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The Night We Used To Know

Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus), male, family Jacanidae, order Charadriiformes, Sri Lanka

Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina), family Hirundinidae, order Passeriformes, Western U.S.

Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica), family Columbidae, order Columbiformes, found on islands and in coastal regions of South and SE Asia and the Australasian Archipelago

❤️ A dazzling hummingbird famous for its long streaming tail and shimmering colors. 🐦✨

The Red-billed Streamertail is endemic to Jamaica and is the country's national bird. Known for its graceful flight and elegant tail feathers, this remarkable species is one of the Caribbean's most iconic birds.

Scientific Name

Trochilus polytmus

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American Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis sylvicola), male, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Peru

Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus), male, family Calcariidae, order Passeriformes, Pawnee Grasslands, Northern CO, USA

Longspurs and Snow Buntings, now in their own family together, were once in the Emberizidae (old world sparrows, buntings, and some finches), along with the new world sparrows.

Both groups were split off the Emberezidae in the 2010s.

Longspurs are actually not that closely related to sparrows of either continent, as was once thought, and are actually more closely related to the cardinal and tanager families.

Multicolored Tanager (Chlorochrysa nitidissima), family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to Colombia

Riggenbach’s Reed Frog (Hyperolius riggenbachi), family Hyperoliidae, found in Cameroon and Nigeria

Eastern Mud Snake (Farancia a. abacura), family Colubridae, MIssouri, USA

This gorgeous nocturnal aquatic snake feeds on aquatic salamanders, like sirens and amphiumas, which it pins down with its sharp pointed tail.