Cockatiel
Crest up-Australia's whistling nomad
Conservation Threats
Natural System Modification
Altered fire regimes, water management, and ecosystem engineering
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Natural System Modification Animals
Bee
Small insects, massive pollination power
Housefly
Small fly, big public-health impact.
Cricket
Small insect, big night song
Maggot
Nature's recyclers in larval form
Aardwolf
The hyena that lives on termites
Woodrat
Midden builders of the North American night
Gazelle
Born to sprint the open plains
Blue Belly Lizard
Blue-belly push-ups on every fence
Praying Mantis
Built to sit, see, and seize
Gnat
Tiny flies, huge diversity.
Worm
Many lineages, one wormy shape
River Otter
Built for rivers, born to slide
Ambrosia Beetle
Farm fungi. Tunnel wood. Rule trees.
Jumping Spider
Big vision. Bold jumps.
Firefly
Living lanterns with coded light
Nicobar pigeon
The rainbow pigeon with a white flag tail
Deathwatch Beetle
The beetle that built the deathwatch legend
Ringed Kingfisher
Big-billed diver of the Neotropics
Squash Beetle
A lady beetle with a taste for squash
Eurasian Nuthatch
The headfirst trunk-climber
Devil's Coach Horse Beetle
The garden predator with a scorpion pose
Hellbender
Wrinkles that breathe-rivers that live.
Sand Crab
Built for the backwash