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• Eastern Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) humulis

  

  This small mouse uses grassland and early-successional habitats, is mainly nocturnal, and builds grass-fiber nests.

• Abd al-Kuri Sparrow Passer hemileucus

  This sparrow is endemic to Abd al-Kuri Island. A 2008 study documents plumage differences from the related Socotra sparrow, while noting that published information on its habits is sparse.

• 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.

• African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus

  The African Pipit is a ground-dwelling bird with streaked brown plumage and a pale eyebrow. It walks through grassland in search of small invertebrates.

• Gerbilliscus (Taterona) kempii

  Gerbilliscus (Taterona) kempii is a gerbil recorded in West Africa. Its back is pale brown darkened by black hairs, and its underside is white. A 2026 survey in southeastern Sierra Leone recorded it in a plantation, a forest reserve, and grassland.

• Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans

  This lark migrates from breeding areas in central Africa to southern Africa. It forages on the ground in open savanna and woodland, eating insects and some seeds.

• Rock Vole Microtus chrotorrhinus

  The rock vole has a yellow-orange nose. It uses moist forests and rocky sites and feeds on herbs and leaves.

• Citron-throated Toucan Ramphastos citreolaemus

  This toucan ranges from northern Colombia to northwestern Venezuela. It feeds on fruit in the canopy of humid forest.

• Southern Amazon Red Squirrel Sciurus (Urosciurus) spadiceus

  The Southern Amazon red squirrel lives in lowland Amazonian forest. It eats nuts, and its coat varies among individuals.

• 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.

• Afroalpine Vlei Rat Otomys orestes

  The Afroalpine Vlei Rat occurs on Mount Kenya and the Aberdare Range in central Kenya. It has shaggy tawny-brown fur and creamy-buff patches behind the ears, and lives in open heath and grassland above the tree line.

• Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor

  The Lesser Grey Shrike hunts large beetles and other insects in open farmland and grassland. It migrates from European breeding areas to southern Africa.

• 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.

• Blyth's Kingfisher Alcedo hercules

  It is a kingfisher with a blue back, orange underparts, red eyes, and coral-colored legs. The Bangladesh account describes it fishing near streams.

• Layard's Palm Squirrel Funambulus (Funambulus) layardi

  This squirrel occurs in forests of southern and central Sri Lanka. Three stripes along its back and a deep-red underside are distinctive.

• Spot-flanked Gallinule Porphyriops melanops

  Its grey head and breast, brown back and large white flank spots make it distinctive. It lives in ponds and marshes across much of South America and picks food from floating vegetation while swimming; the specific foods are not known from the source.

• Loring's Thallomys Thallomys loringi

  Loring's Thallomys is recorded in western, central, and southwestern Kenya and northern Tanzania. It lives in trees in acacia woodland and savanna scrub.

• Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus

  This widespread Australian heron is nocturnal and searches for food in wetlands.

• Common Pericote Graomys griseoflavus

  The common pericote is a mouse broadly distributed in dry parts of Argentina. It has a gray-yellow back, pale underside, and a long tail ending in a brush-like tuft.

• Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus

  This plover breeds in western North America and searches for insects on grassland and semidesert ground.

• Anderson's Squirrel Callosciurus quinquestriatus

  Anderson's squirrel is reported from montane forests in southern Yunnan and eastern Myanmar. Its upperparts are brown to olive-yellow, with contrasting black-and-white stripes below. It eats plant matter as well as insects.

• Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis

  This weaver occurs in wooded edges, riverside vegetation, and gardens across sub-Saharan Africa. It eats insects as well as fruit and nectar.

• Mesic Four-striped Grass Rat Rhabdomys dilectus

  The Mesic Four-striped Grass Rat ranges across southern and eastern Africa. In Mozambique's Chimanimani National Park, it was confirmed in montane grassland above about 1,600 m.

• Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

  Male Yellow-headed Blackbirds stand out with a yellow head, black body, and white wing patch. They breed in wetlands and gather in large flocks on farmland in winter.