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• Blue Crane Grus paradisea

  

  This crane lives in southern African grasslands. Its bluish-grey body and long trailing display feathers stand out.

• Pardine Genet Genetta pardina

  The Pardine Genet is a nocturnal genet of western African moist forests and riparian woodland. It is recorded as an omnivore that eats small mammals, insects, and fruit.

• Grey-backed Storm Petrel Garrodia nereis

  A very small storm petrel of the Southern Ocean, with a grey back, dark head and wings, and a white belly.

• Golden Spiny Mouse Acomys (Acomys) russatus

  The golden spiny mouse has a golden-brown back and uses crevices in dry, rocky places. When alarmed, it raises its stiff hairs to look larger.

• Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor

  The Variable Oystercatcher is a coastal bird endemic to New Zealand. Its plumage ranges from all black to pied, but these forms are variation within one species.

• Dark Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) obscurus

  This fruit-eating bat has been recorded in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. Its dorsal and ventral fur is subtly two-toned, and the forearm is densely furred.

• Masked Booby Sula dactylatra

  A large seabird with a white body, black wings and tail, and dark skin at the base of the bill; it catches fish and squid over tropical seas.

• Common squirrel monkey Saimiri sciureus

  A small monkey that moves quickly between branches in tropical forests near rivers.

• African River Martin Pseudochelidon eurystomina

  The dark African River Martin has conspicuous red eyes and an orange-red bill.

• Mongolian Mountain Vole Alticola (Alticola) semicanus

  The Mongolian mountain vole lives in mountain areas from Mongolia into northern China. Its gray-brown back contrasts with a pale underside.

• Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi

  The Black Butcherbird has deep bluish-black plumage and a large silver-grey bill. It occurs in rainforests, mangroves, and nearby open or settled areas.

• Banded mongoose Mungos mungo

  A group-living mongoose of sub-Saharan Africa.

• Minahasa Masked Owl Tyto inexspectata

  A forest owl endemic to Sulawesi. Accounts describe a dark-edged facial disc and dark bars across its cinnamon-colored plumage.

• Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys castanops

  The yellow-faced pocket gopher is a burrowing rodent of the southern United States and northern Mexico. It carries food in its cheek pouches.

• Chestnut-crowned Becard Pachyramphus castaneus

  This brown becard uses humid forest edges and floodplain forest. It feeds on fruit and insects.

• Siberian Weasel Mustela sibirica

  The Siberian weasel ranges across northern and eastern Eurasia and parts of South Asia. Its coat changes with the seasons, and it is most active at night or twilight.

• Black-throated Shrike-Tanager Lanio aurantius

  Males have black heads and throats against yellow bodies, while females have brown upperparts and yellow underparts. The species lives in humid Central American forest and sallies to catch insects.

• Brandt's Hedgehog Paraechinus hypomelas

  Brandt's hedgehog lives in dry regions. One female found in Saudi Arabia in 2024 was described as having a dark face and large ears.

• Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator

  The Honeyguide Greenbul ranges across West Africa to western Kenya, south to northern Angola and northwestern Zambia. It is olive above with a white undertail and feeds on fruit and nectar.

• Western Quoll Dasyurus geoffroii

  The western quoll is a carnivorous marsupial of forests and woodlands in south-west Western Australia. It has white spots and is active at night.

• Guianan Trogon Trogon violaceus

  Its violet-blue head and breast, green back, and yellow belly make this trogon easy to recognize. It perches high in the tropical forests of northern South America.

• Black-fronted Duiker Cephalophus nigrifrons

  This small antelope is recorded in lowland forest of the Congo Basin. It is reddish-brown to brown, with a black mark down the face.

• Galapagos Mockingbird Mimus parvulus

  The Galapagos Mockingbird is grey and white, with a black facial mask, curved bill, and long tail. Juveniles have chevrons on the breast.

• Miller's Saki Pithecia milleri

  Miller’s saki lives in humid forests of southwestern Colombia and northeastern Ecuador and mainly eats seeds and fruit.