a gray crown, brown back, reddish throat and chest, and cream belly. It feeds mainly on caterpillars.

• Tsimlyansk Birch Mouse Sicista cimlanica

  The Tsimlyansk Birch Mouse is recorded around the Middle Don in western Russia and eastern Ukraine. A 2025 review shows a typical grassland habitat and one photographed individual from Tsimla Sands.

• Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus

  The Double-banded Courser lives in open arid country. Two black breast bands stand out, and it feeds by running a short distance before pecking at insects on the ground.

• Common Pericote Graomys griseoflavus

  The common pericote is a mouse broadly distributed in dry parts of Argentina. It has a gray-yellow back, pale underside, and a long tail ending in a brush-like tuft.

• Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps

  The Fire-capped Tit is a small bird whose breeding male has a conspicuous red forehead and throat. Females and the different subspecies are less uniform in color.

• Madidi Titi Plecturocebus aureipalatii

  The Madidi titi lives in humid forests in Bolivia. Its golden crown and orange chest and limbs stand out.

• Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus

  The Crowned Sandgrouse lives in dry areas from the Sahara into western Asia. It visits water in flocks, and the adult male has a rufous crown and a black facial band.

• Dark Sheath-tailed Bat Mosia nigrescens

  The Dark Sheath-tailed Bat is a small bat recorded on islands of Southeast Asia. A survey in Sulawesi described an individual with a flattened muzzle and widely spaced nostrils.

• Scaled Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes squamatus

  This roughly 19 cm woodcreeper inhabits forests in northeastern and southeastern Brazil. It favors forest edges, joins mixed flocks, and searches trunks and leaves for insects.

• Cape Fox Vulpes chama

  A small fox of southern Africa and the smallest member of the dog family.

• California Quail Callipepla californica

  A ground-foraging quail with a forward-drooping head plume, often seen in family groups.

• Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus lumholtzi

  Lumholtz’s tree kangaroo lives in the upland forests of northern Queensland. It eats leaves and fruit and uses its tail for balance in the trees.