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• Sikkim Treecreeper Certhia discolor

  

  The Sikkim Treecreeper is marked by pale spots on its brown back and an orange-brown rump. In China, it occurs in southern Tibet and breeds in subtropical forests.

• Great Himalayan Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros armiger

  The great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat is a large bat with gray-brown fur and leaf-like folds on its nose. It rests in caves by day and emerges early in the evening.

• Matsudaira's Storm Petrel Hydrobates matsudairae

  A large storm petrel with white feather shafts on the wings and a long forked tail; it feeds on small fish and crustaceans at the sea surface.

• White-cheeked Macaque Macaca leucogenys

  This macaque was described from Medog in southeastern Tibet, China. White cheek and chin whiskers stand out, and its neck has long, thick hair. The species-description abstract lists records in forests at several elevations.

• Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens

  The Purple Indigobird's breeding male is purplish, and the species lays its eggs in the nest of Jameson's Firefinch. It searches the ground for grass seeds.

• Chilean Red Bat Lasiurus varius

  The Chilean Red Bat occurs in Argentina and Chile and is solitary. Its long, narrow wings support fast flight, but make it less maneuverable along forest edges and in clearings.

• Bronze-green Euphonia Euphonia mesochrysa

  This small bird inhabits humid montane forest on the eastern Andes from Colombia through Bolivia. It feeds mainly on fruit, including mistletoe berries.

• Tucumán Tuco-tuco Ctenomys tucumanus

  The Tucumán Tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent recorded around the city of Tucumán. It has a reddish brown back, a pale underside, and white patches near the limbs.

• Rufous-breasted Antthrush Formicarius rufipectus

  This chunky, short-tailed bird walks on the forest floor to forage. Its underparts are rufous, and it sometimes gathers near army-ant swarms.

• Andean mountain cat Leopardus jacobitus

  A high-Andes cat with dark body markings and a thick, ringed tail.

• Spotted Buttonquail Turnix ocellatus

  It has been recorded in Philippine grasslands, scrub, ravine edges, bamboo-forest edges, and gardens. It is secretive and stays under ground cover.

• Madagascan Straw-colored Fruit Bat Eidolon dupreanum

  The Madagascan Straw-colored Fruit Bat is endemic to Madagascar. A diet study in the east found that it ate mainly fruit and also used eucalyptus flowers.

• Pale-billed Scrubwren Aethomyias spilodera

  The Pale-billed Scrubwren moves actively through lower and middle forest layers on New Guinea while searching for insects. Brown upperparts, paler underparts, and a pale bill are useful clues, though plumage varies among subspecies.

• Greater Dwarf Shrew Suncus lixa

  This shrew is recorded widely in Africa. Its pale underside is sharply separated from the darker back and flanks; South Africa's regional assessment records it in riverine woodland, sandveld, and moist grassland.

• Purus Jacamar Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus

  Centered in southeastern Peru, this jacamar also occurs in the lowland Amazon of Brazil and Bolivia. It launches from waterside or forest-edge perches to catch flying insects.

• Greater Northern Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon jobensis

  This large free-tailed bat is recorded in tropical Australia. It has large joined ears and a wrinkled face. Its back is dark and its underside is paler.

• Rüppell's Korhaan Heterotetrax rueppelii

  Rüppell's Korhaan is a bustard of stony semi-desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola. Males have a gray-blue head with black bands, while females are less strongly marked and duller overall.

• Ethiopian wolf Canis simensis

  A wolf found only in Ethiopia's highlands, with a bright reddish coat and long legs.

• Philippine Falconet Microhierax erythrogenys

  The Philippine Falconet is a small raptor of the Philippine forests. It perches on exposed branches in foothill forest, where it can watch its surroundings.

• Great Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus luctus

  Its long, woolly fur is dark gray-brown to black with pale tips. The Sunda Island populations treated as R. luctus in the 2019 account are recorded in tropical forest.

• Northern Shrike Lanius borealis

  The Northern Shrike is a large shrike that catches small birds and animals with its hooked bill. It breeds in far northern North America, with some birds moving south for winter.

• Lesser Dog-like Bat Peropteryx (Peropteryx) macrotis

  The lesser dog-like bat is a small bat with long ears and a pouch-like structure on the wing. It flies at night and eats small beetles, flies, and other insects.

• Gray Whistler Pachycephala simplex

  The Gray Whistler is a small bird with a grayish back and pale underparts.

• Black Spider Monkey Ateles paniscus

  The black spider monkey moves through the canopy with its long arms and tail. Fruit is its main food, with other plant foods added when fruit is scarce.