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• Blue-necked Tanager Stilpnia cyanicollis

  

  This brightly colored tanager lives in the Colombian Andes. It uses humid forest, edges, and wooded gardens, feeding on fruit and small invertebrates.

• Northern Baja Deermouse Peromyscus fraterculus

  The northern Baja deermouse has cinnamon-rufous dorsal fur flecked with black, with a darker midline and flanks. It is a habitat generalist, recorded from desert scrub and washes to forests and agricultural areas.

• Black-billed Koel Eudynamys melanorhynchus

  This cuckoo occurs on Sulawesi and the Sula Islands. Males are black with a blue-violet gloss, while females include several plumage types, including barred rusty-brown forms. Some taxonomies treat it as a separate species; others combine it with related koels.

• Mongolian Mountain Vole Alticola (Alticola) semicanus

  The Mongolian mountain vole lives in mountain areas from Mongolia into northern China. Its gray-brown back contrasts with a pale underside.

• Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala

  The Grey-headed Kingfisher is a migratory kingfisher that hunts insects in woodland south of the Sahara, diving to the ground from a perch.

• Southern Grasshopper Mouse Onychomys torridus

  Its back ranges from gray to cinnamon, while the underside and tail tip are pale. At night it uses burrows in dry grassland and scrub and hunts insects and scorpions.

• Black-and-buff Woodpecker Meiglyptes jugularis

  This woodpecker lives in Southeast Asian forests. Males have a red cheek stripe that females lack. It uses humid forest edges, secondary growth, and bamboo, searching bark for invertebrates.

• Dark Bolo Mouse Necromys obscurus

  The dark bolo mouse is recorded in separated areas of eastern Argentina and coastal Uruguay. It uses grassland and damp shore habitats and is often active on the ground by day.

• Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius

  This terrestrial bird is endemic to central Chile. It walks with its tail raised and scratches or digs with one foot to find invertebrates. It prefers rocky ravines and scrub.

• Azara's Broad-headed Oryzomys Hylaeamys megacephalus

  Short ochre, yellow or orange fur with dark ticking covers its back, while the underside is gray. It is mainly ground-dwelling and ranges through forested parts of northern and central South America.

• Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians

  This small bush warbler breeds in East Asia and moves south seasonally. The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society account documents it as a winter visitor in Hong Kong.

• Eastern Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) humulis

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

• Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum

  A dark cormorant with a long neck and a tail longer than those of many other cormorants. It dives underwater to catch fish.

• Michoacán Deer Mouse Osgoodomys banderanus

  The Michoacán deer mouse occurs in lowlands and mountains along Mexico's Pacific side. It has been recorded mainly in forest, as well as in scrub, grassland, and riparian sites.

• Moustached Antwren Myrmotherula ignota

  This roughly 8 cm bird lives in northern Amazonia. Males have black-and-white streaking and yellow underparts, while females are buff and black; both search along tree sides.

• Heather Vole Phenacomys intermedius

  The Heather Vole has long, soft fur. It stays active all year, using burrows in summer and surface nests beneath the snow in winter.

• Common hill myna Gracula religiosa

  A glossy black bird with conspicuous yellow skin flaps on its head.

• Bolivian Pericote Auliscomys boliviensis

  The Bolivian Pericote is a robust-bodied rodent of the Andean highlands. It is mainly active by day and feeds on plants.

• Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris

  The Southern Red-billed Hornbill is a southern African form within a red-billed hornbill complex. Compared with the Damaraland form, the study population had yellow eyes and grey facial feathers and used moister savanna woodland.

• California Vole Microtus californicus

  The California vole occurs along the Pacific Coast and uses grassy runways and underground burrows. It eats grasses and roots, and its coat varies across its range.

• White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata

  Its white face, long neck, and long legs stand out, and it gives a high-pitched whistle. It gathers in wetland flocks and feeds on insects and plants from mud and shallow water.

• El Carrizo Deer Mouse Peromyscus ochraventer

  This mouse has cinnamon-brown underparts. It burrows beneath large limestone blocks; the 1951 original description then knew it only from El Carrizo, Tamaulipas.

• Indian Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus horsfieldii

  The Indian Scimitar Babbler is marked by a long, downcurved yellow bill and a white line above the eye. It searches for insects and spiders among forest leaf litter and undergrowth.

• Jungle Babbler Argya striata

  The Jungle Babbler is a social bird of the Indian subcontinent, often found foraging in cultivated areas and gardens.