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• Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata

  

  The Waved Albatross is a large seabird with a white head and neck, brown-to-gray body plumage, and bluish legs. It nests on the ground on its breeding island and searches the open ocean for fish, squid, and other prey.

• Black-striped Squirrel Callosciurus nigrovittatus

  A squirrel with black stripes along its sides. It is active by day in trees and eats fruit and insects. Stripe patterns vary among subspecies.

• Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii

  The Dwarf Bittern is a small heron found around rivers and wetlands across much of sub-Saharan Africa, including places where water levels change seasonally.

• Littledale's Whistling Rat Parotomys littledalei

  A rodent of arid southern Africa. It feeds on fresh leaves and other green plants, and builds connected burrows beneath shrubs.

• Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus

  Its pointed crest and finely mottled plumage make this ground-dwelling bird distinctive. It lives in open grassland and woodland edges, feeding mainly on seeds.

• Northern Bat Myotis (Pizonyx) septentrionalis

  The Northern Bat is a North American bat with long ears. It forages in forests during the warmer months and hibernates in caves or mines in winter.

• Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus

  The Black Hornbill has a black body with white tips on the outer tail feathers. It forages in the upper and middle canopy of lowland forests.

• Ash-colored Oldfield Mouse Thomasomys cinereus

  This mouse has soft, dense gray fur and is active on the ground at night. The account notes that the name may cover a species complex.

• Spectacled Parrotbill Suthora conspicillata

  A small bird of the mountains of central China, it has white rings around the eyes that look like spectacles. Small groups search among shrubs and forest edges.

• 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.

• Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara

  The male Rufous-bellied Niltava has a blue crown, face, throat, and back with sandy-brown underparts. It lives in forest bushes and undergrowth and feeds on small invertebrates.

• Bushveld Gerbil Gerbilliscus (Taterona) leucogaster

  A gerbil of grasslands and open woodland in eastern and southern Africa. A dark line runs along the upper side of its long tail.

• Alaska Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis

  Breeding males show bright yellow underparts and patterned heads. The wagtail searches for insects close to the ground in wet, open habitats.

• Findley's Myotis Myotis (Pizonyx) findleyi

  Findley’s Myotis is a small bat endemic to the Tres Marías Islands off Mexico’s Pacific coast. It has dark fur and feeds on insects.

• Society Kingfisher Todiramphus veneratus

  It occurs on Tahiti and Moorea in the Society Islands. The eBird account describes different male plumage forms on the two islands.

• East European Vole Microtus (Microtus) levis

  This vole lives in meadows and farmland from eastern Europe toward western Siberia. It avoids very short grass and dry areas and eats plant seeds and grain.

• Little Chachalaca Ortalis motmot

  A cracid of northern South America, recognized by reddish-brown plumage and a red throat wattle.

• Red-tailed Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) ruficaudus

  Its striped back and face contrast with rufous shoulders and sides and an orange-red underside to the tail. It inhabits dense conifer forest, especially shrub-rich openings and edges.

• Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti

  A babbler of forests in South and Southeast Asia, Abbott's Babbler forages for insects and other small invertebrates near the ground.

• Oriental House Rat Rattus tanezumi

  The Oriental House Rat is widely recorded in rural and residential parts of Taiwan. Its back is gray-brown, its underside gray-white, and it eats grain grown or stored by people.

• Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris

  The Sombre Tit is a small bird with a dark brown-black head and white cheeks. It occurs from southeastern Europe into southwestern Asia, including open woodland and orchards.

• Gaisler's Big-eared Bat Plecotus gaisleri

  This large-eared bat is reported from North Africa. Molecular analysis confirmed it on Pantelleria, Italy, and records also confirm it on Malta and Gozo.

• White-bellied Nothura Nothura boraquira

  The White-bellied Nothura is a small tinamou recorded in Bolivian savannas and grasslands. The source gives a body length of 22–24 cm.

• Long-tailed Colilargo Oligoryzomys longicaudatus

  A small rice rat found in Chile and Argentina. It has a long tail and is mostly nocturnal and terrestrial, though it climbs well.