Hilly

Garden Spider

Big web. Bold stripes. Gentle hunter.

Katydid

Leaf-mimics with night-time songs

Brazilian Treehopper

Tiny bug, wild helmet.

Dinofelis

Moderate sabers, maximum power.

Dinosaurs

One name, a million body plans

Phoenix Chicken

Long tail, high style.

Earless Monitor Lizard

Borneo's "hidden-ear" river guardian

Golden Eagle

Gold-naped master of open skies

Swallow

Masters of the open air

Swainson's Hawk

The grasshopper hawk that goes global

Short-Eared Owl

Twilight hunter of the open plains

Common Grackle

Pale eyes. Loud calls. City-smart flocks.

Eastern Turkey (Wild Turkey)

Big woods. Big gobble.

Egyptian Vulture

Small vulture, big cleanup crew

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

Xiaosaurus

Small bones, big uncertainty

Xiaotingia

A near-bird from Jurassic Liaoning

Japanese Bantam Chicken

Big attitude in a tiny bantam

Bat-Eared Fox

Big ears. Termites beware.