Birds > Tyrannidae & Tyrant Flycatchers
The Many-colored Rush Tyrant (Tachuris rubrigastra), known in Spanish as the ‘siete colores’ (seven colors), is widely regarded as one of the most spectacularly plumaged small passerines in South America. The sole representative of the genus Tachuris, this...
Mammals > Neobalaenidae & Pygmy Right Whales
The Pygmy Right Whale (Caperea marginata) is the smallest, most elusive, and least understood of all living baleen whales (Mysticeti). Endemic strictly to the temperate and subantarctic expanses of the Southern Ocean, this enigmatic cetacean is the sole extant member...
Fungi > Ophiocordycipitaceae & Truffle Parasites
The Drumstick Truffleclub (Tolypocladium capitatum), formerly classified under Cordyceps, is a remarkable parasitic ascomycete fungus native to temperate and boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere. Rather than breaking down dead wood or forming mycorrhizal...
Plants > Proteaceae & Waratahs
The Gibraltar Range Waratah (Telopea aspera) is a spectacular sclerophyll shrub endemic to the high-elevation granite plateaus of northeastern New South Wales, Australia. Long considered a geographical variant of the famed New South Wales Waratah (Telopea...
Invertebrates > Clionidae & Sea Angels
The Antarctic Sea Angel (Platybrachium antarcticum) is a mesmerizing, free-swimming pteropod mollusk endemic to the freezing polar waters of the Southern Ocean. Known collectively as ‘sea angels’ (gymnosomes), these delicate pelagic creatures have...
