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• White-naped Xenopsaris Xenopsaris albinucha

  

  This small passerine occurs in separated parts of South America, from Venezuela to the southern cone. A study found resident, partly migratory, and migratory breeding populations, with seasonal plumage change in the records.

• Common Vole Microtus (Microtus) arvalis

  

  The common vole is a small vole with brown-gray fur and a short tail. In grassland and farmland, it searches for plants beneath grass cover or underground.

• White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus

  

  The White-tailed Hawk uses its broad wings to hang in the wind as it searches grasslands for prey.

• Striped field mouse Apodemus agrarius

  

  A small mouse marked by a dark stripe down its back. It lives in places ranging from grassy fields and farms to woodland.

• Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata

  

  The Scaled Quail walks in groups through the dry grasslands of the southwestern United States. Its pale-tipped crest and scaly-looking breast and belly stand out.

• Hershkovitz's Marmoset Mico intermedius

  

  Hershkovitz's marmoset is a small monkey from the Brazilian Amazon.

• Willow tit Poecile montanus

  In Japan it occurs in mountain woodland from Kyushu northward. A black cap on the head is conspicuous.

• Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus wahlbergi

  Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat has a dog-like face and eats fruit. Males use white shoulder tufts in courtship, and groups rest by day in hollow trees or under large leaves.

• Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes

  A white egret that feeds on mudflats and in mangroves. It breeds in East Asia and moves south seasonally.

• Great Evening Bat Ia io

  The great evening bat is a large Asian bat that roosts in caves. Birds have also been recorded in its diet in northeastern India.

• Gray-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani

  The Grey-necked Bunting is a migrant of dry, rocky country. The male has a blue-gray head and neck, and the species breeds from eastern Turkey into Central Asia.

• Taurus Ground Squirrel Spermophilus taurensis

  The Taurus ground squirrel is restricted to the Taurus Mountains of Turkey. It inhabits montane areas above 1,000 m and is active by day.

• Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus

  A small snipe that hides in wet grassland and visits Britain for the winter, from autumn into spring.

• Natal Red Duiker Cephalophus natalensis

  This small antelope lives in forests and thickets of southeastern Africa. Its upperparts are reddish brown, its underside is paler, and it dives into nearby bushes when alarmed.

• Ashy Storm Petrel Hydrobates homochroa

  This small seabird uses the cool waters off California. It feeds close to the sea surface and breeds on islands from central California to northern Baja.

• Groves' Titi Plecturocebus grovesi

  This titi monkey was described from Mato Grosso, Brazil. The paper notes a grayish back, red-brown underside, and black tail with a pale tip.

• Tanimbar Bush Warbler Horornis carolinae

  The 1987 original description called this bird Cettia carolinae and reported it from two sites in southern Yamdena. The author thought it might be widespread on the island, but the records available then were limited.

• Formosan Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus formosae

  This bat has silky, glossy fur and a horseshoe-shaped noseleaf. It is endemic to Taiwan, but much of its natural history remains unknown.

• Karoo Long-billed Lark Certhilauda subcoronata

  The Karoo Long-billed Lark lives in dry shrubland in southern Africa. It searches the ground with its long, slightly decurved bill; plumage tone and streaking vary by region.

• Manchurian Hare Lepus mandshuricus

  This hare has thick, long fur, a gray to rust-brown back, and pale underside. Some individuals become paler in winter.

• Purple-bearded Bee-eater Meropogon forsteni

  The Purple-bearded Bee-eater occurs only on Sulawesi. Adult males have long purple throat feathers that hang like a beard.

• Little Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma trinitatum

  A 2020 revision treated C. gorgasi, formerly included in C. trinitatum, as a separate species. In the revised C. trinitatum sample, facial stripes appeared in all specimens and a median dorsal stripe in 111 of 113; a separate Peru study recorded the bat in a forest-agriculture landscape.

• White-cheeked Nuthatch Sitta leucopsis

  This nuthatch has a black crown and nape that contrast with its white face. It is resident in the conifer forests of Gilgit-Baltistan.

• Tufted Deer Elaphodus cephalophus

  Its name comes from the tuft of hair on the forehead, which can hide the small antlers of males. Its upper canine teeth are also long and tusk-like.