Six-lined Soapfish

Fish > Groupers & Soapfishes

The Six-lined Soapfish (Grammistes sexlineatus) is an intriguing, secretive reef predator native to the warm tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific. Featuring an elongated, dark chocolate-brown to jet-black body accented by crisp horizontal golden-yellow...

White-crested Helmetshrike

Birds > Vangas & Helmetshrikes

The White-crested Helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus) is an exceptionally social, charismatic passerine bird native to the open woodlands and broadleaved savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Instantly identified by its bushy, upright white frontal crest, bold black-and-white...

Bare-faced Go-away-bird

Birds > Turacos

The Bare-faced Go-away-bird (Corythaixoides concolor), commonly known throughout southern Africa as the grey go-away-bird or grey lourie, is an unmistakable, vocal member of the turaco family Musophagidae. Clad in a subdued suit of smokey-slate grey plumage and...

Red-and-yellow Barbet

Birds > Barbets & Toucans

The Red-and-yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus) is a strikingly colorful, ground-foraging bird native to the arid thornbush savannas of East Africa. Instantly recognizable by its dazzling mosaic of crimson-red, golden-yellow, pitch-black, and white-spotted...

Mountain Treeshrew

Mammals > Treeshrews

The Mountain Treeshrew (Tupaia montana) is an active, diurnal mammal endemic to the cloud-shrouded montane peaks of Borneo. Closely allied to early primate ancestors, this squirrel-like scandentian thrives in high-elevation oak, chestnut, and mossy rhododendron...