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• Brazilian Nectar Bat Lonchophylla mordax

  

  Its back is cinnamon-brown and its underside paler. This Brazilian bat feeds mainly on nectar and is recorded in a limited region where the semiarid Caatinga meets the Atlantic Forest.

• Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos

  This coucal lives in lowland wet forest in southwestern Sri Lanka. Its black plumage has a blue-purple sheen, and its wings are chestnut.

• Black-crested Sumatran Langur Presbytis melalophos

  This leaf monkey is marked by a black crest and a two-toned tail. By day it leaps among forest trees and eats mainly leaves, along with fruit.

• Indian Black-lored Tit Machlolophus aplonotus

  The Indian Black-lored Tit inhabits wooded hills of peninsular India. It has a black face, yellow cheeks and eyebrow, yellow-green back and white-spotted wings.

• Takin Budorcas taxicolor

  The Mishmi form is a plant-eating hoofed mammal of the eastern Himalayas and nearby mountains.

• Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

  The Saddle-billed Stork is a large African stork of wetlands. It catches fish and small animals in shallow water.

• Mongolian Gerbil Meriones (Pallasiomys) unguiculatus

  The Mongolian gerbil lives in dry grassland and steppe in Mongolia, northern China, and nearby areas. It digs burrows and forages for seeds and other plant food.

• Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus

  The Spangled Drongo has blue-green spots across glossy black plumage and a long forked tail. It waits on a perch and catches insects in flight.

• Meadow Vole Microtus (Mynomes) pennsylvanicus

  The meadow vole occurs widely in North American grasslands and wetlands and favors places where grass remains.

• Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus

  The Yellow-breasted Barbet is a conspicuous bird with a yellow face and chest and black forehead. It lives in dry country and is usually seen in pairs or small groups.

• Northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus

  The northern flying squirrel lives in northern coniferous forests and has white-and-gray belly fur and reddish fur along its back.

• Band-winged Nightjar Systellura longirostris

  Its grey plumage with black and ochre markings camouflages it on the ground. It catches flying insects in open areas at dusk and at night, and rests on the ground by day. The range recorded here follows Argentina's national parks information system.

• Little Brown Bat Vespadelus vulturnus

  A small bat with paler fur underneath, it catches flying insects in the forests and woodlands of southeastern Australia and Tasmania.

• Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella ochotensis

  Cornell eBird currently uses Helopsaltes ochotensis for Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler. Locustella ochotensis, used in the pool and the BirdForum account, is an earlier genus combination.

• Northern Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira parvidens

  This small fruit-eating bat ranges from Mexico to northern Costa Rica. It roosts in mature forest and is also often recorded in disturbed areas where pioneer plants grow.

• Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica

  The Lesser Striped Swallow has a rufous head and rump, dark blue back, and streaked white underparts. It catches insects in flight and builds a mud nest.

• Tarai Gray Langur Semnopithecus hector

  The Tarai gray langur lives in the Himalayan foothills. It has a white head, a grayish-yellow to pale orange body, and brownish limbs.

• Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus

  It resembles an American Robin but lacks a white eye-ring, and has rufous on the back and wings. It often hides in woods and dense thickets.

• Red Serow Capricornis rubidus

  The red serow is recorded mainly in northern Myanmar, with reports from nearby regions.

• Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus

  The Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel is a North Pacific seabird. Its bluish-grey body and forked tail are distinctive, and it feeds close to the sea surface.

• Bushveld Gerbil Gerbilliscus (Taterona) leucogaster

  A gerbil of grasslands and open woodland in eastern and southern Africa. A dark line runs along the upper side of its long tail.

• Olive Flyrobin Microeca flavovirescens

  This small flyrobin occurs on New Guinea and nearby islands, where it catches insects in lowland and hill forest.

• Long-tailed Vole Microtus longicaudus

  The long-tailed vole ranges across western North America, extending into southwestern Canada and southeastern Alaska.

• Short-tailed Frogmouth Batrachostomus poliolophus

  The Sumatran Frogmouth is a nocturnal bird of mountain forest on Sumatra.