Swallow
Masters of the open air
Pair Bond Durations
Seasonal
Pairs form for a single breeding season and may find new partners next year
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Seasonal Animals
Short-Eared Owl
Twilight hunter of the open plains
Common Grackle
Pale eyes. Loud calls. City-smart flocks.
King Quail
Small quail, big color.
Egret
Wetland hunters in white
Gray Catbird
Mew, mimic, and melt into the thicket
Evening Grosbeak
Vise-billed finch of winter flocks
Bee-Eater
Color in flight, precision in the air
Elf Owl
Tiny owl, big desert night hunter
Yellowhammer
Hedgerow gold with a looping chorus
Cedar Waxwing
The berry-loving bird in a velvet mask
Xeme (Sabine's Gull)
Arctic elegance, ocean wanderer
Xiaosaurus
Small bones, big uncertainty
Xiaotingia
A near-bird from Jurassic Liaoning
Xenotarsosaurus
Patagonia's "strange-ankled" hunter
Seymouria
A near-amniote on Permian shores
Deinosuchus
Armor-plated giant of Cretaceous waterways
Warbler
Small birds, big songs, epic journeys
Sandpiper
Built for mudflats and megamigrations
Eastern Kingbird
Tiny tyrant with a white-tipped tail
Ovenbird
The "teacher" of the forest floor
Finch
Built to crack seeds, born to sing
Emerald Toucanet
Green jewel of the cloud forest
Rhea
South America's sprinting ratites