Eurasian Sparrowhawk
The woodland sprinter with a long tail
Conservation Threats
Hunting
Legal and illegal hunting, poaching, and direct persecution by humans
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Hunting Animals
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
Theropod
From raptors to robins: all theropod
Lesser Scaup
Peaked crown, big rafts, true diver
Dickcissel
Prairie singer, South America traveler
Canvasback
Built for deep dives, born to roam
Gadwall
The "quiet" duck with a bright wing flash
Northern Bobwhite
Hear the whistle, save the fields.
Common Goldeneye
Hear the whistler, spot the gold eye
Tundra Swan
Whistling wings, tundra to tidewater
Anhinga
Spears fish, then sun-dries in style
Snow Goose
Two morphs, one Arctic traveler