The yellow-breasted chat is a large North American songbird that migrates seasonally. Despite their bright coloring, they are often hard to spot, since they spend much of their time among thick tangles of vegetation.
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Roseate spoonbills are bright pink birds with long, spoon-shaped bills. They populate marsh areas in Florida and the Gulf Coast where their populations are recovering from decades of over-hunting.
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The sitatunga is a swamp-dwelling antelope native to Africa. Its splayed feet make it an accomplished swimmer. Sitatungas spend the hottest parts of the day resting in the shade of reeds on platforms of dried plants, which they build themselves by circling and trampling on vegetation.
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Spotted pond turtles live in the northern region of the Indian subcontinent in the Indus and Ganges river drainages. They are named for the white or yellow spots on their heads, legs and tails.
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White-eared titi monkeys, also called Bolivian titis or Bolivian gray titis, are vocal, social monkeys that live along rivers and beside lakes in the Amazon River Basin.
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Pumpkinseeds are North American freshwater fish that are very similar in appearance to their cousins, the bluegill.
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Banded mongooses are small, catlike carnivores native to Africa. They are famous for their ability to kill snakes and are one of the most social mongoose species, living in packs of up to 20.
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Green tree pythons are named for their vibrant green color. These nonvenomous snakes and found in the tropical rainforests of New Guinea, eastern Indonesia, and the northeast Cape York Peninsula of Australia.
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Though wild birds, black-crowned night herons are a common sight at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in the summer, where they have a breeding colony. This is their only rookery in Washington, D.C.
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Crocodile monitors are large, arboreal lizards from southeast Asia. They have black-green bodies with patters of bright yellow spots and stripes and can weigh up to 44 pounds.
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