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• Little Bittern Botaurus minutus

  

  European birds are pigeon-sized herons with pale wing panels. They hide in reedbeds and are active at dawn and dusk.

• Woolley's False Antechinus Pseudantechinus woolleyae

  A small carnivorous marsupial from rocky, arid areas of Western Australia. It has chestnut fur behind the ears and a flat tail.

• Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps

  This small warbler occurs from the Himalayas to southern China and parts of Indochina. It has a black face, grey head, and yellow eyebrow and throat. It searches for tiny insects in the canopy of subtropical broadleaf forest, often with bamboo.

• Black-faced Impala Aepyceros petersi

  Aepyceros petersi, the black-faced impala, is recorded from southwestern Angola and northwestern Namibia. Bocage described the female collected at Humbe as rufous-fawn, with dark markings on the face.

• Rufous-breasted Wood Quail Odontophorus speciosus

  Rufous-breasted Wood-Quails inhabit humid forest on the eastern Andes and forage on the ground in family groups. Adult males have rufous underparts, while female plumage differs among the populations described.

• Vieira's Titi Plecturocebus vieirai

  Plecturocebus vieirai occurs in the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Pará. Its original description reports a pale gray-brown coat and white facial markings, while the ICMBio species sheet describes humid forest and streamside sites with buriti palms.

• Long-billed Bush-Warbler Locustella major

  The Long-billed Bush-Warbler was described as a pale-brown bird with a monotonous song. In June 2022 it was observed along grassy terraces in Naltar Valley, northern Pakistan.

• Sambar Rusa unicolor

  Asia’s largest deer, it feeds near forests and wetlands.

• Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolor

  This pitta ranges along Australia's east coast north into Papua New Guinea. It lives in rainforests and sclerophyll forests; some may move in colder months.

• Emilia's Gracile Opossum Gracilinanus emiliae

  Emilia's Gracile Opossum is a small marsupial with reddish-brown fur above and white fur below. It is arboreal and may also forage on the ground.

• Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus

  The Swallow-tailed Bee-eater is a bee-eater with a deeply forked tail. It waits in savanna woodland and catches insects in flight.

• Griffin's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros griffini

  This bat was described from Vietnam. The original paper reports captures on Cat Ba Island in the north and at Chu Mom Ray in the Central Highlands, in forests of different condition.

• Jabiru Jabiru mycteria

  A large wetland bird with a white body, bare black head and neck, and a broad bill. It wades in shallow water to find food.

• Allen's Swamp Monkey Allenopithecus nigroviridis

  Allen’s swamp monkey lives in swamp forests in the lowlands of the Congo Basin. It searches for food in trees, on the ground and in shallow water.

• Short-tailed Frogmouth Batrachostomus poliolophus

  The Sumatran Frogmouth is a nocturnal bird of mountain forest on Sumatra.

• Canyon Bat Parastrellus hesperus

  The canyon bat is a small gray-brown bat of dry western North America. It uses rocky and arid habitats and begins foraging soon after sunset.

• Eastern Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus

  The Eastern Grey Plantain-eater is a large gray bird with finely patterned plumage. It lives in open African woodland and grassland and mainly eats fruit.

• Kod-kod Leopardus guigna

  The kod-kod is a small wild cat of forests in central and southern Chile and southwestern Argentina. It climbs well and is mostly solitary.

• Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii

  A large kingfisher with blue shoulders and rump, it hunts in woodlands, along watercourses, and around wetlands, taking insects, frogs, and other small animals.

• Moluccan Flying Fox Pteropus chrysoproctus

  The Moluccan flying fox is reported from islands in the Moluccas. A survey on Seram reported a roost of about 300 animals in mangrove trees.

• Rufous-crowned Emu-wren Stipiturus ruficeps

  This small bird lives in stony spinifex habitat in the southern deserts of Australia’s Northern Territory. It has a blue face and wispy tail, and flits between tussocks.

• Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew Blarina hylophaga

  This stocky shrew has small eyes and ears hidden in its fur. It stays active year-round and searches for food under leaf litter and in the soil.

• Mid-mountain Berrypecker Melanocharis longicauda

  The Mid-mountain Berrypecker lives in mountain forests of New Guinea. Males and females have different upperparts, and the bird feeds on small berries and spiders in the forest understorey.

• Brazilian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida brasiliensis

  The Brazilian free-tailed bat has a tail tip that projects beyond the tail membrane. Groups that arrive in central Texas each spring are well documented.