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• Spot-crowned Barbet Capito maculicoronatus

  

  A barbet of forests from Panama to northwestern Colombia. A Panama breeding study followed an adult pair as they excavated a cavity in a dead tree and raised nestlings.

• Bocage's Banana Bat Myotis (Chrysopteron) bocagii

  Bocage’s banana bat occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. Specimens in a Mozambique survey had copper-to-orange backs and cream-colored undersides and were captured near water.

• White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis

  The White-winged Snowfinch lives in cold mountain habitats and moves to lower elevations seasonally.

• Bonin flying fox Pteropus pselaphon

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

• Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps

  A foliage-gleaner ranging from Central America to the western Andes, where it searches branches and leaves for small invertebrates.

• Hoary Marmot Marmota (Petromarmota) caligata

  The hoary marmot is a large rodent of high mountains, marked by gray shoulders and a white nose.

• Northern Red-shouldered Macaw Diopsittaca nobilis

  A small green macaw with red shoulder feathers in adults. It eats seeds and fruit in South American savanna, woodland, and wetland habitats.

• Tamarisk Gerbil Meriones (Meriones) tamariscinus

  This gerbil lives in drylands from the Caspian region into Central Asia. It is active at night and feeds on plants.

• Zimmer's Tapaculo Scytalopus zimmeri

  Zimmer's Tapaculo is a small ground-level bird of humid ravines and open woodland on the eastern Andes. A white throat and pale eyebrow stand out; it is usually alone or in pairs and is often heard before it is seen. This account is limited to southern Andean records in Bolivia and neighboring northwestern Argentina.

• Striped Yellow-eared Bat Vampyriscus nymphaea

  This bat is recorded mainly from Colombia’s Pacific region. Its dorsal stripe may be faint, while four white facial lines and yellow ear margins are conspicuous.

• Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys

  Breeding males are black with a white wing patch, while females, young birds, and males outside the breeding season are brown. It gathers in grasslands and shrubsteppe of the Great Plains.

• Singing Vole Microtus miurus

  The singing vole occurs in alpine tundra in Alaska. The state agency's general account of voles describes related species that eat grasses and seeds and use runways and burrows.

• Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia

  This plover occurs along coasts from the southern United States to South America. It searches beaches and tidal flats for crabs and other prey.

• Saiga Saiga tatarica

  An antelope distinguished by a large nose that hangs over the mouth.

• Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides

  In northeastern Australia it uses lowland forest, forest edges, woodland, and mangroves. James Cook University records it as common on its Townsville campus.

• Hamadryas baboon Papio hamadryas

  A baboon of dry grasslands and rocky areas; the adult male’s long mane looks like a cape around the shoulders.

• Spot-winged Antshrike Pygiptila stellaris

  The Spot-winged Antshrike forages in Amazonian forest. Males and females have different plumage, and the bird may move through the midstory and canopy with mixed-species flocks.

• Western Yellow Bat Dasypterus xanthinus

  This bat occurs in dry parts of Mexico and the southwestern United States. Its back is pale yellow, and it lacks a dark facial mask.

• Blue-capped Puffleg Eriocnemis glaucopoides

  This resident hummingbird is recorded in Argentina and Bolivia, at elevations of 1,500–3,400 m.

• Mauritian fruit bat Pteropus niger

  The Mauritian fruit bat is a large fruit-eating bat with golden fur, endemic to Mauritius.

• Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii

  This barbet lives in woodlands and savannas of southern Africa. Its crest and red, yellow, and black markings stand out, and both sexes dig nest cavities.

• Tufted Pygmy Squirrel Exilisciurus whiteheadi

  The tufted pygmy squirrel is a small squirrel with long white ear tufts. It moves along tree trunks in Borneo's mountain forests, feeding on bark and lichens.

• Junin Grebe Podiceps taczanowskii

  The Junin Grebe is a flightless grebe found only at Lake Junín in central Peru. It changes the parts of the lake it uses between the breeding season and the rest of the year.

• Brants's Whistling Rat Parotomys brantsii

  This rodent occurs in southern Africa. It is mainly active around dawn and dusk and uses consolidated sandy ground in sparsely vegetated semidesert. An 1849 description records a pale yellow-brown back finely flecked with dark brown and a pale belly.