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• Black-crowned White-eye Zosterops atrifrons

  

  This small white-eye occurs in Indonesia. It has a green body, bold white eye-ring, black forehead, and yellow throat and undertail; it is seen in groups along forest edges and in cultivated areas.

• Long-tailed Bat Chalinolobus tuberculatus

  A small bat of New Zealand. At dusk it flies along forest edges and catches insects.

• Sucre Antpitta Grallaricula cumanensis

  This antpitta occurs in the Turimiquire and Paria mountains of northeastern Venezuela. It stays close to the ground in dense or more open undergrowth.

• Grivet Chlorocebus aethiops

  The grivet is a monkey of northeastern Africa. A forest study in northern Ethiopia recorded a diet that changed with the season.

• Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius

  The Sociable Weaver has pale brown plumage with dark feather edging and a black chin. Around the Kalahari, groups build and use large communal nests.

• Black-faced Impala Aepyceros petersi

  Aepyceros petersi, the black-faced impala, is recorded from southwestern Angola and northwestern Namibia. Bocage described the female collected at Humbe as rufous-fawn, with dark markings on the face.

• Vanikoro Flycatcher Myiagra vanikorensis

  The male Vanikoro Flycatcher is a small flycatcher with a bluish-black head and orange underparts. It uses forests as well as gardens and cultivated places with scattered trees, where it takes insects and other small food.

• Smith's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus cepapi

  Its back ranges from yellowish brown to gray, its underside is pale, and white lines surround the eyes. This is a diurnal squirrel that mainly uses trees.

• Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher Corythornis madagascariensis

  The Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher is a small kingfisher of Madagascar that searches for prey in forest habitat.

• Prairie Vole Microtus (Pedomys) ochrogaster

  This vole lives in grasslands. Its back is grizzled brown, its underside is pale tan, and it makes runways through grass to reach food.

• Golden Bowerbird Prionodura newtoniana

  This bowerbird lives in upland tropical rainforest of northeastern Queensland. A Paluma Range study recorded females building nests, incubating eggs, and feeding young.

• Eastern Spiny Mouse Acomys (Acomys) dimidiatus

  Its back is covered with spine-like hairs, and it has a white underside and a white spot below each eye. Its range extends from Sinai across the Arabian Peninsula to southern Pakistan.

• Yellow-throated Apalis Apalis flavigularis

  This forest-associated bird is endemic to southern Malawi, where it is recorded on the Mulanje, Malosa, and Zomba massifs. A study on Mulanje found it using forest edges with understorey shrubs.

• Savi's Pipistrelle Hypsugo savii

  Savi's pipistrelle is a bat whose long back fur is dark brown at the base and golden at the tips, with a pale underside. In the Mediterranean region, it catches insects while flying.

• White-vented Violetear Colibri serrirostris

  This hummingbird lives in dry forest and dry savanna in South America. It has a violet-blue patch behind the eye and feeds on nectar.

• 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.

• Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes

  The black-footed albatross ranges across the North Pacific and takes squid and fish near the sea surface.

• Sichuan Takin Budorcas tibetana

  The regional account for the Sichuan takin places it in western Sichuan and southern Gansu, China. In Sichuan, records describe seasonal movement between alpine meadows in summer and lower forests in winter.

• Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus conradi

  The Streak-eared Bulbul is recorded from Thailand through southern Indochina and the northern and central Malay Peninsula. Accounts describe moist lowland forest as well as open edges and human-modified places.

• Horse-tailed Squirrel Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) hippurus

  This diurnal squirrel occurs on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Its back is reddish brown, its head and shoulders are grey, and its tail has alternating dark and grey bands.

• East Coast Boubou Laniarius sublacteus

  A bushshrike with glossy blue-black upperparts and a white underside. It uses dense forest cover along eastern Africa's coast and rivers.

• Lusitanian Pine Vole Microtus (Terricola) lusitanicus

  This small vole is native to the Iberian Peninsula and makes underground passages in moist grassland soil.

• Red-backed Sierra Finch Idiopsar dorsalis

  This finch inhabits high elevations from northern Chile through southwestern Bolivia to northwestern Argentina. It feeds on seeds on the ground in rocky areas and high-Andean grassland.

• Ethiopian Arvicanthis Arvicanthis abyssinicus

  The Ethiopian arvicanthis lives in grasslands of the Ethiopian Highlands. It is active on the ground by day and is thought to feed mainly on plants.