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• Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus

  

  This babbler is endemic to Sri Lanka. It inhabits forest, well-wooded areas, and thick undergrowth, and is absent from the extremely dry north and southeast according to the local species account.

• Saola Pseudoryx nghetinhensis

  

  The saola is a wild relative of cattle that lives in the forests of the Annamite Mountains in Laos and Viet Nam. Both sexes have long horns and white facial markings.

• Slaty Bunting Emberiza siemsseni

  

  The Slaty Bunting breeds in central China and moves southeast for winter. Males and females have different plumage.

• Northern Palm Squirrel Funambulus (Prasadsciurus) pennantii

  

  A South Asian squirrel that searches for food both in trees and on the ground.

• Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus pulchellus

  

  The Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher is a tiny tyrant flycatcher of southeastern Peru's eastern Andean slope. It moves through thick foliage along forest edges and in second growth.

• 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.

• White-crested turaco Tauraco leucolophus

  A bird with an upright white crest that hops through the trees.

• 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.

• Red-crested Bustard Lophotis ruficrista

  The Red-crested Bustard lives in dry parts of southern Africa. During courtship, the male makes a striking display by rising steeply and rolling his body backwards.

• Kelaart's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus ceylonicus

  This small bat is recorded across the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. Its mean forearm length is 37.2 mm, and dorsal fur varies from gray-brown to chestnut, reddish, or golden brown. In 2021, one male was rescued in a village in Rajasthan, India.

• Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus

  The rusty blackbird shows rusty feather edges and pale eyes in winter. It breeds in northern forests and winters in the eastern United States.

• Moor Macaque Macaca maura

  The Moor macaque occurs in southwestern Sulawesi. It is mainly fruit-eating and also eats leaves and arthropods.

• Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina

  The Narina Trogon is described across forests south of the Sahara. Southern African accounts include evergreen and riverine forest and note seasonal movement from highland sites to lower ground in winter.

• Little Yellow-eared Bat Vampyressa pusilla

  The little yellow-eared bat is small, with yellow-edged ears and no tail. It roosts in leaf tents and mainly eats small fruits.

• Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo

  This small batis occurs in dry parts of East Africa. It uses acacia scrub, woodland, and wooded grassland.

• Red-flanked Duiker Cephalophus rufilatus

  This small antelope is recorded along forest–savanna mosaics from the Sahel margin into north-eastern Central Africa. It is reddish-brown, with a dark face mark and a thin tufted tail. The gray back band can vary.

• Olivaceous Piha Snowornis cryptolophus

  This cotinga has olive plumage and yellow bare skin around the eye. It uses the middle levels of Andean montane forest, where it may sit still before sallying for insects or taking fruit from hanging branches.

• Abert's Squirrel Sciurus (Otosciurus) aberti

  A U.S. Forest Service species review depicts a gray-and-white squirrel with long, pointed ear tufts. It is closely associated with ponderosa pine forests.

• Lesser Sooty Owl Tyto multipunctata

  The lesser sooty owl is a nocturnal owl with a sooty face and silvery-white spots. It hides by day and catches small mammals and other prey at night.

• Root Vole Microtus (Alexandromys) oeconomus

  This vole occurs across northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere, using moist grasslands in tundra and taiga regions. It favors places with abundant sedges and cover.

• Red-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron formosum

  This large laughingthrush ranges from southwestern China to northern Vietnam. Its red wings and tail stand out, and it occurs in evergreen broadleaf forest and nearby scrub or bamboo.

• Indochinese Forest Rat Rattus andamanensis

  The Indochinese forest rat has brown upperparts, a white underside, and a tail longer than its head and body. It is nocturnal and omnivorous in forest settings.

• Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus

  This lapwing is marked in black and white, with a red eye. It forages near water and pairs defend territories.

• Damara Woolly Bat Kerivoula argentata

  This small bat has long, dense fur that can help conceal it among leaves or in bird nests. The southern African assessment reports it from riverine forest and other moist habitats, where it eats insects.