Muddy

Phytosaurs

Croc-lookalikes of the Triassic

Smilosuchus

Not a croc-Triassic river hunter

Crocodylomorph

From river ambush to ocean roam

Rhamphosuchus

Siwalik's mysterious long-snouted giant

Barinasuchus

A land-hunting crocodile relative

Thalassomedon

Long neck, open sea, Cretaceous hunter

Pliosaur

Big jaws. Short neck. Ocean boss.

Northern Screamer

The Wetland Alarm Bell of the Llanos

Fairy-Wren

Small birds, big social drama

African Jacana

The lily-pad dad of Africa

Sedge Warbler

The chatterbox of the reedbeds

Yellowthroat

Masked singer of cattails and thickets

Grebe

Lobed-toe divers with dance moves

Skua

Pirates of the polar seas

African Fish Eagle

The yodeling monarch of African waters

Eel catfish

Eel-shaped, spine-armed, reef-to-river

Northern Jacana

Built to walk on water lilies

Pheasant-tailed Jacana

The lily-walker with a pheasant tail

Lesser Jacana

Small bird, giant toes.

Bronze-winged Jacana

Bronze wings, lily-pad footsteps

Wattled Jacana

Big toes. Bold females. Devoted dads.

Madagascar Jacana

Madagascar's master of lily pads

Comb-crested Jacana

Walks on lilies, rules the wetlands

Northern Harrier

Low-flying hunter of open skies