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• Large Wren-Babbler Turdinus macrodactylus

  

  This large babbler forages close to the forest floor in Southeast Asia. It has a streaked brown back and a white throat and upper breast bordered by a dark band, absent in the Javan subspecies.

• Temminck's Asian Trident Bat Aselliscus tricuspidatus

  

  Temminck's Asian Trident Bat has three projections on the rear edge of its noseleaf. It roosts in places such as caves and feeds on insects.

• Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis

  

  A small bird of southern mainland Australia. It forms small foraging groups in open woodland and shrubland, searching the ground for insects, spiders, and seeds.

• Amber Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris fulvida

  

  This small bat was recorded in bamboo groves in Assam, India. It has golden-brown dorsal fur, a flattened head, and pale pads on its thumbs.

• Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus

  

  The account describes the nominate subspecies in Madagascar, which uses wooded areas and degraded forest where large trees remain.

• Brazilian Pampas Cat Leopardus braccatus

  

  The Brazilian pampas cat is a small wild cat with dark spots and stripes on a tawny coat. It hunts small prey in grasslands and scrub.

• Brown-cheeked Bulbul Alophoixus bres

  A bulbul found on Java and Bali. Its white beard-like throat feathers contrast with a mostly brown body and yellow lower belly.

• Greater Red Musk Shrew Crocidura flavescens

  The greater red musk shrew is a large shrew of southern Africa, where it uses moist grassland and woodland. It has also been recorded in gardens and near settlements.

• Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus

  The Red-bearded Bee-eater has long red throat feathers that hang like a beard. It perches in Southeast Asian evergreen forest and waits for flying insects.

• Mountain Gazelle Gazella gazella

  A gazelle of the Middle East’s hills and plains. The Jerusalem Zoo account describes it as active by day and feeding on grass and leaves.

• Boa Nova Tapaculo Scytalopus gonzagai

  A small tapaculo of montane forest in southern Bahia, Brazil. Its flanks and rump have brown-and-black bars.

• Chestnut Long-tongued Bat Lionycteris spurrelli

  The chestnut long-tongued bat is a small bat with chestnut to dark brown fur on its back. It roosts in caves and feeds mainly on nectar.

• Grand Comoro Drongo Dicrurus fuscipennis

  The Grand Comoro Drongo is a black bird found only on Grand Comoro in the Comoros. It launches from high perches to catch large insects in the air.

• Northern Black Mastiff Bat Molossus nigricans

  A large bat found from Mexico through Central America to Panama. Adults occur in both black and red color forms, so the name does not describe every individual.

• Adélie penguin Pygoscelis adeliae

  A penguin that breeds along the Antarctic coast, recognised by a white ring around each eye.

• Ruwenzori Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ruwenzorii

  The Ruwenzori horseshoe bat is recorded in mountain areas of central Africa. Its noseleaf and its use of caves and similar roosts are documented in the species account.

• Sooty Falcon Falco concolor

  The Sooty Falcon has long, narrow wings. After breeding, it migrates across eastern Africa to Madagascar for the southern summer.

• Rock Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus intermedius

  The rock pocket mouse is a small rodent of rocky areas in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Its back is grey-brown, its underside is white, and its tail has a tuft at the tip.

• Bare-throated Bellbird Procnias nudicollis

  The Bare-throated Bellbird is striking for the male's white plumage and bare green throat. Males give loud, metallic-sounding calls, and the species feeds on fruit.

• Common Dunnart Sminthopsis murina

  The common dunnart is a small marsupial of eastern and southern Australia. It searches for insects at night and rests in a nest or shallow burrow by day.

• Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus

  The Brown-headed Parrot is mainly green, with yellow underwings. Two subspecies are listed; one is paler and greener than the other.

• Hourglass Dolphin Lagenorhynchus cruciger

  A small dolphin of the cold offshore Southern Ocean, distributed around Antarctica. Its black-and-white flank pattern resembles an hourglass, though observations remain limited.

• Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps

  The Great Indian Bustard is a large bird that walks through grassland while foraging. Its pale neck and black crown stand out, and breeding males display to females in grassland.

• Bengal Sacred Langur Semnopithecus entellus

  A large monkey found mainly in the northern Indian plains south of the Ganges and north of the Godavari.