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• Blue-throated Toucanet Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis

  

  The Blue-throated Toucanet is a toucan of humid Central American forests. Its blue throat and large bill stand out, and it eats fruit and small invertebrates.

• El Carrizo Deer Mouse Peromyscus ochraventer

  

  This mouse has cinnamon-brown underparts. It burrows beneath large limestone blocks; the 1951 original description then knew it only from El Carrizo, Tamaulipas.

• Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas

  

  Klaas's Cuckoo lives in forests and woodlands of Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. It searches among leaves for caterpillars and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.

• Red Spiny Rat Maxomys surifer

  

  This nocturnal rat lives in Southeast Asian forests and nearby areas. Short, stiff, reddish-brown hairs stand out among the fur on its back.

• Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca

  

  The Black Heron is a dark heron found in sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. In shallow water it may spread its wings like an umbrella while foraging for fish.

• Tickell's Bat Hesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) tickelli

  

  This bat draws attention with fur ranging from grayish yellow to golden brown and a broad, swollen muzzle. It is recorded from South Asia into Southeast Asia.

• Kosrae White-eye Zosterops cinereus

  This grey white-eye lives on Kosrae. Adults lack the olive-brown back and flanks of the related Pohnpei bird and have a thin white eye-ring. Small flocks forage in forest, mangroves and other terrestrial habitats.

• Capped Langur Trachypithecus pileatus

  The capped langur has a cap-like tuft of hair on its crown. In one group studied in northeastern India, leaves made up most of the observed feeding time.

• Chestnut Antpitta Grallaria blakei

  This antpitta occurs in the Peruvian Andes. Its chestnut plumage stands out, and it uses forest near the ground, often in dense bamboo.

• Thomas's Nectar Bat Hsunycteris thomasi

  This small nectar bat is distinguished by the arrangement of skin papillae on its chin. It has been recorded from Panama across much of northern South America, although the current species may include unresolved lineages.

• Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey

  A breeding male is deep chestnut from head to body, while the female is paler brown with chestnut on the rump and wing coverts. The sparrows feed on grass seeds on the ground and occur in small groups.

• Cuvier's gazelle Gazella cuvieri

  Cuvier's gazelle is a North African gazelle found in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

• Buru Monarch Symposiachrus loricatus

  A monarch flycatcher of Buru Island, Indonesia; detailed ecological information is limited.

• Variegated Squirrel Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides

  The variegated squirrel is a long-tailed tree squirrel whose coat color and pattern vary greatly among subspecies. It lives in forests and open woodland in Central America.

• Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica

  The Blue-breasted Kingfisher is a large blue kingfisher. In reserves in the Republic of the Congo it is described as a forest-interior bird, more often heard than seen.

• Dark Bolo Mouse Necromys obscurus

  The dark bolo mouse is recorded in separated areas of eastern Argentina and coastal Uruguay. It uses grassland and damp shore habitats and is often active on the ground by day.

• Archbold's Bowerbird Archboldia papuensis

  Archbold's Bowerbird lives in highland forests of central New Guinea. Males have a yellow-orange crest and prepare a flower-decorated display site during breeding.

• Tete Veld Aethomys Aethomys ineptus

  The Tete veld aethomys is a medium-sized rodent that eats vegetation, seeds, and insects. Confirmed records in the account are limited to parts of South Africa and Eswatini.

• Churring Cisticola Cisticola njombe

  This cisticola inhabits high-altitude grassland. A record from Kitulo in Tanzania's southern highlands includes a bird identified as njombe.

• Eastern Cave Bat Vespadelus troughtoni

  This small bat is recorded across eastern Australia. It occurs in dry open forest and woodland and roosts in caves, rock crevices, and similar shelters.

• Hook-billed Hermit Glaucis dohrnii

  The Hook-billed Hermit lives in a limited part of Brazil's eastern Atlantic Forest. It drinks flower nectar and also eats small arthropods.

• Red-eared Guenon Cercopithecus erythrotis

  This arboreal monkey has separate ranges in southeastern Nigeria and northwestern Cameroon, and on Bioko Island. It feeds mainly on fruit.

• Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos

  The Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross is a South Atlantic seabird. Adults have a yellow ridge on the dark bill and a pale head and body. It breeds on islands in the Tristan da Cunha group and takes prey from the sea surface.

• Chestnut Long-tongued Bat Lionycteris spurrelli

  The chestnut long-tongued bat is a small bat with chestnut to dark brown fur on its back. It roosts in caves and feeds mainly on nectar.