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• Orange-collared Manakin Manacus aurantiacus

  

  This manakin lives in Pacific lowlands of Central America. Adult males have a bright orange throat and collar with a green belly, while females are mostly subdued green.

• Four-horned Antelope Tetracerus quadricornis

  The four-horned antelope is a solitary bovid of open, dry deciduous forests in India. Four horns are present only in adult males.

• Grey Wren Cantorchilus griseus

  A small, grey wren studied along the Brazilian side of the Javari River. The detailed published observations cover five territories and do not establish the species’ full range.

• Geoffroy's Myotis Myotis (Chrysopteron) emarginatus

  A medium-sized bat with rusty to reddish-brown fur on its back, paler fur underneath, and a distinctive notch in the ears.

• Lesser Antillean Swift Chaetura martinica

  The Lesser Antillean Swift flies over montane forest in the Lesser Antilles. It catches small insects in flight.

• Angolan colobus Colobus angolensis

  This monkey has a striking black-and-white pattern and a long tail. It moves among trees using its tail for balance and feeds mainly on leaves.

• Snares Penguin Eudyptes robustus

  It has a black face and back, white underparts, and a thick orange bill. It breeds only on the Snares Islands; tracked adults moved west in winter.

• Ochre Bush Squirrel Paraxerus ochraceus

  The ochre bush squirrel lives in East African savanna woodland. Its pelage is listed as having no red coloration, and the flanks have no stripe or at most one pale stripe. Detailed ecology is poorly known.

• Canary White-eye Zosterops luteus

  This white-eye occurs along northern Australia's coast, chiefly in mangroves. Breeding records from the Darwin region suggest year-round breeding, with many nests in the upper part of short mangroves.

• Tree Bat Ardops nichollsi

  The lesser Antillean tree bat has brown fur and a white spot where the wing joins the body. It is thought to roost in woody vegetation on Dominica, but field observations are limited.

• Dolphin Gull Leucophaeus scoresbii

  The Dolphin Gull is a dark gull of southern South America and the Falkland Islands. It scavenges along the coast and often gathers at seabird and marine mammal colonies.

• Paraná Akodont Akodon (Akodon) paranaensis

  This small rodent occurs in southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. Its back is grayish olive and its underside gray to creamy; it uses forests and grasslands.

• Yellow-breasted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus occipitalis

  The Yellow-breasted Fruit Dove lives in forests of the Philippines. It has green upperparts, a gray head, yellow breast, and maroon marks on the belly and behind the eye.

• Black-capped Fruit Bat Chironax melanocephalus

  This small bat has a dark head and yellow-to-orange hair on the sides of the neck and shoulders. It is recorded in forests of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo and feeds mainly on fruit.

• Brown-crowned Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus phayrei

  An older bird account describes a form now included in Pomatorhinus phayrei under a historical subspecies name. It records olive-brown upperparts, rufous underparts, and movement beneath dense cover.

• New Holland Pseudomys Pseudomys novaehollandiae

  This small mouse has pale gray-brown fur and pink feet. Its recorded populations are scattered across grassland and woodland in southeastern Australia.

• African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus

  This African bee-eater lives in dry places with trees or shrubs. Its central tail feathers form long streamers.

• Marco Polo Argali Ovis polii

  Ovis polii is a wild sheep described from the dry Pamir steppe. Males have long, winding horns, and the sheep use rolling hills, broad valleys, and gradual mountain sides.

• Biak Megapode Megapodius geelvinkianus

  The Biak Megapode is a dark bird of forests around Cenderawasih Bay. It scratches the forest floor with its large feet to find food.

• Black-and-orange Myotis Myotis (Chrysopteron) formosus

  This medium-sized bat has light yellow-brown fur on its back and pale yellow fur underneath. The 2014 review included the Taiwanese population as a subspecies of this species.

• Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina striata

  This cuckooshrike lives in the humid forests and mangroves of parts of Southeast Asia. Males are grey, while females show bars on the underparts.

• Cross-marked Langur Presbytis chrysomelas

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

• Tahiti Monarch Pomarea nigra

  This forest monarch occurs on Tahiti. Young birds have orange plumage; black feathers increase as they mature, and birds are fully black at about four years old.

• 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.