Flying

Mockingbird

The bird with 400 voices

Australian Firehawk

Smoke-follower of the savannas

Ovenbird

The "teacher" of the forest floor

Flycatcher

Perch. Pounce. Snack in midair.

Eurasian Eagle-owl

Booming monarch of the night cliffs

Oxpecker

Tick riders of the African savanna

Finch

Built to crack seeds, born to sing

Modern Game Chicken

Upright elegance on long legs

Nuthatch

Head-first bark detectives

Great Kiskadee

Hear it before you see it: Kiskadee!

Eurasian Collared Dove

The collar-marked urban colonizer

Emerald Toucanet

Green jewel of the cloud forest

Onagadori Chicken

The rooster with the never-ending tail

Eastern Meadowlark

The flute-voice of open fields

Orchard Oriole

Smallest oriole, biggest spring song

Acadian Flycatcher

Hear it: "peet-sah" in the shade

Eider

Downy divers of the far north

Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher

A spark of orange in deep shade

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

The woodland sprinter with a long tail

Emperor Goose

White-headed goose of the sea-ice edge

King Eider

Crown of the Arctic pack ice

Kea

The clever parrot of the snowline

Purple Gallinule

The lily-pad walker of the wetlands

Nightjar

Built for twilight insect-hunting