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• Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata

  

  This small swallow lives in scattered parts of southern Africa. It can be overlooked among similar swallows, yet recorded nest sites range from animal burrows to buildings and bridges.

• Riparian Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) riparius

  The Riparian Myotis is a medium-sized bat with woolly fur. Its dorsal color varies geographically from reddish to blackish, and it ranges widely through the Neotropics.

• Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus

  The Sage Thrasher is a small bird of western North America, where sagebrush steppe is widespread. In spring, males sing from high perches.

• Hamiguitan Batomys Batomys hamiguitan

  The Hamiguitan Batomys is known from Mount Hamiguitan in eastern Mindanao, Philippines. The original survey recorded it in the transition between lowland and montane forest and in primary montane forest.

• Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus

  A small sunbird of African forests and their edges. The male has green and blue-purple iridescence with a red breast band; the female is olive-brown above with a pale eyebrow.

• White-lined Broad-nosed Bat Platyrrhinus lineatus

  The white-lined broad-nosed bat is a South American bat marked by a white stripe on its back. It is nocturnal and mainly eats fruit.

• Ochre-breasted Brush Finch Atlapetes semirufus

  The Ochre-breasted Brushfinch ranges from northern Venezuela into north-central Colombia. It uses montane forest understory and edges at about 1,000–3,500 m.

• Derby Eland Taurotragus derbianus

  A large antelope of western and central Africa's savannas and sparse woodlands. Its sandy-gray coat has pale vertical side stripes, and it feeds in grassland during cooler mornings and evenings. The current MDD name is Tragelaphus derbianus.

• Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

  The Black-necked Stork has a glossy black head and neck, a white body and long legs. It waits to ambush prey in shallow water.

• Egyptian rousette Rousettus aegyptiacus

  A large-eyed fruit bat that feeds on very ripe fruit.

• White-whiskered Spinetail Synallaxis candei

  The White-whiskered Spinetail has a black face marked by a white moustache stripe. A Colombia field page documents the nominate form in dry scrub at Los Flamencos, La Guajira, and notes that nearby forms differ in face and throat color.

• Guinea Baboon Papio papio

  A West African baboon whose wild ecology has been studied in a Senegalese national park.

• Crested Lark Galerida cristata

  The Crested Lark is a brown, streaked lark with a noticeable crest. In Spain it is commonly found in open places such as fields and roadsides.

• Maritime Striped Squirrel Tamiops maritimus

  The maritime striped squirrel is a small squirrel with bold black stripes along its back. The traits described here are for the subspecies found in Taiwan.

• Mangrove Hummingbird Amazilia boucardi

  The Mangrove Hummingbird is endemic to Costa Rica and mainly lives in Pacific-coast mangroves, especially where Pelliciera rhizophorae is abundant.

• Medium-tailed Rice Rat Eremoryzomys mesocaudis

  This rodent was described from the Marañón River region of northern Peru. A black line at the center of the nose tip is one of its diagnostic features.

• Layard's Warbler Curruca layardi

  This warbler ranges from western Namibia through South Africa to Lesotho. Adult males have grey upperparts and a white throat marked with black streaks. It forages low in shrubs, alone or in pairs.

• Common Yellow Bat Scotophilus heathii

  A bat recorded in forests, woodlands, plantations, and other cultivated land from lowlands to higher hills. The Kerala account describes it flying low while feeding on insects.

• Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno

  The Resplendent Quetzal lives in moist montane forest from southern Mexico to Panama. Males have iridescent green plumage, a red belly, and long tail plumes, and often eat fruits from the laurel family.

• Moroccan Jird Meriones (Pallasiomys) grandis

  This jird occurs in Morocco. Moroccan samples form two lineages, and questions remain about the boundary between this species and the closely related Shaw’s Jird.

• Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis

  Tickell's Leaf Warbler breeds in the Himalayas and nearby regions, then moves south to South Asia and Myanmar for the non-breeding season.

• Thomas's Nectar Bat Hsunycteris thomasi

  This small nectar bat is distinguished by the arrangement of skin papillae on its chin. It has been recorded from Panama across much of northern South America, although the current species may include unresolved lineages.

• Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens

  The Andean Lapwing walks through high Andean grasslands and wet open ground to feed. Pairs defend territories and call loudly.

• Nyala Nyala angasii

  An African antelope whose males and females differ markedly in appearance.