Birds > Frogmouths
Blyth’s Frogmouth (Batrachostomus affinis) is an elusive, masterfully camouflaged nocturnal bird inhabiting the dense lowland dipterocarp rainforests of the Sundaic region in Southeast Asia. Belonging to the family Podargidae, this extraordinary avian specialist...
Birds > Flamingos
James’s Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi), also known as the puna flamingo, is an ethereal, cold-adapted wading bird confined strictly to the high-elevation Andean altiplano of South America. Once thought to have vanished into extinction in the early 20th century...
Amphibians > Frogs
Lightfoot’s Moss Frog (Arthroleptella lightfooti) is a minute, evolutionarily unique amphibian strictly endemic to the rugged sandstone peaks and mist-laden ravines of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. Named in honor of entomologist R. M. Lightfoot, this...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Natal Midlands Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion thamnobates) is a captivating, viviparous reptile endemic to a narrow, cloud-veiled corridor in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands of South Africa. Adapted to cool, moist temperate mistbelt forests and indigenous shrublands,...
Birds > Pigeons & Doves
The Luzon Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba luzonica) is an enchanting ground dove endemic strictly to the Philippine island of Luzon and adjacent Polillo. Characterized by an astonishing, vividly realistic splash of vivid scarlet plumage centered on its gleaming white...
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