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• Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni

  

  This black-and-white shrike has a long tail; males have a black band extending from the lores to the ear coverts.

• California Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys californicus

  

  The California kangaroo rat has large hind feet for hopping and a long tail. It is active mainly at night and eats seeds and fruit.

• Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola

  

  A relatively long, rounded tail and broad pale eyebrow distinguish the Paddyfield Warbler. It eats insects in reeds by lakes and rivers, breeding from Romania to Mongolia and wintering from Iran to China.

• Spix's White-fronted Capuchin Cebus unicolor

  

  This capuchin occurs in the upper Brazilian Amazon. Its specialist handbook account lists lowland and seasonally flooded forest and describes a diet of fruits and invertebrates.

• Black-breasted Puffbird Notharchus pectoralis

  

  This puffbird lives in humid forest from eastern Panama to western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It takes centipedes and scorpions among other prey and excavates a nest hole in an arboreal termite mound.

• Thomas's Mastiff Bat Molossus currentium

  

  This molossid bat lives in central and southern South America.

• Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus

  The Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse is a ground-dwelling bird of dry country. It eats seeds and flies daily to water, where large flocks gather; males and females differ in plumage.

• Dormouse Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus myoxinus

  This tufted-tail rat is endemic to Madagascar. It is nocturnal and solitary, lives mainly in trees, and feeds chiefly on fruit.

• Indian peafowl Pavo cristatus

  A bird native to India and Sri Lanka whose males spread a long train like a fan.

• Intermediate Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus affinis

  This horseshoe bat is recorded in southern China, including Xishuangbanna in Yunnan. The University of Bristol account describes caves as usual roosts and reports some individuals using tree hollows in tropical forest there.

• Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus

  This tiny bird is about 8 cm long, with a brownish-grey head and back, darker wings and a short tail. It forages in pairs or family groups in dry savanna and shrubland.

• Atlantic Forest Nectomys Nectomys squamipes

  The 2015 species account records this rodent in eastern Brazil’s Atlantic Forest region and cites primary forest near streams as habitat.

• Elegant Pitta Pitta elegans

  The Elegant Pitta is notable for its blue rump and cinnamon-colored underparts. It occurs on islands from the Lesser Sundas to the Moluccas and eats beetles and small snails.

• Coucha Rat Mastomys natalensis

  This rodent is recorded across much of sub-Saharan Africa. A study in semi-arid Tanzania found it eating plant material and seeds.

• Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis

  The Buffy Pipit lives in open grassland and searches the ground for insects and seeds. It occurs widely across southern Africa.

• Natterer's Myotis Myotis (Myotis) nattereri

  A bat found across much of the British Isles. It flies slowly among trees and can glean small insects from leaves and branches.

• Australasian Gannet Morus serrator

  The Australasian Gannet is a seabird that eats fish and squid, plunging into the sea to catch prey. Juvenile plumage differs markedly from adult plumage.

• White-tailed mongoose Ichneumia albicauda

  A mongoose with long black-and-white hairs, it usually has a white tail tip and often uses dry areas with wooded cover.

• Black-breasted Gnateater Conopophaga snethlageae

  This forest bird ranges in the Amazon between the Tapajós and Tocantins Rivers. In 2023, the first nest observations were reported from the understory of primary terra firme forest in Brazil.

• Pale fox Vulpes pallida

  An African fox with sandy upper fur and a bushy, black-tipped tail.

• Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus

  A goose seen in large flocks in Britain during winter. Its pink feet and pink band on the bill are distinctive.

• Northern Tigrina Leopardus tigrinus

  The northern tiger cat is a small, slender wild cat with rosette-like spots. It lives alone and is active mainly at night.

• Sunda Frogmouth Batrachostomus cornutus

  It is active at night. On Bangka Island, parents take turns warming the chick and bring it insects.

• Formosan Ferret-badger Melogale subaurantiaca

  The Formosan ferret-badger of Taiwan has a white stripe along its back. It is usually solitary and nocturnal, eating small animals, insects, earthworms, and fruit.