Emperor Goose
White-headed goose of the sea-ice edge
Conservation Threats
Climate Change
Global warming effects including temperature shifts, sea level rise, and extreme weather events
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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
Roadrunner
The sprinting cuckoo of the desert
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
Theropod
From raptors to robins: all theropod
Argentinosaurus
Patagonia's almost-unfathomable giant
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
Veery
Spiral song, epic migration.
Blackburnian Warbler
Look up for the fire-throat
Gadwall
The "quiet" duck with a bright wing flash
Western Kingbird
Yellow-bellied tyrant of the fence line