Complete Clue List
Across
1. Sandhill ___ (Antigone canadensis), long-necked and leggy bird (5)
4. ___ frogmouth (Batrachostomus auritus), SE Asian bird (5)
7. Common vampire ___ (Desmodus rotundus), haematophagous mammal (3)
8. Golden ___ (Mesocricetus auratus), common pet (7)
9. ___ antshrike (Thamnophilus divisorius), bird discovered in western Brazil in 1996 (4)
10. ___ kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon), N. American perching fisher (6)
13. ___ tiger, (Panthera tigris tigris), large Asian wild cat (6)
14. Alaskan king ___ (Paralithodes camtschaticus), food species (4)
17. Blackfin ___ (Chaenocephalus aceratus), found in Antarctic waters, lacks haemoglobin (7)
19. ___ crawler (Grylloblatta campodeiformis), insect found on glaciers (3)
20. Head ___ (Pediculus humanus capitis), wingless parasitic insect (5)
21. ___'s tiger parrot (Psittacell spp.), species named after a German collector (5)
Down
1. King ___ (Ophiophagus hannah), Asian snake (5)
2. Ancient ___ (Herpsilochmus gentry), tropical Peruvian bird, one of 200 species in the family (7)
3. ___ parrot (Psittacula eques), found on Mauritius (4)
4. Black-footed ___ (Patella depressa), clinging marine snail (6)
5. Ord's kangaroo ___ (Dipodomys ordii), bouncing around western N. America (3)
6. Bony-___ assfish (Acanthonus armatus), a deep-sea species of cusk-eel (5)
11. Eastern subterranean ___ (Reticulitermes flavipes), makes its presence felt in the US (7)
12. ___ otter (Lontra felina), rare S. American member of the weasel family (6)
13. ___ (Scophthalmus rhombus), flatfish in the turbot family (5)
15. Gilt-head ___ (Sparus aurata), widely-farmed, prized in Mediterranean cooking (5)
16. European ___ (Squalius cephalus), popular freshwater angling fish (4)
18. ___ (Dromaius novaehollandiae), Australian flightless bird (3)