Birds > Rails & Coots
The Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana) is a small, exquisitely patterned wetland bird of the rail family Rallidae. Inhabiting the densest, most inaccessible freshwater fens and flooded sedge marshes across Eurasia, it is globally celebrated for its enchanting, nocturnal...
Birds > Finfoots & Rails
The African Finfoot (Podica senegalensis) is a bizarre, highly secretive aquatic bird belonging to the small, ancient family Heliornithidae. Neither a duck nor a grebe, this reclusive waterbird combines a slender, cormorant-like neck with a serrated bright orange bill...
Amphibians > Salamanders
Mabee’s Salamander (Ambystoma mabeei) is a secretive, small mole salamander endemic to the unique acidic blackwater wetlands and pine savannas of the Atlantic Coastal Plain in the southeastern United States. Named in honor of the naturalist William B. Mabee who...
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