The Peregrine Falcon is the namesake for the inland Audubon group. David Allen Sibley calls this bird the embodiment of speed and power.

The scientific binomial for Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, is Latin for ‘diving rump foot.’ It’s a fitting description of the small bird’s legs and feet, which are attached toward the back of its body.

Pelagic Cormorants do not live up to their names. Rather than going far out in the open ocean, they stay within a few miles of shore.