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• Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii

  

  Its back is green and its underparts are pale cinnamon, with a yellow throat bordered behind by blackish blue. A 2015 field report lists at least five birds of the lafresnayii form at Lake Langano, Ethiopia.

• 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.

• Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

  A yellow-legged shorebird that often wades in deeper water than many other sandpipers.

• Amber Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris fulvida

  This small bat was recorded in bamboo groves in Assam, India. It has golden-brown dorsal fur, a flattened head, and pale pads on its thumbs.

• Colombian Mountain Grackle Macroagelaius subalaris

  This grackle inhabits Andean forests in eastern Colombia. Cooperative breeding has been reported, with several members of a group helping to build nests and care for young.

• Persian Jird Meriones (Parameriones) persicus

  The Persian jird lives in dry parts of western Asia, using rocky hills and grasslands. A tuft of fur marks the tip of its tail.

• Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis

  The Black Bittern is a dark bittern with a yellow patch on the neck. It roosts in tree-lined wetlands and mangroves, feeding on fish and amphibians.

• Bolivian Squirrel Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) ignitus

  The Bolivian squirrel lives in trees in South American mountain forests. It has an ocher or brown back, orange lower face and belly, and a rusty-red tail.

• African Rock Pipit Anthus crenatus

  This pipit lives in rocky highlands of South Africa and Lesotho. Its plumage differs with sex and age.

• Azara's Akodont Akodon (Akodon) azarae

  Azara's Akodont lives in grasslands and wetland vegetation, and may change the sheltered sites it uses with the seasons.

• Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora

  The Southern Royal Albatross is a large seabird with a white body and broad wings. It breeds on islands in the Southern Hemisphere and travels over the open ocean.

• Southern Yellow Bat Dasypterus ega

  This bat is recorded in the lowlands of Bolivia. Its short, woolly coat is dark gray to cinnamon on the back, with a strongly contrasting belly. It catches insects while flying in open spaces.

• Galapagos Martin Progne modesta

  This martin is about 15 cm long. Males are almost entirely black with a blue sheen, while females are duller brown. It catches flying insects in the Galapagos and nests near cliffs and mangroves.

• Broad-toothed Mastacomys Mastacomys fuscus

  This Australian native rodent has a stout body and broad teeth. It lives in upland grasslands and forests, with a patchy distribution.

• Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus

  This mockingbird has a grey back, pale underparts, and a long tail with a white tip. It lives in open lowlands and eats insects and fruit.

• Tufted Pygmy Squirrel Exilisciurus whiteheadi

  The tufted pygmy squirrel is a small squirrel with long white ear tufts. It moves along tree trunks in Borneo's mountain forests, feeding on bark and lichens.

• Olive-bellied Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris fuelleborni

  This sunbird lives in forests and more open woodland in eastern Africa. It mainly takes nectar and also gleans small prey among foliage.

• Patagonian Chinchilla Mouse Euneomys chinchilloides

  With long, dense grey-brown fur, it lives in sandy areas with rocky shelter and patches of grass or shrubs. Records are from central and southeastern Chile and adjacent Argentina.

• Tocuyo Sparrow Arremonops tocuyensis

  A sparrow of dry scrub and forest edges in northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.

• Walston's Tube-nosed Bat Murina walstoni

  This bat has its type locality in northeastern Cambodia, with additional specimen records from Vietnam. Its back is warm brown and its underside is white; the holotype was trapped on a dry streambed in semievergreen forest.

• African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis

  This stork occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. It has a fluffy white neck and black body. The bill is black with red on the tip and upper ridge. It walks through wetlands and pastures to find visible prey such as frogs and fish.

• 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.

• Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilus

  This ovenbird searches for food as it moves along trunks and branches in the forest canopy. The Peru account records it in eastern Andean forests and southeastern lowlands.

• Red-tailed Squirrel Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) granatensis

  The red-tailed squirrel is an arboreal squirrel with variable coat and tail colors; fruits, nuts and seeds make up much of its diet.