The Common raven (Corvus corax) is a large all-black passerine bird. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids. It is one of the two largest corvids, alongside the Thick-billed raven, and is possibly the...
The Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America. It is one of the most common members within the genus of Buteo in North America or worldwide. The Red-tailed hawk is one of three species...
The Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) is a large owl native to the Americas. It is an extremely adaptable bird with a vast range and is the most widely distributed true owl in the Americas. The Great horned owl is one of the earliest nesting birds...
The White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is a medium-sized deer native to the Americas where it is the most widely distributed wild ungulate. Texas is home to the most White-tailed deer of any U.S. state or Canadian province, with an estimated...
The cane toad (Rhinella marina ), also known as the giant neotropical toad or marine toad, is a large, terrestrial true toad native to South and mainland Central America, but which has been introduced to various islands throughout Oceania and the...
The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) is a small colorful bird that received its name from the resemblance of the male's colors to those on the coat-of-arms of Lord Baltimore. It is the state bird of Maryland. It is also the namesake and mascot for...
The Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) is one of the most iconic and beloved wildlife in the American West. It is so-named because of its large ears that look like a mule's ears.
The Kermode bear, sometimes called the spirit bear (Ursus americanus kermodei ), is a subspecies of the American black bear and lives in the Central and North Coast regions of British Columbia, Canada. It is the official provincial mammal of British...
The Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) is a small North American thrush. The bright-blue breeding plumage of the male, easily observed on a wire or open perch, makes this species a favorite of birders. These bluebirds are the most common of the three...
The American kestrel (Falco sparverius) is the smallest and most common falcon in North America. It is a common bird used in falconry, especially by beginners. Though not as strong a flyer as many other, larger falcons, proper training and weight...
The Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) is a small, long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America. Unlike most owls, these owls are often active during the day, but like many other kinds of owls, though, they do most of...
Common swifts (Apus apus) are medium-sized aerial birds known for their superb flying ability. These birds never settle voluntarily on the ground, where they would be vulnerable to accidents and predation, and non-breeding individuals may spend up...
The Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) is a mammal found in North, Central, and South America. This makes it the most widespread of the armadillos. Its ancestors originated in South America and remained there until the formation of the...
The American toad (Anaxyrus americanus ) is a common species of toad found throughout Canada and the eastern United States. It is divided into three subspecies: the eastern American toad (A. a. americanus ), the dwarf American toad (A. a....
The Chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) is a highly aerial bird belonging to the swift family Apodidae. A member of the genus Chaetura, it is closely related to both the Vaux's swift and the Chapman's swift; in the past, the three were sometimes...
The acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus ) is a medium-sized woodpecker, 21 cm (8.3 in) long, with an average weight of 85 g (3.0 oz).
Yellow-breasted chats are large songbirds and are the New World warbler family's most atypical member. In the spring the male delivers a fluid cascade of whistles, chuckles, cackles, and gurgles. For the remainder of the year, the birds are rarely...
The Roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti), also known commonly as the Olympic elk and Roosevelt's wapiti, is the largest of the four surviving subspecies of elk (Cervus canadensis ) in North America by body mass (although by antler size, both...
The American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) is a wading bird in the heron family that is best known for the unique, loud, guttural call made by the male, which has resulted in it being given several nicknames, including ‘water belcher’, ‘thunder...
The Yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia) is the most widespread species in the diverse genus Setophaga. The part of its scientific name comes from Ancient Greek and roughly means "moth eating". Yellow warblers, in particular the young, devour many...
The Band-tailed pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata) is a medium-sized bird of the Americas. It is the largest pigeon in North America. Its closest relatives are the Chilean pigeon and the Ring-tailed pigeon.
The Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) is a species of vesper bat found throughout the Americas. It was first described as a species in 1796. Compared to other microbats, Big brown bats are relatively large and consume a diverse array of night-flying...
The common gallinule (Gallinula galeata ) is a bird in the family Rallidae. It was split from the common moorhen by the American Ornithologists' Union in July 2011. It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals, and other wetlands in the...
The blue-gray gnatcatcher or blue-grey gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea ) is a very small songbird native to North America.
The black-and-white warbler (Mniotilta varia ) is a species of New World warbler, and the only member of its genus, Mniotilta. It breeds in northern and eastern North America and winters in Florida, Central America, and the West Indies down to Peru....
The black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus ) is a New World species in the Cuculidae (cuckoo) family. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus name kokkuzo, means to call like a common cuckoo, and erythropthalmus is from eruthros,...
The Sitka deer or Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis ), is a subspecies of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus ), similar to the Columbian black-tailed subspecies (O. h. colombianus ). Their name originates from Sitka, Alaska, and it...
The bananaquit (Coereba flaveola ) is a species of passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. Before the development of molecular genetics in the 21st century, its relationship to other species was uncertain and it was either placed with the...
The glacier bear (Ursus americanus emmonsii ), sometimes referred to as the "blue bear", is a subspecies of American black bear with silver-blue or gray hair endemic from Southeast Alaska, to the extreme northwestern tip of British Columbia, and to...
The hoary bat (Aeorestes cinereus ) is a species of bat in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. It lives throughout most of North America (possibly including Hawaii, although this is disputed).
The British Columbia wolf (Canis lupus columbianus ) is a subspecies of gray wolf which lives in a narrow region that includes those parts of the mainland coast and near-shore islands that are covered with temperate rainforest, which extends from...
The prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea ) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. It is the only member of the genus Protonotaria.
The hooded skunk (Mephitis macroura ) is a species of mammal in the family Mephitidae. Mephītis in Latin means "foul odor", μακρός (makrós ) in Greek translates to "long" and οὐρά (ourá ) translates to "tail".
The hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata ) is one of three extant species of vampire bats. It mainly feeds on the blood of wild birds, but can also feed both on domestic birds and humans. This vampire bat lives mainly in tropical and...
The black-throated blue warbler (Setophaga caerulescens ) is a small passerine bird of the New World warbler family. Its breeding ranges are located in the interior of deciduous and mixed coniferous forests in eastern North America. Over the cooler...
The green-and-black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus ), also known as the green-and-black poison arrow frog and green poison frog (among others), is a brightly colored member of the order Anura native to Central America and northwestern parts...
The white-tailed hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus ) is a large bird of prey species found in tropical and subtropical environments of the Americas.
The blue-headed vireo (Vireo solitarius ) is a Neotropical migrating song bird found in North and Central America. There are currently two recognized subspecies that belong to the blue-headed vireo. It has a range that extends across Canada and the...
The cerulean warbler (Setophaga cerulea ) is a small songbird in the family Parulidae. It is a long-distance migrant, breeding in eastern North American hardwood forests. In the non-breeding season, it winters on the eastern slope of the Andes in...
The green jay (Cyanocorax luxuosus ) is a species of the New World jays, and is found in Central America. Adults are about 27 cm (11 in) long and variable in colour across their range; they usually have blue and black heads, green wings and mantle,...
The spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius ) is a small shorebird. Together with its sister species the common sandpiper (A. hypoleucos ), it makes up the genus Actitis. They replace each other geographically; stray birds may settle down with...
The Blackburnian warbler (Setophaga fusca ) is a small New World warbler. They breed in eastern North America, from southern Canada, westwards to the southern Canadian Prairies, the Great Lakes region and New England, to North Carolina.Blackburnian...
