Birds > Eurylaimidae & Broadbills
The Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos) is universally acclaimed as one of the most vividly painted and charismatic riverine birds in the forests of Southeast Asia. Inhabiting the quiet jungle rivers, mangrove waterways, and oxbow lakes of the...
Mammals > Petauridae & Striped Possums
The Long-fingered Triok (Dactylonax palpator) is an extraordinary and elusive arboreal marsupial endemic to the cloud-shrouded mountain cordillera of New Guinea. Belonging to the striped possum family Petauridae, this nocturnal creature represents a textbook example...
Fungi > Agaricaceae & Bird's Nest Fungi
The Field Bird’s Nest (Cyathus olla) is one of the most mechanically ingenious fungi on Earth, a tiny gasteroid basidiomycete that mimics a miniature bird’s nest complete with a clutch of tiny eggs. Widely distributed across temperate fields, agricultural...
Plants > Proteaceae & Banksias
The Scarlet Banksia (Banksia coccinea), also known colloquially as the Waratah Banksia, is one of the most visually spectacular flowering shrubs in Western Australia’s botanical treasure trove. Endemic to the deep white sands of the south coast kwongan...
Invertebrates > Cosmetidae & Harvestmen
The Bunny Harvestman (Metagryne bicolumnata) is one of the most astonishingly bizarre arachnids in the Neotropics. First described in 1959 by German arachnologist Carl Friedrich Roewer from specimens collected in the Ecuadorian Amazon, this tiny harvestman resembles a...
