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• Violaceous Jay Cyanocorax violaceus

  

  The Violaceous Jay has a black head and face contrasting with a pale nape. In Bolivia it is recorded in small flocks near rivers and forest edges.

• Arcuate Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus arcuatus

  The Arcuate Horseshoe Bat has slightly reddish-brown to dark-brown upperparts and buff to gray-brown underparts. In the Philippines it occurs in varied forests, from lowland to montane habitats.

• Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus

  This is a tiny hummingbird whose male throat patch may flash purple or pink with the light. It feeds on nectar; the cited distribution account is limited to southwestern Colombia.

• Caracciolo's Stripe-faced Bat Vampyrodes caraccioli

  Caracciolo's stripe-faced bat is a fruit-eating bat marked with white lines on its face and back. In Bolivia, it feeds mainly on figs and roosts high in the canopy.

• Citron-throated Toucan Ramphastos citreolaemus

  This toucan ranges from northern Colombia to northwestern Venezuela. It feeds on fruit in the canopy of humid forest.

• Canarian Shrew Crocidura canariensis

  The Canarian shrew is a medium-sized shrew of the eastern Canary Islands. It eats insect larvae and has also been recorded preying on lizards.

• Hepatic Tanager Piranga hepatica

  This tanager ranges from the United States to Nicaragua. The Texas atlas distinguishes P. hepatica from the older broad treatment as P. flava and describes its Texas breeding habitat in dry juniper-pinyon or pine-oak woodland.

• 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.

• Wompoo Fruit Dove Ptilinopus magnificus

  The Wompoo Fruit Dove is a large green pigeon with a purple throat and chest and a yellow belly. It feeds in rainforest canopies and moves locally between fruiting trees.

• Black Wildebeest Connochaetes gnou

  A bovid of open grasslands and the Karoo in southern Africa. It mainly grazes short grass and uses open country.

• Magpie Shrike Lanius melanoleucus

  The Magpie Shrike is an African shrike with a long tail and black-and-white plumage. It watches for prey from savanna branches and may breed cooperatively in family groups.

• Baluchistan Gerbil Gerbillus (Hendecapleura) nanus

  Its upper body is sandy or grayish, its underside is white, and its tail ends in a dark tuft. In Qatar it is recorded widely on gravelly and rocky plains rather than dune sands.

• Sulawesi Babbler Pellorneum celebense

  This babbler lives in forest and surrounding habitats on Sulawesi. Its plumage varies geographically, and it forages close to the ground with a running movement.

• Santarém Marmoset Mico humeralifer

  The Santarém marmoset is a small monkey from a limited area of northern Brazil. Pale ear tufts and alternating black and silvery rings on its tail are distinctive.

• Painted Buttonquail Turnix varius

  Females are larger and more colorful than males. In forest and woodland, birds scratch the leaf litter in a spinning motion to find seeds, insects, fruit, and leaves.

• Veldkamp's Epauletted Fruit Bat Nanonycteris veldkampii

  This small fruit bat lives across West African forest and savanna zones. Records show seasonal movements north and south as the rains change.

• Western Bowerbird Chlamydera guttata

  The Western Bowerbird is an inland Australian bird with reddish spots and a yellowish underside. Males build avenue-like bowers from sticks, decorate them with objects such as bones and shells, and display to attract females.

• Wilkins's Rock Wallaby Petrogale wilkinsi

  This wallaby lives among rocky areas of northern Australia. Its coat is dark gray-brown, with distinct stripes on the head and sides and paler limbs. The IUCN assessment lists savanna, rocky areas, and caves among its habitats.

• Helmet Vanga Euryceros prevostii

  The Helmet Vanga is a large vanga of eastern Madagascar’s humid evergreen forests. It is notable for its huge blue bill; a field study recorded insects as its main prey and both parents sharing incubation.

• North Andean Huemul Hippocamelus antisensis

  The North Andean huemul moves across steep Andean slopes on short, strong legs. The male’s branched antlers and dark Y-shaped facial mark are distinctive.

• Nava's Wren Hylorchilus navai

  This wren lives among limestone outcrops in lowland evergreen forest in Mexico. It searches for small invertebrates on rocks and in crevices.

• Black-bearded Tomb Bat Taphozous (Taphozous) melanopogon

  Males may grow a black beard seasonally. Groups roost in caves, rocky places, or unused buildings, and the bats use sound to find flying insects.

• Chestnut-belted Gnateater Conopophaga aurita

  The Chestnut-belted Gnateater searches for food near the ground in tropical forest. Males have a black face and chestnut breast, while females are more subdued.

• Three-striped Ground Squirrel Lariscus insignis

  This ground squirrel lives in forests of Southeast Asia. Three black stripes run from its shoulders to the base of its tail.