Plains

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

Turaco

Africa's crest-crowned canopy cruisers

Tufted Coquette

Small bird, big show-Tufted Coquette

Northern Screamer

The Wetland Alarm Bell of the Llanos

Chestnut-Sided Warbler

Chestnut flanks, shrubland singer

Great Potoo Bird

The bird that becomes a branch

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

Cactus Wren

Built for heat, armed with thorns

Grebe

Lobed-toe divers with dance moves

Hairy Woodpecker

Bigger bill, louder drill!

Pink-Necked Green Pigeon

Pink neck, green cloak-seed sower

Skua

Pirates of the polar seas

Prairie Chicken

Booming herald of the tallgrass prairie

Black and White Warbler

The warbler that climbs like a nuthatch

Wryneck

The woodpecker that plays snake

Summer Tanager

The all-red wasp-eating songbird

Merganser

Sawbills built for the chase