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• Philippine Swamphen Porphyrio pulverulentus

  

  This waterbird inhabits wetlands in the Philippines. An older handbook describes the adult male in slate blue to deep navy, while a current species page lists sheltered, slow or still waters fringed with reeds.

• European Ground Squirrel Spermophilus citellus

  

  The European ground squirrel is a small ground squirrel that lives where grass is short. It comes out of underground burrows during the day.

• Western Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea

  

  The Western Tinkerbird is a small African barbet recorded in several separated mountain regions. Its black back is marked by a broad yellow stripe running from crown to rump.

• Caucasus Pine Vole Microtus (Terricola) daghestanicus

  

  This vole lives in high mountain meadows of the Caucasus. Its back is dark and its underside is silvery.

• Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons

  

  This helmetshrike lives in forests and woodland from eastern to southeastern Africa and is seen in small to medium-sized flocks.

• Verreaux's White-footed Rat Myomyscus verreauxii

  

  This mouse lives in South Africa's Western Cape. It has a buff-brown back, pale underside, large naked ears, white feet, and a long scaly tail.

• Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus

  The Rainbow Bee-eater has vivid green, blue, and yellow plumage. It beats captured bees against a perch to remove their stings before eating them.

• 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.

• Southern rockhopper penguin Eudyptes chrysocome

  A penguin with yellow plumes extending backwards above the eyes. Its breeding range includes the Falkland Islands.

• Southern Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca nemestrina

  This macaque lives in Southeast Asian forests. Fruit is a major part of its diet, and it also forages on the ground. Its short tail is partly upright, and its crown is dark.

• White-breasted Antbird Rhegmatorhina hoffmannsi

  This antbird lives in Amazonian forest understory. Willis described the male with a white face, throat, and breast, a black crest, grey underparts, and greenish-brown upperparts; the female differs in crown and body pattern.

• 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.

• Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps

  A bird of the subspecies sinensis was recorded foraging in broad-leaved deciduous forest in southwest Hebei, China, in 2012. That individual had a chestnut crown and yellow wing-bars.

• Red Serow Capricornis rubidus

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

• Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis

  The Carolina Chickadee is a small bird with a black cap and bib, gray back, and whitish underside. In winter it may forage in flocks with other small birds.

• Franklin's Ground Squirrel Poliocitellus franklinii

  Franklin's ground squirrel prefers tall grass where prairie meets woodland and digs underground burrows. It eats both plant and animal foods. In Missouri, populations have declined with habitat loss and fragmentation.

• Green-eared Barbet Psilopogon faiostrictus

  The Green-eared Barbet has green upperparts and paler underparts. In the source's male description, brown streaks mark the crown and nape, with green ear coverts. Its main food is fruit.

• Southern Big-eared Mouse Loxodontomys micropus

  The southern big-eared mouse is a sturdy rodent of southern South America. It lives in grasslands and forests and feeds mainly on plants.

• Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis

  The Red-capped Manakin is a small bird of the understory in humid forests from Central America to northwestern South America. Males have red heads, females are green, and both may be found around fruiting trees.

• Neumann's Arvicanthis Arvicanthis neumanni

  Neumann’s Arvicanthis is a medium-sized rodent included in a key to agricultural small mammals of northeastern Africa. It is active by day and occurs in farmland.

• Amami Woodcock Scolopax mira

  The Amami Woodcock is a large ground-dwelling shorebird of broadleaf forests in the Amami Islands and northern Okinawa Island. Its dark plumage and long legs blend into the forest floor.

• Leaf-winged Bat Glauconycteris variegata

  Its wing membranes have a leaf-like net pattern, and the bat hides among foliage while roosting. It is widely but patchily recorded across sub-Saharan Africa.

• Tropical Scrubwren Sericornis beccarii

  The Tropical Scrubwren inhabits dense rainforest and forages in the lower canopy and on the ground. The page records female birds of subspecies minimus in north-eastern Queensland.

• Sooty Mangabey Cercocebus atys

  The sooty mangabey is a monkey of West African forests. It has dark fur and uses both the ground and trees in groups.