Dromornis stirtoni
Australia's Miocene mega-bird
Conservation Threats
Natural System Modification
Altered fire regimes, water management, and ecosystem engineering
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Natural System Modification Animals
Puertasaurus
Patagonia's giant, known from fragments
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
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
Hammond's flycatcher
Hear it to name it: Hammond's Empid
Loggerhead Shrike
Songbird with a raptor's toolbox
Ruddy Duck
Small duck, big tail attitude
Wood Duck
The tree-nesting duck with a leap
Black-Bellied Whistling Duck
The whistling "tree duck" with style
Northern Pintail
Pointed tail, planet-spanning migrant
Least Flycatcher
Hear "che-bek," find the flycatcher.
Diprotodon
Pleistocene giant of Australia
Thylacoleo carnifex
Australia's "lion" with a marsupial bite
Sivatherium
Shiva's horned giant of giraffids
Gorgosaurus
Laramidia's long-legged tyrant