Species with Funny English Common Names

Where do all these species live? Use this field guide to find out.

All 117

Triatoma sanguisuga

Tufted Tit-Tyrant ¹
Anairetes parulus

Ulolonche modesta ²

Valerianella radiata ³

Whip-poor-will ⁴
Caprimulgus vociferus

Willie Wagtail ⁵
Rhipidura leucophrys

Witch's Butter ⁶
Tremella mesenterica

Xanterriaria mediocris

Yellow Water-lily ⁷
Nuphar lutea

Yellow-bellied Marmot ⁸
Marmota flaviventris

Zeltus amasa ⁹

bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil
Gerbillurus vallinus

devil's coach-horse beetle ⁸
Ocypus olens

jack-in-the-pulpits and cobra lilies ¹⁰
arisaema

strange big-eared brown bat
Histiotus alienus

tubícola chusco ¹¹
Neoclinus blanchardi

white baneberry ¹²
Actaea pachypoda

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