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• Magnificent Riflebird Ptiloris magnificus

  

  Males have black plumage with a blue-green sheen, while females are brown. Males display from branches and the birds eat fruit, insects, and small animals.

• 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.

• Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

  The Southern Rough-winged Swallow catches insects in flight over open country and near water in Central and South America.

• Bonin flying fox Pteropus pselaphon

  A large fruit-eating bat native only to the Ogasawara Islands.

• Spot-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis guttaticollis

  The Spot-breasted Parrotbill lives in grassy and shrubby areas in parts of eastern South Asia, including northeastern India.

• Daurian Ground Squirrel Spermophilus dauricus

  This ground squirrel has gray-russet fur and a pale tail tip. It lives in dry grasslands and plains in northeastern China, eastern Mongolia, and Russia's Transbaikalia region, among other records.

• Asian Blue Quail Synoicus chinensis

  This small quail shows a strong color contrast: males are blue-gray and chestnut, while females are brown. It walks through grass and scrub to find seeds and small insects on the ground.

• Black-cheeked White-nosed Monkey Cercopithecus ascanius

  This monkey is marked by a white nose spot and pale cheek fur on a black face; chestnut fur beneath its tail is another distinctive feature.

• Collared Lory Vini solitaria

  This red-and-green parrot occurs in Fiji and has a short tail and purple-black crown. It feeds on flowers and fruit and nests in tree cavities.

• Collared Lemming Dicrostonyx groenlandicus

  This stocky Arctic lemming has a thick coat that changes with the seasons, becoming white in winter.

• Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea

  The male is conspicuously blue with a throat band, while the female is blue-green. It breeds in eastern North American forests and winters in the Andes.

• Damara Woolly Bat Kerivoula argentata

  This small bat has long, dense fur that can help conceal it among leaves or in bird nests. The southern African assessment reports it from riverine forest and other moist habitats, where it eats insects.

• Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi

  An adult of the nominate subspecies has a pale gray crown and sandy body, with a white eye-ring and black bill.

• Fringe-lipped Bat Trachops cirrhosus

  The fringe-lipped bat has wart-like bumps on its lips and chin. It lives in lowland forests of Central and South America and roosts in hollow trees or caves.

• Chinese Rubythroat Calliope tschebaiewi

  A paper reports one vagrant adult male in Uttarakhand, northern India. This single record does not establish a regular range there.

• 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.

• Rusty-flanked Crake Laterallus levraudi

  The Rusty-flanked Crake is a small rail of northwestern Venezuela. Adults have an olive-brown back and rusty sides and stay concealed in dense vegetation.

• Indian Desert Gerbil Meriones (Cheliones) hurrianae

  This gerbil is common in India’s arid zone. It digs burrows, is mainly active by day, and has a black tuft at the end of its tail.

• Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis

  This bushshrike inhabits thickets in sub-Saharan Africa. Adult males have green upperparts, a red throat and upper breast, and a yellow belly; females have a narrower black breast band. It searches for arthropods in dense vegetation.

• Indonesian Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus titthaecheilus

  The Indonesian Short-nosed Fruit Bat is described as the largest member of its genus and occurs in forests, plantations, and settlements.

• White-chested Puffbird Malacoptila fusca

  This puffbird inhabits lowland evergreen forest in northwestern Amazonia and nearby regions. Its streaked plumage, small white collar, and orange bill base stand out; it feeds on spiders and caterpillars in the understory.

• Striped Ground Squirrel Xerus (Euxerus) erythropus

  This ground squirrel occurs in dry parts of Africa, including open woodland, savanna, grassland, and rocky country. A pale stripe runs along each side from shoulder to hindquarters.

• Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani

  The Lark-like Bunting lives in dry areas of southern Africa. Both sexes have pale buff-brown streaked plumage, and the birds may move as conditions change.

• Collared Mangabey Cercocebus torquatus

  The collared mangabey has reddish hair on its crown and striking white eyelids against a dark face. It is active by day and spends much of its time on the ground, though it also climbs through trees.