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The American crow is a large all-black bird of farms, woods and city streets across North America.

The American goldfinch is a small seed-eating finch of open weedy country across North America.

The American kestrel is the smallest falcon in the Americas and the most numerous.

The American robin is a large thrush that feeds on lawns and open ground across North America.

The American toad is a stout amphibian of North America.

Anoles are climbing lizards.

Ants have many different colony structures and diets.

The Asian palm civet is a small, cat-like viverrid of South and Southeast Asia that climbs trees at night to eat fruit.

The Atlantic canary is the wild island finch from which domestic canaries descend.

The Australian magpie is a black and white songbird of open country in Australia and southern New Guinea.

The barn owl is a pale nocturnal hunter with a heart-shaped face.

The barn swallow is the most widespread swallow on earth, with a steel blue back and a deeply forked tail.

The barred owl is a large brown owl of North American woodland, with dark eyes, a round head and no ear tufts.

The common bed bug is a small wingless insect that hides in sheltered cracks near sleeping hosts.

The bee hummingbird of Cuba is the smallest bird in the world, at about 2.28 grams.

Black aphids are not a single species.

The black kite is a medium-sized raptor with angled wings and a forked tail.

The black vulture is a glossy black scavenger of the Americas, with a bare grey head and white patches at the wingtips.

Black widows include several related spiders.

The blue jay is a loud blue songbird of the crow family, native to eastern and central North America.

The brown rat is a large, burrowing rodent that lives wherever people live.

The brown recluse is a small brown spider that spends the day in quiet shelter and searches for insects at night.

Bumblebees are social bees that gather nectar and pollen.

The burrowing owl is a small, long-legged owl of open country in the Americas.

The Canada goose is a large black-necked goose with a white chinstrap, native to North America and now settled on four continents.

Carpenter bees excavate wood for nesting.

The carrion crow is an all-black crow of western Europe and eastern Asia with a heavy bill and a harsh croak.

The domestic cat is a small carnivore with a flexible body and retractile claws.

The domestic chicken is a social ground-feeding bird descended chiefly from red junglefowl.

Chipmunks are small striped squirrels.

Cicadas include annual and periodical species.

Cockatoos are parrots with mobile head crests.

Cockroaches occupy many environments.

The common blackbird is a true thrush of Europe, North Africa and western Asia, and the male is glossy black with a yellow eye-ring.

The common myna is a brown starling with a black head and a bare yellow patch behind the eye, native to southern Asia.

The common pheasant is a long-tailed gamebird from Asia that people have released across the world.

The common raccoon dog is a stocky, fox-like canid of East Asia with a black face mask like a raccoon's.

The common starling is a glossy black songbird of Europe and Asia, spangled with white spots in winter.

The common swift is a blackish-brown bird with narrow curved wings that catches every meal in the air.

The corn snake is a nonvenomous American snake with large back markings and a chequered belly.

The coyote is a mid-sized wild dog of North and Central America, smaller than a wolf and larger than a fox.

Crickets include many chirping insects.

Crows are adaptable members of the crow family.

The domestic dog is a social canid whose breeds vary greatly in size and appearance.

Earthworms have different burrowing habits.

The eastern gray squirrel is a medium-sized tree squirrel of the oak and hickory forests of eastern North America.

The Egyptian goose is a pale brown waterbird of African rivers, lakes and grassland, marked by a dark ring around each eye.

The Eurasian blue tit is a small blue and yellow songbird of European woods, parks and gardens.

The Eurasian collared dove is a pale grey dove with a black half-collar on the neck.

The Eurasian jay is a pinkish-brown crow with a bright blue panel on each wing.

The Eurasian magpie is a long-tailed crow of temperate Eurasia, black and white with a green and violet sheen.

The Eurasian sparrowhawk is a small hawk that hunts other birds by ambush.

The European badger is a stocky, striped-faced mustelid that lives in family clans across Europe and western Asia.

The European robin is a small orange breasted songbird of European woods, parks and gardens.

The domestic ferret is a slender carnivorous mammal kept by people.

Finches include many seed-eating songbirds.

Fleas are wingless parasitic insects.

The common fruit fly is a small, widely transported insect associated with fermenting fruit.

Garter snakes are adaptable North American snakes.

Grasshoppers include many plant-eating species.