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• Blue-capped Manakin Lepidothrix coronata

  

  The Blue-capped Manakin occurs widely east of the Andes in forest. Males have regional color forms, while females are green.

• Allen's Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) senex

  This chipmunk occurs in western U.S. forests. It also climbs trees, forages on forest floors and nearby chaparral, and nests in tree hollows or fallen logs.

• Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris

  This minivet uses open forest, forest edges and secondary growth. It is recorded in mountains at 900–2,450 m and gleans invertebrates from trees.

• Galapagos Rice Rat Aegialomys galapagoensis

  This rice rat lives in open habitats of the Galápagos. Its known living population and records from other islands need to be described separately.

• Whiskered Flowerpecker Dicaeum proprium

  The Whiskered Flowerpecker occurs in forest on Mindanao. The sexes are similar, with blue-black upperparts and moustachial stripes, white chin and malar stripes, and sepia-brown underparts.

• Bocage's Banana Bat Myotis (Chrysopteron) bocagii

  Bocage’s banana bat occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. Specimens in a Mozambique survey had copper-to-orange backs and cream-colored undersides and were captured near water.

• Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis

  An olive-brown reed warbler that visits reed beds and sings loudly for long stretches.

• Subsaharan Pygmy Mouse Mus (Nannomys) musculoides

  The Subsaharan Pygmy Mouse is a very small mouse. At Chappal Waddi in Nigeria, it was common in savanna grassland and less common in the forest zone.

• Lawes's Parotia Parotia lawesii

  This bird-of-paradise lives in New Guinea’s mountain forests. Males dance with their plumage spread, while females build the nests. It also eats fruit and arthropods.

• Asian Red-cheeked Squirrel Dremomys rufigenis

  The Asian red-cheeked squirrel ranges from southern China across parts of northern South and Southeast Asia. It forages both on the ground and in trees.

• Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida

  The Red-chested Swallow lives in tropical Africa and catches insects in flight. Compared with similar swallows, it has a narrower breast band and larger white panels in the tail.

• West Siberian Brown Lemming Lemmus sibiricus

  The West Siberian brown lemming is a compact rodent with a short tail. It feeds on tundra plants and makes burrows in the ground or snow.

• Chinese Fulvetta Fulvetta striaticollis

  This 12–14 cm bird inhabits high mountains in China, including conifer forest, rhododendron scrub and low shrubs.

• Hovel's Myotis Myotis (Myotis) hoveli

  This account follows the southern Levantine lineage treated as Myotis hoveli sensu stricto in 2021.

• Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii

  Temminck’s Tragopan is a pheasant of mountain forests. Males show a blue face and spotted russet plumage, and display during courtship.

• Large Japanese Field Mouse Apodemus speciosus

  The large Japanese field mouse has a reddish-brown back and a white underside. It moves over the ground and fallen logs at night and sometimes stores food underground.

• Pygmy Hanging Parrot Loriculus exilis

  This small parrot, about 11 cm long, lives on Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is green with a red throat patch and rump, and hanging parrots rest upside down.

• Borneo Black-banded Squirrel Callosciurus orestes

  The Borneo black-banded squirrel has a contrasting side stripe and a ringed tail. It occurs in Borneo's forests, and stomach contents have included fruits and ants.

• Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis

  The Northern Waterthrush is a streaked bird that walks along wetland edges in search of small aquatic animals.

• Fulvous Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) fulvescens

  This small mouse lives in grassland and riparian habitats and is active at night. Its tail is differently coloured above and below, while its coat and diet vary by place and season.

• Great Sparrow Passer motitensis

  The Great Sparrow is a relatively large sparrow with a streaked back. In Namibia it searches trees and the ground for seeds and insects.

• Nepalese Whiskered Myotis Myotis (Myotis) muricola

  This small bat is known from several parts of South and Southeast Asia. Genetic and morphological studies report substantial differences among regional populations and raise the possibility of a species complex.

• Rufous-browed Flycatcher Anthipes solitaris

  This flycatcher lives in montane forest in Malaysia. The MyBIS account includes a record from Fraser's Hill in Pahang.

• Chestnut Pogonomys Pogonomys macrourus

  The chestnut pogonomys is a small rodent of New Guinea. Recorded specimens with observation data were seen moving through low vegetation at night.