Pair

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

Roadrunners

Desert cuckoos built for the fast lane

Fulvous Whistling Duck

Tawny flocks, whistled calls

European Goldfinch

Red mask, gold wing, thistle king.

Upland Sandpiper

Fencepost singer of the prairie

Rough-Legged Hawk

The feather-legged hover-hunter

Ocellated Turkey

The rainforest turkey with jeweled eyes

Epicyon haydeni

Miocene muscle: the bone-crushing canid

Argentavis Magnificens

Miocene sky-giant of Argentina

Dromornis stirtoni

Australia's Miocene mega-bird

Arambourgiania

A sky-giant with a giraffe-long neck

Theropod

From raptors to robins: all theropod

Albertonectes

Alberta's long-necked sea swimmer

Ceratopsian

Beaks, frills, and horns: Ceratopsia!

Lesser Scaup

Peaked crown, big rafts, true diver

Dickcissel

Prairie singer, South America traveler

Canvasback

Built for deep dives, born to roam