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• Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum

  

  The Bare-throated Tiger Heron is a large heron that waits for prey beside rivers and wetlands.

• Brazilian arboreal mouse Rhagomys rufescens

  The Brazilian arboreal mouse was redescribed in a 2004 rediscovery paper based on two specimens. Its lifestyle in that paper includes inferences from morphology rather than direct observations.

• White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti

  This bunting breeds in the mountains of Central Asia and moves toward northwestern India outside the breeding season. It gathers in flocks and searches for food on the ground during that period.

• Pallas's squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus

  Pallas’s squirrel is a tree-dwelling squirrel native from Taiwan and southern China through parts of Southeast Asia.

• Willet Tringa semipalmata

  The Willet is a large shorebird with long legs and a straight bill. In flight, it shows a bold black-and-white wing stripe.

• Zacatecan Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) zacatecae

  The Zacatecan harvest mouse has a reddish-brown back and a relatively long tail. In Jalisco, it is recorded in high temperate areas.

• Fiji Bush Warbler Horornis ruficapilla

  The Fiji Bush Warbler is endemic to Fiji and lives in dense undergrowth in mountain forest. General descriptions show a dark chestnut head, while the Kadavu form has a broad pale eyebrow.

• Thomas's Flying Squirrel Aeromys thomasi

  Thomas’s Flying Squirrel lives in Borneo’s forests. Its coat has no conspicuous markings, and it is nocturnal and eats forest fruits.

• Cape Long-billed Lark Certhilauda curvirostris

  The Cape Long-billed Lark is about 20–24 cm long. It lives among coastal dunes and nearby low vegetation on South Africa's southwestern coast.

• Delicate Laucha Calomys tener

  The delicate laucha ranges across several parts of South America. Specimens reported from Misiones had brown to reddish-brown backs and pale undersides.

• Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus

  The Northern Carmine Bee-eater is a vivid red bird that catches grasshoppers and other insects in flight, often in flocks.

• Long-tailed Ground Squirrel Urocitellus undulatus

  The long-tailed ground squirrel is a medium-sized, ground-dwelling squirrel of Central Asia. A Mongolian study found several genetically distinct regional groups.

• Indian Nuthatch Sitta castanea

  The Indian Nuthatch has a gray back and chestnut underparts and lives in forests and woodland across parts of India. It is sometimes seen in pairs or family groups.

• Yucatan deer mouse Peromyscus yucatanicus

  This mouse lives on the Yucatan Peninsula, where coat color differs between northern and southern populations. It is described as mainly eating grains, seeds, and fruit.

• Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon lucidus

  The Glittering-bellied Emerald occurs in South America. Males are green with a bright blue-green throat; females have grey underparts and white tips on the outer tail feathers.

• Gray Marmot Marmota (Marmota) baibacina

  This marmot lives in the highlands of the Altai and Tian Shan and spends much of the cold season hibernating.

• Visayan Flowerpecker Dicaeum haematostictum

  This flowerpecker is endemic to the Philippine Visayan Islands. BirdLife's 2001 account lists Panay, Guimaras, and Negros, but records differ in age and the account notes uncertainty about status on some islands.

• Romanian Hamster Mesocricetus newtoni

  The Romanian hamster occurs along the Danube in northern Romania and Bulgaria. In examined animals, researchers recorded a grayish back, a dark line from the ears to the shoulders, and black stripes on the cheek pouches. It is active around dusk and at night, storing seeds and fruit in its burrow.

• Common Scale-backed Antbird Willisornis poecilinotus

  This roughly 13 cm antbird is widespread in Amazonia. Male and female plumage differ, and markings also vary among subspecies.

• Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista elegans

  The spotted giant flying squirrel glides from tree to tree by spreading a membrane between its limbs. Coat color and spotting vary by region.

• Andean Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura andicola

  The Andean Tit-Spinetail occurs in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It forages in Andean scrub and nearby shrubbery.

• Coues' Oryzomys Oryzomys couesi

  Coues' oryzomys uses wetland habitat. At the southern tip of Texas, it is recorded among cattails and aquatic grasses.

• Philippine Pitta Erythropitta erythrogaster

  This pitta searches for food near the ground in forests and scrub. Typical adults show a blue breast band and red belly; the species occurs across the Philippines and on Indonesia's Talaud Islands.

• Gray-footed Chipmunk Tamias (Neotamias) canipes

  This chipmunk lives in mountains of southeastern New Mexico and western Texas. It is mainly terrestrial and stores acorns and other seeds for winter.