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• Amazonian Red-sided Opossum Monodelphis (Monodelphis) glirina

  

  The Amazonian red-sided opossum is a small marsupial with reddish-orange flanks that lives mainly on the ground. It occurs in Amazonian forests.

• King Bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus regius

  

  The King Bird-of-paradise occurs on New Guinea and nearby islands. Males court with brilliant red plumage and their long ornamental tail feathers.

• Golden-headed Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas

  

  The golden-headed lion tamarin is a small monkey with a black body and a conspicuous golden mane. It lives in small groups in forests of southeastern Brazil.

• Black-lored Waxbill Estrilda nigriloris

  

  This waxbill is recorded in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A flock of eight was rediscovered by Lake Kabwe in Upemba National Park in 2023. Genetic work has not settled whether it is separate from the Common Waxbill.

• Nelson's Coarse-haired Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus nelsoni

  

  Nelson's coarse-haired pocket mouse occurs in the Chihuahuan Desert of the Mexican Plateau. This long-tailed pocket mouse feeds on seeds and insects in rocky or sandy habitat.

• Sulawesi Myna Basilornis celebensis

  

  The Sulawesi Myna is a starling with a rounded crest and pale patches on its glossy black plumage. It occurs on Sulawesi and nearby Indonesian islands.

• Siberian chipmunk Tamias (Eutamias) sibiricus

  A chipmunk of northern Asian forests that uses both the ground and trees.

• Cerulean Cuckooshrike Coracina temminckii

  This cuckooshrike is endemic to Sulawesi, where it inhabits mature hill and mountain forest. Adults are bluish, but juveniles and regional forms differ in color.

• Red-necked wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus

  Recognized by reddish fur on the neck and shoulders, it rests under cover and grazes in nearby open areas.

• White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae

  The blue-grey body and white face are distinctive. It walks through mudflats, shallows and wet grass after rain, taking fish, crabs, insects and other prey.

• Mainland Dusky Antechinus Antechinus mimetes

  This small marsupial occurs in southeastern Australia. It is usually regarded as terrestrial, but camera traps at Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve, Victoria, recorded it visiting tree baits about 3.5 m high on 29 occasions.

• Cincloramphus macrurus Megalurus macrurus

  A large grassbird of New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. It has a long tail and searches dense grass for small invertebrates.

• White-throated Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) albigula

  This woodrat has a pale throat and builds a large shelter from cactus pieces, sticks, and other materials. It ranges widely across dry areas and scrublands of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

• Worthen's Sparrow Spizella wortheni

  This small sparrow is restricted to dry upland grasslands in northeastern Mexico. It keeps low among short shrubs and feeds mostly on seeds in winter.

• Madeira Pipistrelle Pipistrellus maderensis

  The Madeira pipistrelle is a small bat found in the Madeira and Canary Islands. It uses habitats from forests to towns and catches flying insects.

• Rüppell's Korhaan Heterotetrax rueppelii

  Rüppell's Korhaan is a bustard of stony semi-desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola. Males have a gray-blue head with black bands, while females are less strongly marked and duller overall.

• Roan antelope Hippotragus equinus

  An antelope with long ears and contrasting pale and dark facial markings.

• Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis

  This wagtail occurs around water and in open places across Africa. It walks on the ground to find small prey and often bobs its tail.

• 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.

• Golden-crowned Tanager Iridosornis rufivertex

  This tanager lives in high-elevation scrub and elfin forest in the northern Andes. It is bright blue, with a black head and a golden crown.

• Large Flying Fox Pteropus vampyrus

  A large fruit-eating bat of Southeast Asia. A tracking study in Malaysia recorded movements across national borders.

• Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus

  This seabird breeds in the western Mediterranean and spreads from the western Mediterranean into the eastern Atlantic after breeding. It takes fish and squid at sea.

• Yellow-handed Titi Cheracebus lucifer

  This titi monkey lives in forests of the western Amazon. By day it moves through the trees in small family groups and feeds mainly on fruit. Hand color varies.

• Brown-backed Scrub Robin Erythropygia hartlaubi

  This small robin has a brown back. It uses tall grass savanna and scrub near woodland, where it searches for invertebrates on the ground.