Rheidae is a family of flightless ratite birds which first appeared in the Paleocene. It is today represented by the sole living genus Rhea, but also contains several extinct genera.
The pale-breasted spinetail, is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from Costa Rica to Uruguay, and in Trinidad.
Alauda is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, and one of the species endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands. Further, at least two additional species are known from the fossil record. The current genus name is from Latin alauda, "lark". Pliny the Elder thought the word was originally of Celtic origin.
The hairy conger, Bassanago albescens, is a conger of the family Congridae.
The Karoo lark should not be confused with the similarly named Karoo long-billed lark.
The white suckerfish or mantasucker is a species of remora in the family Echeneidae, a group of elongated marine fish with adhesive discs for attaching to larger organisms. The distribution of this species is worldwide in warm open seas: it is found in the western Indian Ocean including Réunion and Mauritius, in the eastern Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Chile, and in the western and eastern central Atlantic Ocean from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to Brazil and St. Paul's Rocks.
Griseargiolestes albescens is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae. It is commonly known as a coastal flatwing.
Nassarius albescens, common name : the whitish nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Aglossosia albescens is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It is found in Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
Sybra is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:
Sybra umbratica is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Pascoe in 1865.
Sybra uenoi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Hayashi in 1956. It is known from Japan.
Sybra bioculata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Pic in 1925. It contains four subspecies: Sybra bioculata bioculata, Sybra bioculata quadrinotata, Sybra bioculata sikkimana, and Sybra bioculata tigrina.
Sybra mimogeminata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning and Ohbayashi in 1964. It contains two subspecies, Sybra mimogeminata carinatipennis and Sybra mimogeminata mimogeminata.
Sybra ordinata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Bates in 1873.
Sybra pascoei is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Lameere in 1893.
Sybra subfasciata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Bates in 1884.
Kloss's squirrel or Kloss squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to northern Sumatra in Indonesia. Population data is insufficient to assess its conservation status according to the IUCN. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of C. notatus.
Castanopsis sieboldii, also known as the Itajii Chinkapin or Itajii, is a species of evergreen tree that lives in subtropical eastern Asia. This is a climax species that is commonly found in the Japanese temperate rainforest. Specimens are also present within the forest area of the Tokyo Imperial Palace.
Conostylis albescens is a rhizomatous, tufted perennial plant species in the family Haemodoraceae, endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. Plants grow to between 12 and 17 cm high and produce yellow-cream-white flowers in August in the species' native range. The grey-green, hairy, leaves are 12–17 cm long and 0.8–1.5 mm wide.
