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• Black-capped Fruit Bat Chironax melanocephalus

  

  This small bat has a dark head and yellow-to-orange hair on the sides of the neck and shoulders. It is recorded in forests of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo and feeds mainly on fruit.

• Scarlet-crowned Barbet Capito aurovirens

  

  This barbet is about 18.5 cm long. Males have a red crown and females a pale one; both have an olive body with an orange throat and breast.

• Kloss's Gibbon Hylobates klossii

  

  Kloss's gibbon has black fur and long arms. It lives in the canopy of the Mentawai Islands west of Sumatra.

• Loria's Satinbird Cnemophilus loriae

  

  Loria's Satinbird lives in the canopy of montane forest. Males are black while females are olive-toned, and a male's far-carrying whistle can be heard from a perch.

• Seminole Bat Lasiurus seminolus

  

  This bat has rich chestnut-brown fur with pale tips. It catches insects in flight at dusk and occurs mainly in the southeastern United States.

• Brown-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon gularis

  

  This kingfisher occurs in the Philippines. Its brown breast and blue wings stand out, and it takes small animals in open country and along forest edges.

• Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel Hylopetes spadiceus

  This Southeast Asian flying squirrel glides from tree to tree in forest.

• Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri

  Buller’s Albatross ranges over seas around New Zealand and takes fish and squid near the surface.

• Omura's Whale Balaenoptera omurai

  Omura's whale is a slender baleen whale. A study off northwestern Madagascar recorded asymmetric jaw coloration and loose groupings of mostly unassociated individuals.

• Common Sunbird-Asity Neodrepanis coruscans

  This Madagascar-only asity is one of the species with a long, curved bill. Sunbird-asities mainly take nectar, and also eat fruit and insects.

• Greater Naked-tailed Armadillo Cabassous tatouay

  An armadillo whose tail lacks armor. At night it digs into soil and termite mounds with its large claws, feeding mainly on ants and termites.

• Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus

  The Chestnut-collared Longspur is a grassland bird whose plumage changes by season. Breeding males show a chestnut nape and black belly, and the birds forage on the ground for insects and seeds.

• Shark Bay Bandicoot Perameles bougainville

  The Shark Bay bandicoot is a small marsupial native to islands off Western Australia. It makes a nest beneath shrubs for daytime shelter.

• Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi

  This forest-dwelling bird is endemic to Cuba; its species page says it is most often seen in the eastern half of the island. The crown and back are gray, with yellow on the face and breast.

• Northern Bamboo Lemur Hapalemur occidentalis

  The Northern Bamboo Lemur occurs in northeastern and northwestern Madagascar. It is said to show little difference in appearance between sexes, but field studies remain limited.

• Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea

  The Golden-bellied Gerygone is a small bird with a gray-brown back and yellow underparts. It occurs in many tree-filled places, including cities, across parts of Southeast Asia.

• Northern Tamandua Tamandua mexicana

  The northern tamandua ranges from southeastern Mexico through Central America to northern Peru west of the Andes. It is partly arboreal and feeds mainly on ants and termites.

• Falkenstein's Greenbul Chlorocichla falkensteini

  Falkenstein's Greenbul is a bulbul ranging from southern Cameroon to western Angola. In Angola, the cited guide reports it along northern and central escarpments. That guide uses the English name Yellow-necked Greenbul.

• Pyrenean Chamois Rupicapra pyrenaica

  The Pyrenean chamois is a bovid with a dark band across the eyes and hooked horns. The plants it eats change with the seasons.

• Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus

  This small wren ranges from Central America into northern South America. It searches for small invertebrates among vines and leaf litter near the ground.

• Leopardus tilcayo

  Leopardus tilcayo is a felid described as a new species in 2026. The paper gives its type locality near Arapata in Bolivia's Nor Yungas, and a UMSA report also describes records from the Yungas forests of La Paz.

• Tit Hylia Pholidornis rushiae

  This small bird lives in moist lowland forest in West and Central Africa. It is also recorded at forest edges and clearings, in gardens, and on plantations.

• Mountain Coati Nasua olivacea

  A coati of Andean forests, with an elongated snout and a bushy, ringed tail.

• Grey-backed Wagtail Motacilla clara

  This long-tailed gray wagtail catches insects along humid streams. The Ethiopian population is resident, while birds elsewhere may move locally.