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• Fawn-breasted Bowerbird Chlamydera cerviniventris

  

  The Fawn-breasted Bowerbird occurs on New Guinea and in northern Australia. The male builds a stick bower and uses it in courtship.

• Pagai Island Macaque Macaca pagensis

  

  This macaque has dark brown fur on its back, paler fur underneath, and cheek pouches. It is active by day and uses both the ground and trees.

• Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla

  

  The Neddicky is a small bird about 11 cm long. By day it uses light woodland, savanna, and grassland, searching the ground for invertebrates.

• Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) lituratus

  

  This large fruit-eating bat has fur ranging from light to dark brown. It flies among trees at night and forages with other bats for fruit.

• Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis

  

  This hummingbird is described in a species account for Cundinamarca, Colombia. The account notes bronze-green upperparts, a rufous rump, and pale streaks on the throat.

• Red Goral Naemorhedus baileyi

  

  The red goral is a goat relative of the eastern Himalaya that shifts elevation within mountain forests as the seasons change.

• Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis

  This large albatross ranges over the Southern Ocean. Plumage varies with sex, age, and subspecies, and it breeds on islands south of New Zealand.

• Bunyoro rabbit Poelagus marjorita

  The Bunyoro rabbit is a member of the rabbit family found in central and eastern Africa, in grassland and shrubland.

• Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus

  The Olive-winged Bulbul is marked by olive-toned wing feathers and a pale streak behind the eye. It occurs in forests and mangroves across Southeast Asia and is described as a common resident in Singapore.

• Monjon Petrogale burbidgei

  A small wallaby of rocky areas in northwestern Australia, with mottled fur and a reddish patch around the eye.

• Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla

  Adults have black-and-white plumage. In the nominate subspecies, males have red to reddish-orange eyes and females orange to yellow-orange eyes. It searches for insects in the canopy.

• Calabrian Black Squirrel Sciurus meridionalis

  A squirrel restricted to Calabria in southern Italy. A 2017 study presented morphological and genetic differences supporting its treatment as a species distinct from the Eurasian red squirrel.

• Buff-breasted Warbling-finch Microspingus lateralis

  This small tanager lives in the mountains of southeastern Brazil. It uses forest edges and bamboo patches, eating insects, fruit, and seeds.

• Townsend's Vole Microtus (Mynomes) townsendii

  Townsend's vole lives in wet meadows and wetlands along the Pacific coast of North America. It eats mostly grasses, with seasonal changes in its diet.

• Sooty-capped Bush Tanager Chlorospingus pileatus

  This bird lives in mountain forest in Costa Rica and Panama. Its dark head and white eyebrow stand out as it moves in small groups through the understorey.

• Sand-colored Metad Millardia gleadowi

  This small rodent is reported from northwestern India. It is sand-brown above and white below, and the account describes it as nocturnal and burrow-dwelling.

• Two-banded Warbler Myiothlypis bivittata

  This small warbler inhabits humid montane forest on the eastern Andean slopes. It has olive and yellow plumage, a rufous-olive crown and narrow dark crown stripes. The Peru account places it at 750–1,500 m.

• Schwartz's Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) martiniquensis

  Schwartz's myotis is a bat endemic to the Caribbean island of Martinique. It inhabits forested mountain areas and eats insects.

• Red-keeled Flowerpecker Dicaeum australe

  A Philippine flowerpecker that feeds on fruit and nectar.

• Insular Flying Fox Pteropus tonganus

  The insular flying fox, also called the Pacific flying fox, is a large bat of Pacific islands. It roosts in tall trees by day and searches for fruit and flowers at night.

• Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli

  This shrike occurs in dry scrub and savanna in East Africa. It moves in small groups and watches for prey from exposed perches.

• Cross-marked Langur Presbytis chrysomelas

  This langur occurs on Borneo, and records of coat and diet vary among subspecies and study sites.

• Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus

  The Eurasian Reed Warbler is a small bird that sings from reedbeds. It eats insects in summer and berries in autumn; many birds that breed in Britain migrate to Africa.

• Niceforo's Bat Trinycteris nicefori

  This small reddish-brown bat gleans prey from leaves and ranges across tropical parts of the Americas.