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[[File:Auroran ghost bat.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Auroran ghost bat.]]
The Jubrione region is home to 119 species of [[Wikipedia:Chiroptera|Chiroptera]], the most bat species in any one region in all of the southern hemisphere and which over a third are endemic. Some of its more well known are the [[Wikipedia:Silver-tipped myotis|silver-tipped myotis]], [[Wikipedia:Black myotis|black myotis]], [[Wikipedia:Small big-eared brown bat|small big-eared brown bat]] and the [[Wikipedia:Northern ghost bat|Auroran ghost bat]]; a relatively rare, completely white, insectivorous bat, with an unusual sac at the base of its tail.
[[File:Bubo virginianus 06.jpg|left|thumb|150px|A [[Wikipedia:Great horned owl|Great horned owl]] spotted in the Velsh forest.]]
The Jubrione region has over 690 species of birds - one of the highest number of any national park in the world. New species of birds are still being discovered and catalogued by scientists, of which 11 have been officially added to science in the last 40 years. Some bird species include the [[Wikipedia:Lesser flamingo|Morstian flamingo]], [[Wikipedia:Gray tinamou|grey tinamou]], [[Wikipedia:Puna tinamou|puna tinamou]], [[Wikipedia:Fulvous whistling-duck|fulvous whistling-duck]], [[Wikipedia:White-faced whistling-duck|white-faced whistling-duck]], [[Wikipedia:Black-bellied whistling-duck|black-bellied whistling-duck]], [[Wikipedia:Comb duck|comb duck]], [[Wikipedia:Ruddy duck|ruddy duck]], [[Wikipedia:Blue-throated piping-guan|blue-throated piping-guan]], [[Wikipedia:Rufous-headed chachalaca|rufous-headed chachalaca]], [[Wikipedia:Nocturnal curassow|nocturnal curassow]], [[Wikipedia:Titicaca grebe|titicaca grebe]], [[Wikipedia:Band-tailed pigeon|band-tailed pigeon]], [[Wikipedia:Eared dove|eared dove]], [[Wikipedia:Croaking ground dove|croaking ground dove]], [[Wikipedia:Smooth-billed ani|smooth-billed ani]], [[Wikipedia:Pavonine cuckoo|pavonine cuckoo]], [[Wikipedia:Squirrel cuckoo|squirrel cuckoo]], [[Wikipedia:Oilbird|oilbird]], [[Wikipedia:Long-tailed potoo|pong-tailed potoo]], [[Wikipedia:Common nighthawk|common nighthawk]], [[Wikipedia:Common pauraque|common pauraque]], [[Wikipedia:Spot-tailed nightjar|spot-tailed nightjar]], [[Wikipedia:Lesser swallow-tailed swift|lesser swallow-tailed swift]], [[Wikipedia:Fiery topaz|fiery topaz]], [[Wikipedia:Buff-tailed sicklebill|buff-tailed sicklebill]], [[Wikipedia:Koepcke's hermit|koepcke's hermit]], [[Wikipedia:Brown violetear|brown violetear]], [[Wikipedia:Ruby-topaz hummingbird|ruby-topaz hummingbird]], [[Wikipedia:Speckled hummingbird|speckled hummingbird]], [[Wikipedia:Limpkin|limpkin]], [[Wikipedia:Spotted rail|spotted rail]], [[Wikipedia:Sora|sora]], [[Wikipedia:Killdeer|killdeer]], [[Wikipedia:Snowy plover|snowy plover]], [[Wikipedia:Blackish oystercatcher|blackish oystercatcher]], [[Wikipedia:Andean avocet|Jubrionas avocet]], [[Wikipedia:Red knot|red knot]], [[Wikipedia:Surfbird|surfbird]], [[Wikipedia:Greater yellowlegs|greater yellowlegs]], [[Wikipedia:Lesser yellowlegs|lesser yellowlegs]], [[Wikipedia:Black skimmer|black skimmer]], [[Wikipedia:Black-legged kittiwake|black-legged kittiwake]], [[Wikipedia:Peruvian pelican|Morstian pelican]], [[Wikipedia:Roseate spoonbill|roseate spoonbill]],
There are many seabirds associated with the Jubrione region, and many are endemic here. Some of these seabirds include the [[Wikipedia:Gray gull|grey gull]], [[Wikipedia:Kelp gull|kelp gull]], [[Wikipedia:Common tern|common tern]], [[Wikipedia:Red-tailed tropicbird|red-tailed tropicbird]], [[Wikipedia:Gray-headed albatross|grey-headed albatross]], [[Wikipedia:White-bellied storm-petrel|white-bellied storm-petrel]], [[Wikipedia:Wood stork|wood stork]], [[Wikipedia:Magnificent frigatebird|magnificent frigatebird]], [[Wikipedia:Blue-footed booby|blue-footed booby]], [[Wikipedia:Neotropic cormorant|neotropic cormorant]], [[Wikipedia:Rufescent tiger-heron|rufescent tiger-heron]] and [[Wikipedia:Little blue heron|little blue heron]].
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The Jubrione region hosts dozens of bird of prey and owls, some of the more well known or recognised are the [[Wikipedia:Red-throated caracara|red-throated caracara]], [[Wikipedia:Orange-breasted falcon|orange-breasted falcon]], [[Wikipedia:Semiplumbeous hawk|semiplumbeous hawk]], [[Wikipedia:Black-faced hawk|black-faced buzzard]], [[Wikipedia:Cinnamon screech-owl|cinnamon screech-owl]] and [[Wikipedia:Great horned owl|great horned owl]]. The [[Wikipedia:Osprey|osprey]], [[Wikipedia:Barn owl|brown barn owl]] and [[Wikipedia:Barn owl|white barn owl]] are found here but also across vast parts of the world.
There are few parrot species remaining in the region as several dozen have been hunted to extinction, some include the [[Wikipedia:Bronze-winged parrot|bronze-winged parrot]], [[Wikipedia:White-eyed parakeet|white-eyed parakeet]], [[Wikipedia:Cobalt-winged parakeet|cobalt-winged parakeet]] and the [[Wikipedia:Gray-cheeked parakeet|grey-cheeked parakeet]].
The Jubrione region has many insect and terrestrial gastropod molluscs. The [[Wikipedia:Rasberry crazy ant|raspberry crazy ants]] and [[Wikipedia:Longhorn crazy ant|longhorn crazy ants]] are widely distributed here. The Jubrione region has over six hundred [[Wikipedia:Bee|bee]] species, but only one of them make honey; the [[Wikipedia:Apis florea|red dwarf honey bee]], and is native across the rest of Aurora. [[Wikipedia:Banana slugs|banana slugs]], [[Wikipedia:Six-spotted tiger beetle|six-spotted tiger beetles]] and [[Wikipedia:Goldenrod soldier beetle|goldenrod soldier beetles]] are endemic to the Jubrione Rainforests.
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