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• Bontebok Damaliscus pygargus

  

  An antelope of coastal plains in southwestern South Africa. This entry describes the bontebok subspecies, Damaliscus pygargus pygargus.

• Masked bunting Emberiza personata

  A yellow-bellied, streaked bird that also moves into lowland thickets in autumn and winter.

• Niobe Ground Squirrel Lariscus niobe

  The Niobe Ground Squirrel is a day-active squirrel of the mountains of western Sumatra and eastern Java. It uses forests and scrub, and its body length is reported at about 19 cm.

• Golden Cuckooshrike Campochaera sloetii

  This cuckooshrike is described from the canopy of tall forest in New Guinea. It has an orange-yellow body and black wings with white bars.

• Merriam's Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga mutica

  This bat has brown back fur with whitish bases, and its tongue tip may show even at rest. It ranges from Mexico through Central America to northern and western Colombia.

• Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides

  This African shrike has a black facial band and a long tail. It searches for insects and other small prey in open, shrubby savanna.

• Sanborn’s Akodont Abrothrix sanborni

  This small mouse is uniformly blackish brown, including its tail and feet, with little contrast between the upper and lower sides. It has been recorded in coastal rainforests of southern Chile and in Argentina.

• Rockwarbler Origma solitaria

  This small bird is restricted to the Sydney region of New South Wales. It occurs in sclerophyll forest and tall woodland associated with sandstone outcrops.

• Little Brown Bat Myotis (Pizonyx) lucifugus

  The little brown bat is widespread across North America. It hibernates in caves and similar sites in winter, while females gather at summer maternity roosts to raise young.

• Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides

  Adults are black with red eyes and a short, square tail. They nest in tree holes, cliffs, or buildings and occur on New Guinea and nearby island groups.

• Panay Crateromys Crateromys heaneyi

  A large tree-dwelling rodent found only on Panay Island. It has long, thick fur and a bushy tail longer than its body.

• 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.

• Black-and-white Langur Presbytis bicolor

  This langur occurs in central Sumatra. Field visits from 2016 to 2022 recorded it in forest and rubber-growing landscapes and documented feeding on rubber-tree and leaves of mango (Mangifera sp.).

• Sulphur-billed Nuthatch Sitta oenochlamys

  This Philippine endemic nuthatch has violet-blue upperparts and pale orange underparts. It searches trees for insects and spiders.

• Arabian Tahr Arabitragus jayakari

  The Arabian tahr lives in the mountains of eastern Arabia. It has a stocky build and curved horns.

• Spot-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis guttaticollis

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

• Sierra Madre Ground Squirrel Callospermophilus madrensis

  The Sierra Madre Ground Squirrel has a pale coat with subdued dark stripes. It lives in high-elevation pine forest in northwestern Mexico, is active by day, and hibernates in winter.

• Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum

  The Gang-gang Cockatoo is a cockatoo of southeastern Australian forests. Males have a red head and crest, females a gray head, and the birds move between uplands and lowlands seasonally.

• Spectral Bat Vampyrum spectrum

  A large carnivorous bat of tropical forests in Central America and northern South America.

• Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps

  A small brown diving bird common across much of North America. It often hides among wetland plants and dives for food.

• Contreras' Juliomys Juliomys pictipes

  This mouse lives in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern South America and uses lower and middle levels of the vegetation.

• White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis

  This large ground bird has a white face and belly and long legs. Males have black on the head, while females have a paler brown neck.

• Common Noctule Nyctalus noctula

  A large bat with reddish-brown fur and rounded ears. In Britain, it roosts in tree holes and emerges early in the evening to catch insects.

• Satanic Nightjar Eurostopodus diabolicus

  The Satanic Nightjar is a nocturnal bird of Sulawesi. Males have a white throat band and females a pale buff band.