Yellow Warbler

Birds > Songbirds

The Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) is a brilliant, sunshine-colored songbird celebrated as one of the most widespread and recognizable warblers in the Western Hemisphere. Filling riparian willow thickets across North America with its cheerful, musical...

Slate-colored Coot

Birds > Gruiformes & Rails

The Slate-colored Coot (Fulica ardesiaca), also widely celebrated as the Andean Coot, is a high-altitude rail endemic to the majestic lakes and puna wetlands of the Andean mountains. Enduring freezing night temperatures and intense UV radiation above 4,000 meters, it...

White-winged Coot

Birds > Gruiformes & Rails

The White-winged Coot (Fulica leucoptera) is a common, widespread aquatic rail native to the open lakes, flooded plains, and marshes of southern South America. Named for the conspicuous white trailing edges on its secondaries visible in flight, it is readily...

Red-gartered Coot

Birds > Gruiformes & Rails

The Red-gartered Coot (Fulica armillata) is a large, charismatic waterbird native to the wetlands, marshes, and lakes of the Southern Cone of South America. The largest and most abundant coot across Patagonia, Argentina, and Chile, it derives its common and scientific...

Common Gallinule

Birds > Gruiformes & Rails

The Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata), affectionately known in southern bayous as the Water Hen or Laughing Gallinule, is an iconic, colorful marsh bird ubiquitous across the freshwater wetlands of the Americas. Instantly recognized by its brilliant candy-apple red...