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• Band-tailed Nighthawk Nyctiprogne leucopyga

  

  The Band-tailed Nighthawk is a brown, nocturnal bird with a white band on its tail. In Loreto, northern Peru, it catches insects while flying over rivers and lakes at night.

• Common Wallaroo Osphranter robustus

  The common wallaroo is a kangaroo relative that lives among rocky and mountainous areas and open woodlands on mainland Australia.

• Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus

  The Short-tailed Hawk circles above forests, looking for birds and diving to catch them.

• Forest Rabbit Sylvilagus brasiliensis

  This rabbit was reassessed using a neotype from Pernambuco. Older, broad South American records are not carried forward as confirmed range for this taxon; this account stays with documented coastal-forest evidence.

• Lemon-throated Barbet Eubucco richardsoni

  This barbet occurs in Amazonian floodplain and várzea forest. It is about 15 cm long, and the colors of its crown and breast vary among subspecies and between sexes.

• Desert Red Bat Lasiurus frantzii

  Desert Red Bats live in North America and eat insects such as moths, flies, cicadas, and ants. Their fluffy amber fur and white shoulder patches are useful identification features.

• Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus

  A grackle found mainly in Central and South America, with its range extending into parts of North America. Males have long tails and a purple gloss, while females are brown.

• Piebald Shrew Diplomesodon pulchellus

  A Central Asian desert shrew with a white back patch that prefers damp sand.

• Lesser Sooty Owl Tyto multipunctata

  The lesser sooty owl is a nocturnal owl with a sooty face and silvery-white spots. It hides by day and catches small mammals and other prey at night.

• Sichuan Takin Budorcas tibetana

  The regional account for the Sichuan takin places it in western Sichuan and southern Gansu, China. In Sichuan, records describe seasonal movement between alpine meadows in summer and lower forests in winter.

• Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus

  The Lesser Black-backed Gull is a large gull with a dark gray back and white body. It breeds from northern Europe to western Siberia and moves south for winter.

• Long-snouted Bat Platalina genovensium

  The Peruvian long-snouted bat has a greatly elongated muzzle. It feeds on nectar and fruit from columnar cacti in desert areas west of the Andes.

• Scarlet-horned Manakin Ceratopipra cornuta

  A manakin of humid forests in northern South America. Males and females differ in head plumage, and males display in small groups.

• Ord's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys ordii

  Ord's kangaroo rat lives in dry areas of western North America and moves by hopping on long hind legs. It carries seeds in its cheek pouches and stores them in burrows.

• Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor

  At El Imposible in El Salvador, this species was reported as almost always associated with vegetative bamboo in the understory. A 2023 study supports treating the South American Andean aequatorialis as a separate species.

• Black Colobus Colobus satanas

  The black colobus is covered in glossy black fur and lives high in the rainforest canopy of western Africa.

• Balearic Warbler Curruca balearica

  The Balearic Warbler is endemic to the Balearic Islands and has a long tail and red eye-ring. It feeds on small invertebrates in dense Mediterranean scrub.

• Douglas's Squirrel Tamiasciurus douglasii

  In conifer forests it eats seeds and fungi and stores food. It does not hibernate and remains active through the year.

• Javan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus montanus

  A yellow, downcurved bill, white eyebrow and chestnut back identify this babbler. It forages in the lower growth of forests on Java and Bali.

• Brazilian Gracile Opossum Gracilinanus microtarsus

  The Brazilian gracile opossum is a small marsupial from forests and savanna in southeastern Brazil. It uses branches and vines but also searches for food on the ground.

• Brown Jacamar Brachygalba lugubris

  The Brown Jacamar lives in South American woodland and savanna forest. It has a long pointed bill and a rufous breast.

• Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat Nesokia indica

  The short-tailed bandicoot rat prefers moist soil and areas near water, where it digs extensive burrows. The account reports one rat per burrow.

• Great hornbill Buceros bicornis

  A bird with a large raised structure on top of its massive bill.

• Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat Macroglossus sobrinus

  The greater long-nosed fruit bat has a slender snout and feeds on nectar. By visiting flowers, it also helps pollinate wild bananas.