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• Yellow-throated Fiji Whistler Pachycephala graeffii

  

  The Yellow-throated Fiji Whistler occurs on Fiji's islands. Male breast bands differ among island forms, and a tour account recorded very vocal birds on Taveuni.

• 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.

• Rosy Starling Pastor roseus

  Adults have a pale pink body with a glossy black head, wings, and tail. They breed in grasslands and winter in India.

• Arabian Tahr Arabitragus jayakari

  The Arabian tahr lives in the mountains of eastern Arabia. It has a stocky build and curved horns.

• Vogelkop Bowerbird Amblyornis inornata

  The Vogelkop Bowerbird lives in the mountains of western New Guinea, where males build decorated structures.

• Lowe's Mona Monkey Cercopithecus lowei

  This monkey lives in the trees of lowland forests in West Africa. It mainly eats fruit, along with leaves, seeds, flowers, bark, and insects.

• Caspian Tit Poecile hyrcanus

  The Caspian Tit is a small tit of the mountains southwest of the Caspian Sea, with a distinctive chestnut-colored cap.

• Asian parti-colored bat Vespertilio sinensis

  A bat whose dark brown fur has white tips, giving it a frosted appearance.

• Brooks's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus subviridis

  This small leaf warbler breeds from eastern Afghanistan through northern Pakistan to northwestern India, then winters in Pakistan and north-central India.

• Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel Dremomys pernyi

  The Taiwan subspecies, Dremomys pernyi owstoni, has a yellow belly and long snout. It searches the ground by day for fallen fruit and seeds.

• Sierra Nevada Antpitta Grallaria spatiator

  Known from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia, this antpitta has been found in dense forest understory at 2,200-2,900 m, with abundant mosses and epiphytes.

• 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.

• Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana

  The Western Tanager is a small bird that breeds in western North American forests. Males stand out with an orange-red head and yellow body.

• Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira bidens

  This fruit bat has no tail and a soft, woolly coat. It is known from the montane Andes from Venezuela to Peru; the source says its range limits remain uncertain because collections are geographically incomplete.

• Green Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus

  The Green Oriole has yellow-green plumage and reddish-brown eyes. It occurs across northern Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands, and builds a cup-shaped nest high in the canopy.

• Cerrado Red-nosed Mouse Wiedomys cerradensis

  This rodent occurs in the semiarid zone of northeastern Brazil. The 2017 HMW 7 account reported a few scattered localities; it has a grizzled brown back, orange rump, eye-rings, muzzle, ears, and upper feet, and a white underside.

• Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca

  Breeding males have a bright orange face and throat and forage high in leafy forest canopies.

• Uganda Kob Kobus thomasi

  The Uganda Kob is an East African kob with a white underside, eye-rings, and a throat patch. It mainly eats grasses and reeds. Females and young males form groups, move along watercourses, and graze in valley bottoms.

• Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius leucotis

  This vireonid inhabits humid forests from northern South America into the Amazon basin. It has a slaty-blue head, a bright yellow eyebrow, and yellow underparts.

• Drill Mandrillus leucophaeus

  The drill is a close relative of the mandrill. It searches for food on the forest floor and can also climb trees to feed or sleep.

• Snowy Egret Egretta thula

  A slender white heron with black legs and bright yellow feet that searches shallow water for small aquatic animals.

• Pallid Bat Antrozous pallidus

  The pallid bat lives in dry areas of western North America and listens for ground-dwelling insects before swooping down to catch them.

• Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus

  A rufous crown, white eyebrow, dark eye-stripe, gray face and breast, and yellow belly make this small bird recognizable.

• Idaho Ground Squirrel Urocitellus brunneus

  This Idaho ground squirrel occurs in Adams and Valley Counties. It has a reddish-brown back with faint pale spots. Adult males emerge above ground first, followed by females and yearlings, and the animals later enter seasonal hibernation.