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• Brown-chested Barbet Capito brunneipectus

  

  The Brown-chested Barbet occurs in the forests of Brazil's central Amazon. Regional accounts describe it feeding on fruit and invertebrates in moist forest canopy and nesting in tree cavities.

• Visored Bat Sphaeronycteris toxophyllum

  The visored bat is small, with cinnamon-brown fur and fleshy growths on its face. Its behavior is undocumented; one examined stomach resembled yellow fruit pulp, but this single observation does not establish its usual diet.

• Hooded Yellowthroat Geothlypis nelsoni

  This yellowthroat is recorded in Mexico, where it uses brush on rather dry slopes and open pine or pine-oak woods.

• Amami Rabbit Pentalagus furnessi

  The Amami rabbit is a short-eared, short-legged rabbit found in the forests of Amami-Oshima and Tokunoshima. It eats grasses, young shoots and fruit, and usually lives alone.

• Wallace's Fairywren Sipodotus wallacii

  Wallace’s Fairywren lives in lowland and foothill rainforest on New Guinea. It has a long bill and short tail, and has been observed in forests with abundant vines and ground cover.

• Southern Plains Woodrat Neotoma (Neotoma) micropus

  The southern plains woodrat is a rodent of dry areas from the southern United States into northern Mexico. It eats cacti and yucca and may store food in its den.

• Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans

  A stork of Asian wetlands whose bill has a gap between the mandibles except near the tip.

• Seychelles Flying Fox Pteropus seychellensis

  The Seychelles flying fox is a large bat endemic to the granitic islands of Seychelles. It roosts in trees by day and flies out at dusk.

• Socotra Sparrow Passer insularis

  The Socotra Sparrow is a sparrow of Yemen’s Socotra Archipelago. This entry follows BirdLife’s treatment of Passer insularis as a species.

• Rothschild's Rock Wallaby Petrogale rothschildi

  Rothschild's rock wallaby occurs in Western Australia's Pilbara and Ashburton regions. It uses deep rocky crevices as refuge from daytime heat.

• King of Saxony Bird-of-paradise Pteridophora alberti

  This bird-of-paradise lives in the forests of New Guinea’s central mountains. The male raises its long head plumes and displays them during courtship.

• Southeast Asian Shrew Crocidura fuliginosa

  The Southeast Asian shrew has dark fur with a dull silvery sheen and a slender tail. In Singapore, NParks records it only from the Central Nature Reserves.

• Slate-throated Gnatcatcher Polioptila schistaceigula

  This small bird occurs in Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador. Males and females have different white markings around the eyes, and the species lives in moist lowland forest.

• Philippine Forest Rat Rattus everetti

  This rat has a gray to gray-brown back and a pale underside. In a southern Luzon survey, most captures came from less disturbed mid- and high-elevation forest.

• Cape Verde Storm Petrel Hydrobates jabejabe

  This storm-petrel breeds on rocky sites and uses surrounding marine waters. The 2018 IUCN assessment treated the Cape Verde population, while a 2026 study described the São Tomé population as a subspecies of Hydrobates jabejabe.

• Steppe Polecat Mustela eversmanii

  The Steppe Polecat is a mustelid of dry open habitats across parts of Europe and Central Asia. Its pale coat contrasts with a dark facial mask, legs, and part of the tail.

• Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea

  A seabird that glides low over the sea on long wings. It breeds on Mediterranean islands; around Malta, birds gather offshore in the evening during the breeding season and return to their colony after dark.

• Greater kudu Strepsiceros strepsiceros

  A striped antelope of African thickets and woodland.

• Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri

  Buller’s Albatross ranges over seas around New Zealand and takes fish and squid near the surface.

• Bifax Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus bifax

  It has large ears, a simple noseleaf, a brown back, and paler underparts. It roosts by day under bark or in tree hollows.

• Crozet Shag Leucocarbo melanogenis

  The Crozet Shag occurs on the Crozet Islands, the Prince Edward Islands, and Marion Island. It forms small breeding colonies on coastal cliffs and pursues fish underwater.

• Painted Spiny Pocket Mouse Heteromys pictus

  The painted spiny pocket mouse ranges from Mexico to northwestern Guatemala. It has a reddish-brown back, white underside, and spiny coat, and stores seeds in caches.

• Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus

  The Eastern Whip-poor-will is a nocturnal bird whose mottled gray-brown plumage blends into the forest floor. It hunts flying insects at dusk and night in open woods.

• Cat Ba Langur Trachypithecus poliocephalus

  The Cat Ba langur is recognizable by its golden head and dark body. It lives in forest on the limestone hills of Cat Ba Island in Vietnam and feeds mainly on leaves.