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• Red-faced Cormorant Urile urile

  

  The Red-faced Cormorant lives along remote North Pacific coasts. In breeding plumage, its red face and white flank patch stand out against its dark body.

• Subtropical Antechinus Antechinus subtropicus

  The Subtropical Antechinus is a small carnivorous marsupial from southeastern Queensland to northeastern New South Wales. Insects are its usual food.

• Ross's Goose Anser rossii

  A small goose that breeds in the Canadian Arctic and migrates to parts of the southern United States for winter. Adults are white with black wingtips, a shorter neck, and a smaller bill than a Snow Goose.

• Pacific Marten Martes caurina

  Martes caurina occurs in western North America and on Pacific coastal islands. Its coat varies in color; in Alaska it feeds mainly on voles and mice and is most often associated with mature and old-growth evergreen forest.

• Coppery Emerald Chlorostilbon russatus

  This small hummingbird occurs in northern Colombia and western Venezuela. The male is golden green with coppery tones, while the female has gray underparts; it feeds in scrub and forest edges.

• Aztec Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Dermanura) aztecus

  This fruit-eating bat includes a population in Mexico's mountains. It eats fruit and carries seeds to other parts of the forest.

• Tawny Tit-Spinetail Sylviorthorhynchus yanacensis

  A small furnariid localized in high Andean Polylepis woodland and nearby scrub. Its fine bill and long tail are distinctive.

• Mottle-faced Tamarin Tamarinus inustus

  This tamarin was recorded in flooded forest during fieldwork in Brazil’s Amanã Reserve. The survey reported 11 new localities.

• Eastern Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus

  The Eastern Shrike-tit uses its thick, hooked bill to probe bark for insects in eastern Australia. Its short crest and boldly striped head are distinctive.

• Bongo Tragelaphus eurycerus

  A forest antelope with pale stripes that shelters in dense undergrowth.

• Hildebrandt’s Francolin Pternistis hildebrandti

  This francolin occurs in eastern Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Black spots mark its whitish throat, neck, and underparts; it forages in pairs or small groups.

• Orizaba Deermouse Peromyscus beatae

  The Orizaba Deermouse ranges from southeastern Mexico into Central America. It has been recorded in humid mountain forests.

• Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi

  The Northern Rockhopper Penguin is a species distinct from the Southern Rockhopper Penguin. It breeds on a small number of islands in the South Atlantic and southern Indian Ocean.

• Hill's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hilli

  This horseshoe bat is known from a very small area in Nyungwe National Park, southwestern Rwanda. The species treatment lists two localities.

• Green-headed Oriole Oriolus chlorocephalus

  The Green-headed Oriole has green across its head, throat, upper breast, and lower mantle. A forest survey in Tanzania often recorded pairs feeding on fruit high in the trees.

• Woolly Flying Squirrel Eupetaurus cinereus

  The woolly flying squirrel has a dense coat and a gliding membrane between its limbs. In the northern Pakistan highlands, it remains active in winter and feeds on mosses and other foods.

• Archbold's Bowerbird Archboldia papuensis

  Archbold's Bowerbird lives in highland forests of central New Guinea. Males have a yellow-orange crest and prepare a flower-decorated display site during breeding.

• Common Dwarf Brocket Mazama chunyi

  This small deer has records in Bolivia’s mountain region. A study reported it from high grasslands and Polylepis elfin forest down to lower sub-Andean forest.

• African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis

  The African Snipe probes soft, wet mud with its long bill. Its striped plumage helps it blend into wetlands and flooded grassland, where it feeds on invertebrates and other small prey.

• Marsh Rabbit Sylvilagus palustris

  The marsh rabbit is a wetland rabbit of the southeastern United States that eats grasses and other marsh plants.

• Yellow-billed Nuthatch Sitta solangiae

  The Yellow-billed Nuthatch has a yellow bill and violet-blue upperparts. It has a scattered, local range in Vietnam, Hainan, and Laos, where it moves through forest while searching for insects.

• Black-crested Sumatran Langur Presbytis melalophos

  This leaf monkey is marked by a black crest and a two-toned tail. By day it leaps among forest trees and eats mainly leaves, along with fruit.

• Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis

  The Red-browed Finch lives in eastern Australia, in grassy areas and along creeks. Small flocks search for grass seeds and insects, and the bright red eyebrow, rump, and bill are distinctive.

• Horsfield's Fruit Bat Cynopterus horsfieldii

  This fruit bat ranges from mainland Southeast Asia to the Malay Peninsula and islands including Sumatra and Java. It has been recorded in lowland and montane forest, orchards, and agricultural areas.