Male peafowl, also called peacocks, are instantly recognizable with their striking tail feathers. Revered in their original range country of India, peafowl have spread around the world as symbols of wealth and power. They are the largest member of the pheasant family.
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This small, greenish-yellow songbird can be found among the boreal, or forests of the northern U.S. and Canada, singing its buzzy „zee-zee-zee-zooo-zeet“ song from the treetops.
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A small bird with a big bill, the blue grosbeak is a North American songbird with a striking deep-blue color. Found throughout much of the southern United States, their rich, warbling song can be heard around thickets and hedgerows during the breeding season. Sometimes they will pop up to a high perch to flick and spread their tails.
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Freshwater stingrays live in the Amazon River system and are one of the only rays inhabiting freshwater rather than saltwater. Though docile animals, they are responsible for more injuries to humans each year than any other Amazonian species.
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Eastern screech-owls are commonly found in evergreen and deciduous forests near water. They are short, stocky owls with gray or reddish-brown feathers and yellow eyes.
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The critically endangered Chinese alligator is one of the few alligators outside of the Americas. It is native to slow-moving, freshwater areas of the lower Yangtze River in China where it eats snails, crustaceans, insects, fish, young waterfowl and rodents.
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The Taylor’s cantil, also called the ornate cantil, is a member of the viper family found in the northeastern part of Mexico. This venomous snake is dark brown to black with white, orange or yellow bands along its body and head.
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A very small wading bird, semipalmated sandpipers are one of the most common sandpipers. They are a familiar sight to beachgoers as they dart about in the waves. Their name, “semipalmated,” means they have partially webbed feet.
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Spiny-tailed monitors are small lizards found in Northern Australia. Their appearance is often likened to that of a miniature Komodo dragon.
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The Schmidt’s red-tailed monkey — also called the black-cheeked white-nosed monkey, red-tailed guenon or Schmidt’s guenon — is a small guenon with a white or yellow nose, white cheeks and a long tail. These monkeys are native to central Africa and are threatened by hunting and deforestation.
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