Tawny Frogmouth
The broken-branch bird of the night
Conservation Threats
Pollution
Contamination from chemicals, plastics, noise, and light affecting wildlife health and behavior
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Sandpiper
Built for mudflats and megamigrations
Eurasian Bullfinch
Rosy cap, quiet call, bud-time feeder
Eastern Kingbird
Tiny tyrant with a white-tipped tail
Mockingbird
The bird with 400 voices
Australian Firehawk
Smoke-follower of the savannas
Ovenbird
The "teacher" of the forest floor
Flycatcher
Perch. Pounce. Snack in midair.
Eurasian Eagle-owl
Booming monarch of the night cliffs
Oxpecker
Tick riders of the African savanna
Finch
Built to crack seeds, born to sing
Nuthatch
Head-first bark detectives
Great Kiskadee
Hear it before you see it: Kiskadee!
Eurasian Collared Dove
The collar-marked urban colonizer
Kagu
Crest up. Wings out. Kagu!
Egyptian Tortoise
Small shell, big desert survivor
Kowari
Black-banded tail, desert hunter
Knight Anole
Cuba's bold, tree-top "knight" lizard
Eastern Box Turtle
Nature's little hinged "lockbox"
Loris
Quiet climbers of the night canopy
Kodiak Bear
Island giants of salmon season
Eastern Meadowlark
The flute-voice of open fields
Tiger snake
Southern wetlands' striped heavyweight
Eastern Tiger Snake
Wetland hunter with a tiger's bite