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• Sickle-winged Nightjar Eleothreptus anomalus

  

  The Sickle-winged Nightjar is a small nightjar found from central and southeastern Brazil through eastern Paraguay to northern Argentina. A Cotinga paper records regional differences in movement and reports that a male observed in southeastern Argentina could not be identified by wing shape in flight.

• Southern Amazon Red Squirrel Sciurus (Urosciurus) spadiceus

  The Southern Amazon red squirrel lives in lowland Amazonian forest. It eats nuts, and its coat varies among individuals.

• Masked Fruiteater Pipreola pulchra

  This fruiteater is restricted to montane forest on the eastern Andes of Peru, using the canopy and subcanopy.

• Wood Lemming Myopus schisticolor

  The wood lemming lives in the moss layer on the floor of wet coniferous forests. It gathers and hides moss in autumn to eat during winter.

• Cebu Boobook Ninox rumseyi

  An owl endemic to Cebu Island in the Philippines. A 2012 species description treated the Cebu population as distinct based on vocal and morphological differences.

• Little Brown Bat Vespadelus vulturnus

  A small bat with paler fur underneath, it catches flying insects in the forests and woodlands of southeastern Australia and Tasmania.

• Black-headed Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera

  Males have a black head and wings with a grey body; females have a grey head and black-and-white underparts. In Bangladesh, it searches foliage for insects and berries in forests and secondary growth.

• Striped field mouse Apodemus agrarius

  A small mouse marked by a dark stripe down its back. It lives in places ranging from grassy fields and farms to woodland.

• White-tailed Jay Cyanocorax mystacalis

  The White-tailed Jay is a large jay with striking white, blue, and black plumage. It searches forests and scrub in pairs or family groups from northwestern Peru into Ecuador.

• Gray Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga leachii

  The gray long-tongued bat is a small bat that feeds on nectar, pollen, fruit, and insects.

• Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus

  This rail lives in lowland rainforest in western and central Africa. It uses ravines and stream edges, feeding on insects, crabs, snails, and small lizards.

• Blue Duiker Philantomba monticola

  A small antelope of forests and woodlands in central, eastern and southern Africa.

• Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus

  Cassin's Auklet is a small seabird that breeds on islands along the Pacific coast of North America. It dives for small crustaceans and nests in burrows.

• 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.

• Long-billed Bush-Warbler Locustella major

  The Long-billed Bush-Warbler was described as a pale-brown bird with a monotonous song. In June 2022 it was observed along grassy terraces in Naltar Valley, northern Pakistan.

• Indochinese Ground Squirrel Menetes berdmorei

  This diurnal squirrel spends most of its time on the ground. It has a gray-brown back, a pale underside, and flank stripes that vary among subspecies.

• Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer

  The Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo is a dark bird with racket-shaped tail tips. In Southeast Asian forests it catches insects near the canopy and may imitate other birds' calls.

• Meadow Vole Microtus (Mynomes) pennsylvanicus

  The meadow vole occurs widely in North American grasslands and wetlands and favors places where grass remains.

• Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica

  The Chestnut-tailed Starling is a small, pale starling with chestnut on the tail tips and sides near the vent.

• Chilean Red Bat Lasiurus varius

  The Chilean Red Bat occurs in Argentina and Chile and is solitary. Its long, narrow wings support fast flight, but make it less maneuverable along forest edges and in clearings.

• Taliabu Masked Owl Tyto nigrobrunnea

  The Taliabu Masked Owl is a rare owl known from Taliabu Island. Its plumage is described, but its feeding and breeding habits remain unknown.

• Spinifex Hopping Mouse Notomys alexis

  The spinifex hopping mouse lives in sandy areas from central Australia into the west. It is active at night, moves by hopping, and digs deep burrows in the sand.

• Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti

  It lives in forests and parks in northern and eastern Australia and gathers at fruiting trees. Flocks eat soft fruit and berries, and also take insects.

• Hairy Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus (Artibeus) hirsutus

  The hairy fruit-eating bat is endemic to Mexico. A colony using caves was studied in Jalisco.