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• Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris

  

  This black bird with a blue gloss lives in woodland and scrub around the Yucatán Peninsula. At Sian Ka’an in Mexico it uses coastal vegetation with palms and shrubs and feeds on fruit and other foods.

• Defassa waterbuck Kobus defassa

  The Defassa form has a solid white rump patch rather than the white ring of the common waterbuck. At Nechisar in southern Ethiopia, a 2016–17 study recorded mainly grazing, with more browsing in the dry season.

• Little Greenbul Eurillas virens

  This small bulbul is common in Gabon's wooded habitats and scrub. It often skulks in cover and sings during the heat of the day.

• Round-eared Tube-nosed Bat Murina cyclotis

  A 2025 paper reported the first Bangladesh record of Murina cyclotis from Rema-Kalenga Forest Reserve. It was one male captured on a forest trail.

• Painted Finch Emblema pictum

  A small finch with a red face and white-spotted flanks, living in arid inland Australia. A 2007 field report also recorded nesting-related observations farther east in New South Wales.

• Heath Pseudomys Pseudomys shortridgei

  The heath pseudomys is a relatively large native Australian mouse of heath and woodland. Its blunt-looking face and long, hairy two-colored tail are distinctive.

• Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta

  This petrel has a bulky body and long pointed wings, with plumage ranging from pale to wholly dark. It breeds on islands including those in the South Pacific and ranges widely at sea.

• Tropical Ground Squirrel Notocitellus adocetus

  The tropical ground squirrel has a grizzled black-and-tan back and a long, slender tail. The genus has an unusually semi-arboreal body plan for ground squirrels; a western Mexican study found this species eating seeds and fruit pulp.

• Short-tailed Scimitar Babbler Napothera danjoui

  This babbler occurs in evergreen forest in Vietnam and southern Laos. It searches for invertebrates on or just above the ground in dense cover.

• Chiriqui brown mouse Scotinomys xerampelinus

  This singing mouse lives in the high mountains of Costa Rica and Panama. A research lab describes singing mice as diurnal insect-eaters.

• Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster

  The Black-bellied Bustard lives in African savanna and tall grassland. Males perform courtship displays during the breeding season.

• Abbott's Duiker Cephalophus spadix

  Abbott's duiker is a forest antelope of Tanzania's mountain forests. Its dark body contrasts with a reddish crown.

• Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus

  In good light, adults show maroon, green, and bronze colors. They forage in flocks in shallow wetlands, probing the mud with their bills.

• Kuhl's pipistrelle Pipistrellus kuhlii

  Kuhl's pipistrelle is a small bat found from the Mediterranean region through West Asia to South Asia. It also lives around farmland and towns, catching small insects in flight.

• Cocos Cuckoo Coccyzus ferrugineus

  This cuckoo occurs only on Cocos Island off western Costa Rica, where it uses humid forests and shrubland.

• Paulina’s Limestone Rat Saxatilomys paulinae

  Paulina’s limestone rat was described from a karst region in Khammouane Province, central Laos. The original account records captures on rocky forested slopes among degraded deciduous forest, scrub and bamboo.

• Carnaby's Black Cockatoo Zanda latirostris

  Its dark plumage has pale feather edges, a white cheek patch and a broad white tail band. It travels in flocks while searching for seeds in woodland and scrub of south-western Western Australia.

• Perote Ground Squirrel Xerospermophilus perotensis

  This ground squirrel lives in the highlands of eastern Mexico. It is active by day and retreats to underground burrows at night.

• Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach

  A shrike with a long tail and dark facial mask. Several plumage forms are recorded in Hong Kong.

• Eva's deer mouse Peromyscus eva

  Eva's deer mouse occurs on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula and Carmen Island. Its coat varies, and the island population is darker.

• Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri

  This entry follows the 2005 treatment of Batis erlangeri as a separate species. Males have a dark crown and back; females have a maroon breast-band.

• Stone's sheep Ovis dalli

  Stone's sheep is a subspecies of Dall's sheep found in the mountains of northern British Columbia and Yukon.

• Black-faced Babbler Turdoides melanops

  Black-faced Babblers are social. In Namibia, records are concentrated near the Kavango River, in thickets and places with high canopy and long grass; birds forage on the ground and through fallen leaves.

• Leon Paniagua’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus leonpaniaguae

  This big-eared bat lives in northeastern Mexico. Its description reports the dorsal fur colors and a group of pregnant females found in a cave.