Birds > Cassowaries
The Dwarf Cassowary (Casuarius bennetti), known as the Mountain Cassowary or Bennett’s Cassowary, is the smallest and most elusive of the three living cassowary species. Inhabiting the steep, mist-shrouded montane rainforests of New Guinea’s central...
Birds > Wading Birds
The Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita), historically known as the Waldrapp, is one of the most critically endangered and charismatic birds in the world. Revered in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs as a symbol of brilliance and splendor, this bizarre cliff-nester...
Birds > Parrots
Pesquet’s Parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus), widely celebrated in popular culture as the ‘Dracula Parrot,’ is a gothic, magnificently bizarre bird endemic to the mist-shrouded mountain rainforests of New Guinea. With its striking combination of jet-black...
Birds > Pigeons
The Tooth-billed Pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), known locally in Samoa as the Manumea, is an evolutionarily isolated and critically imperiled colubmid that holds deep cultural significance as Samoa’s national bird. Often referred to as the ‘Little...
Birds > Ibises
The Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon), or Toki, is an iconic and breathtaking wading bird celebrated throughout East Asian culture as an emblem of elegance, purity, and enduring peace. Once on the absolute threshold of global extinction—down to a single remnant...
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