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• Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus

  

  The Sombre Nightjar catches flying insects on the wing and lives in open stony bushland, scrub and grassland.

• Phou Khao Khouay Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros khaokhouayensis

  This bat has records from forests in Laos and Vietnam. In Laos, surveys captured it in both intact and disturbed evergreen forest.

• Rose-collared Piha Lipaugus streptophorus

  This cotinga occurs locally on the tepuis of southeastern Venezuela and adjacent northern Brazil and Guyana. It feeds mainly on fruit and also takes insects.

• Savi's Pipistrelle Hypsugo savii

  Savi's pipistrelle is a bat whose long back fur is dark brown at the base and golden at the tips, with a pale underside. In the Mediterranean region, it catches insects while flying.

• Mindanao Boobook Ninox spilocephala

  This boobook occurs on Mindanao. It has long ear-covert extensions, while breast barring and belly streaks vary among individuals. Researchers recorded long solo songs and shorter duets.

• Gilbert's Dunnart Sminthopsis gilberti

  This small marsupial occurs in separated populations in Western Australia. It hunts insects at night and nests in vegetation or hollows.

• Sunda Minivet Pericrocotus miniatus

  This minivet was recorded in forests on Java. At Mount Lawoe, the account places it near the upper parts of trees and reports beetle wing cases in one stomach.

• Spiny Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus spinatus

  The spiny pocket mouse has stiff, spine-like hairs on its rump and sides. It lives in rocky desert scrub, is nocturnal, and stores seeds.

• Bornean Treepie Dendrocitta cinerascens

  The Bornean Treepie is a long-tailed corvid with a pale grey nape and reddish-brown underparts. It moves through the canopy in small groups in Bornean forests.

• Mesic Four-striped Grass Rat Rhabdomys dilectus

  The Mesic Four-striped Grass Rat ranges across southern and eastern Africa. In Mozambique's Chimanimani National Park, it was confirmed in montane grassland above about 1,600 m.

• Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger

  It is a nocturnal bird that sits motionless on branches, with plumage that blends into bark. It lives in lowland forests in Sri Lanka.

• Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Dermanura) cinereus

  It has a dark noseleaf and pale cream ear margins. It was also captured in Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil.

• Galapagos Crake Laterallus spilonota

  The Galapagos Crake is a ground-living bird endemic to the islands and now found in the highlands of the major islands. It turns leaf litter for insects and seeds and is a poor flier.

• White-chested Titi Cheracebus lugens

  This titi has a dark head and limbs contrasted with white hands and chest. At one Colombian study site, its diet centered on fruit and immature seeds.

• Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis

  The Yellow-throated Sandgrouse is marked by the male's yellow throat and eyebrow, framed by a dark neck band. In southern Africa, studies describe pairs nesting on the ground and using farmland.

• Damara Dik-dik Madoqua damarensis

  Madoqua damarensis ranges from northern and northwestern Namibia into southwestern Angola. In the northern Namibian population recorded under the former name M. kirkii damarensis, males had forehead crests reaching between the horns and browsed leaves and twigs in dense shrub thicket.

• Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata

  The Horned Puffin is a black-and-white seabird with an orange-and-yellow bill in breeding adults. It nests on rocky cliffs and spends winter far offshore in the Pacific.

• Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus cornutus

  The subspecies recorded around Yasaka Dam roosts in mountain caves and catches flying insects at night near the river.

• Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata

  Its bright orange breast and eyebrow contrast with a white throat and streaked brown back. It breeds in high-altitude forest and descends to lower scrub in winter.

• Seychelles Flying Fox Pteropus seychellensis

  The Seychelles flying fox is a large bat endemic to the granitic islands of Seychelles. It roosts in trees by day and flies out at dusk.

• Chaetornis striata

  This grassland bird often remains hidden in cover. A Kerala sighting describes a fulvous-brown back with bold streaks, while a study in Nepal recorded it in riverine grasslands.

• Black Jackrabbit Lepus insularis

  The Black Jackrabbit is native to Espiritu Santo Island, Mexico. It is recorded in dry valleys and lower slopes with shrubs and cacti, and its glossy black back is especially distinctive.

• Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus

  The Hair-crested Drongo has black plumage, red irises and a forked tail.

• Philippine Sheath-tailed Bat Emballonura alecto

  This insect-eating bat was recorded in a cave survey in the southern Philippines. Surveyed individuals averaged 76 mm in total length, with tails 31.5 mm long. They roosted in small hollows in partly lit caves.