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• Western Yellow Robin Eopsaltria griseogularis

  

  The Western Yellow Robin lives in woodland and forest in southwestern Australia. It is gray with a white throat and yellow rump, and drops from low branches to the ground to catch invertebrates.

• Dinelli's Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) dinellii

  This small bat has yellow-brown fur with yellow tips. It eats insects. In Batiruana, Tucumán, colonies of more than 50 have been found in the roofs of houses.

• Dovekie Alle alle

  A small Arctic seabird with a black breast and white belly in breeding plumage, and a white throat in nonbreeding plumage. It dives for small crustaceans and other marine prey.

• Zambezi Kudu Strepsiceros zambesiensis

  This is a historical form of kudu described from specimens north of the Zambezi River in 1894. The account records an adult male and female, a juvenile, and a fetus from Leschumo Forest.

• Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus

  The Common Woodshrike lives in scrub and open woodland in southeastern India and feeds mainly on insects.

• Tri-colored Big-eared Bat Glyphonycteris sylvestris

  The tricolored big-eared bat is a small bat found in the Neotropics. Its back fur has three bands: dark at the base and tip, with a lighter band between them. It is also recorded in the southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

• White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor

  This cuckooshrike occurs in Australia. Breeding males show a sharp black-and-white pattern, and the species searches for insects in open woodland and scrub.

• François' Langur Trachypithecus francoisi

  François' langur is a leaf-eating monkey that lives among limestone cliffs and caves. Infants have bright orange fur that turns black as they grow.

• Jerdon's Babbler Chrysomma altirostre

  It is a babbler with rich brown upperparts, grey and buff underparts, and a long tail. Its feeding and habitat were studied in riverine grasslands of Pakistan.

• Forrest's Rock Squirrel Sciurotamias (Rupestes) forresti

  Forrest's rock squirrel is a squirrel relative of rocky mountains in Yunnan, China. The taxonomic revision also describes traits shared by its genus, including a squirrel-like build and a long, bushy tail.

• Large-billed Reed-warbler Acrocephalus orinus

  A reed warbler with a relatively long bill and tail. Museum research supports breeding in Central Asia, although the precise breeding range and habitat remain unresolved.

• Gerbilliscus (Taterona) kempii

  Gerbilliscus (Taterona) kempii is a gerbil recorded in West Africa. Its back is pale brown darkened by black hairs, and its underside is white. A 2026 survey in southeastern Sierra Leone recorded it in a plantation, a forest reserve, and grassland.

• Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti

  A babbler of forests in South and Southeast Asia, Abbott's Babbler forages for insects and other small invertebrates near the ground.

• Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat Sigmodon (Sigmodon) ochrognathus

  The Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat uses high-elevation grasslands and rocky slopes, where it makes nests and burrows.

• Redthroat Pyrrholaemus brunneus

  Redthroat is a bird of inland shrublands in Australia. The NSW profile places the state’s records in its far west and describes quiet foraging among low shrubs and on the ground.

• Red Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) ruber

  The red myotis has bright cinnamon-red fur on its back and yellowish fur underneath. It is recorded in Brazil's Atlantic Forest and Cerrado, and has been captured in forest and building settings.

• Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus

  The Grey-headed Bristlebill occurs in West African forest, thickets, and lightly wooded savanna. Its slate-gray head and bill bristles are distinctive.

• Mithun Bos frontalis

  Mithun, also called gayal, are cattle relatives kept in parts of northeastern India. A study in Arunachal Pradesh recorded free-ranging, semi-domesticated herds searching the forest for food plants.

• Rufous-crowned Bee-eater Merops americanus

  This bee-eater occurs in the Philippines. Adults have a rufous crown and upper back and an almost entirely green underside. The species profile identifies it as a diurnal, sedentary invertivore of woodland and semi-open habitats.

• Davis's Round-eared Bat Lophostoma evotis

  Davis’s Round-eared Bat is recorded in lowlands from southern Mexico to northeastern Honduras. It flies in the forest understory and feeds mainly on insects.

• Jalca Tapaculo Scytalopus frankeae

  Aves de Peru describes the Jalca Tapaculo as endemic to two separated areas in Peru: Huánuco and Pasco in the north, and Junín farther south. Records include remaining dwarf-forest patches, rocky ground, shrubs and tall grass.

• Kinda Baboon Papio kindae

  The Kinda baboon lives in miombo woodland in south-central Africa. It is smaller and more slender than related baboons, with notably long legs.

• Crested Drongo Dicrurus forficatus

  This black drongo has a crest and forked tail and occurs on Madagascar and Anjouan.

• African Palm Squirrel Epixerus ebii

  The African palm squirrel is a forest squirrel with a patchy range in West and Central Africa. It is recognizable by its gray back, orange to red underside, and patterned tail.