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  • Chorisoneura sp.

    Tropical cockroache

    This cockroach has a pale brown, flat, oval body. The head has long antennae and is concealed under a part of the thorax called the pronotum.

    Class
    Insecta
    Order
    Dictyoptera
    Family
    Blattellidae
  • A tropical gar

    Tropical gar

    These fish are distinguished by their elongated, cylindrical body, covered with hard, glossy scales. They have a long, narrow snout lined with sharp teeth, perfectly adapted for capturing prey.

    Class
    Actinopterygii
    Order
    Lepisosteiformes
    Family
    Lepisosteidae
  • Cathartes aura adult

    Turkey vulture

    Although there are no true vultures in the Americas, the turkey vulture and other members of the cathartidae family play the same ecological role, that of carrion eater.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Cathartiforme
    Family
    Cathartidae
  • Tangara mexicana

    Turquoise tanager

    This tanager has a black head and back. It has a blue rump and bluish ivory shoulder patches. Its face and chest are purplish blue spotted with black. Its underparts are yellow.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Passeriformes
    Family
    Thraupidae
  • Buccinum undatum

    Waved whelk

    The soft body of the waved whelk is white, spotted with black. It is covered with a whorled cream-coloured shell. The head of this marine snail bears two antennae.

    Class
    Gasteropoda
    Order
    Caenogastropoda
    Family
    Buccinidae
  • Numenius phaeopus

    Whimbrel

    These large shorebirds are recognized by their slender, down-curved bill. Their brownish plumage, often mottled gray-brown, and the stripes on their head help to identify them.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Charadriiformes
    Family
    Scolopacidae
  • Catostomus commersonii

    White sucker

    This sturdy fish has a cylindrical body and a sucking mouth with fleshy lips. Its back is brassy brown and its flanks are streaked with silver.

    Class
    Osteichthyes (bony fish)
    Order
    Cypriniformes
    Family
    Catostomidae
  • Dendrocygna viduata

    White-faced whistling duck

    Whistling ducks look like big ducks, but in fact are biologically much closer to geese and swans.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Anseriformes
    Family
    Anatidae (geese and ducks)
  • Zonotrichia albicollis

    White-throated sparrow

    These sparrows have a grey breast, a white throat, and a yellow spot between the eye and bill. The stripes on their head can be either buff and brown or black and white.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Passeriformes
    Family
    Passerellidae
  • Pseudopleuronectes americanus

    Winter flounder

    The winter flounder is an oblong laterally compressed flatfish. Its two eyes are set on the right side of its head, or the top side of its body.

    Class
    Osteichthyes (bony fish)
    Order
    Pleuronectiformes
    Family
    Pleuronectidae

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