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• Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla

  

  The Short-toed Treecreeper is a small bird of mature European woodlands. It searches bark crevices for tiny invertebrates with its curved bill.

• Yunnan Hare Lepus comus

  

  The Yunnan hare lives in foothills near farmland and in hillside scrub or grassland. It forages at night on grasses and young shoots and leaves.

• Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta

  

  The Southern Citril is recorded in Tanzania, Malawi and north-western Mozambique. A survey in Niassa found small groups in mountain habitats, including one larger evening gathering.

• 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.

• Bornean Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratoides

  

  The Bornean Black-capped Babbler is endemic to Borneo. eBird describes it moving quickly on the forest floor and rummaging through leaf litter in lowland and foothill forest.

• Cotton-top tamarin Oedipomidas oedipus

  

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

• Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra

  The Corn Bunting is a streaked brown bunting with a sturdy yellow bill. It often uses open farmland and pasture.

• Guianan Saki Pithecia pithecia

  The Guianan saki is a South American monkey whose males and females have different facial coloring; it spends nearly all its life in trees.

• Slaty Elaenia Elaenia strepera

  This tyrant flycatcher breeds in the southern Yungas of Bolivia and forages from the forest mid-levels to the canopy.

• Forrest's Rock Squirrel Sciurotamias (Rupestes) forresti

  Forrest's rock squirrel is a squirrel relative of rocky mountains in Yunnan, China. The taxonomic revision also describes traits shared by its genus, including a squirrel-like build and a long, bushy tail.

• Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus

  The Purple-crested Turaco is an African bird with a striking purple crest and greenish chin. It eats fruit in trees in forests and woodland.

• Mainland Dusky Antechinus Antechinus mimetes

  This small marsupial occurs in southeastern Australia. It is usually regarded as terrestrial, but camera traps at Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve, Victoria, recorded it visiting tree baits about 3.5 m high on 29 occasions.

• Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei

  Savile's Bustards live in dry Sahel scrub and open woodland. Males have a rufous tuft at the nape.

• Bicolored Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros bicolor

  This leaf-nosed bat was recorded in Thai forests, farmland, and a cave. It has large ears and a broad noseleaf.

• Solitary Cacique Cacicus solitarius

  The Solitary Cacique has a black body and pale bill. It searches the dense forest understory alone or in pairs in the Amazon region.

• Desert Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus penicillatus

  The desert pocket mouse lives in arid areas of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is nocturnal and carries seeds in its cheek pouches for storage.

• White-tipped Quetzal Pharomachrus fulgidus

  This quetzal has been observed in northern Colombian montane forest. Adult males have conspicuous white tips on their tail feathers. A local nesting record describes eggs in a cavity in a dead tree.

• Golden-bellied Capuchin Sapajus xanthosternos

  This diurnal capuchin lives mainly in trees in the Atlantic coastal forest of eastern Brazil.

• Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri

  This entry follows the 2005 treatment of Batis erlangeri as a separate species. Males have a dark crown and back; females have a maroon breast-band.

• Dwarf Dog-faced Bat Molossops temminckii

  A small molossid bat that is widespread in South America. It catches insects while flying in open areas.

• Band-tailed Fruiteater Pipreola intermedia

  A bird of humid Andean mountain forest, it is identified by the white tip of its tail and scaled markings below.

• Blasius's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus blasii

  Blasius’s horseshoe bat roosts in caves and similar shelters and has a distinctive nose shape.

• Taliabu Masked Owl Tyto nigrobrunnea

  The Taliabu Masked Owl is a rare owl known from Taliabu Island. Its plumage is described, but its feeding and breeding habits remain unknown.

• Red Hocicudo Oxymycterus rufus

  The Red Hocicudo occurs in grasslands and steppes in Argentina. It has dark-lined brown fur with ochre sides and rump, and feeds on small animals in the soil near waterways.