Persepolis is the Greek name for the ancient city of Parsa, located 70 miles northeast of Shiraz in present-day Iran. The name Parsa meant “City of The Persians” and...
Description
Ground Hornbill is an easily recognized bird that is classified as amongst the ‘big six’ avian species of Southern Africa. They are entirely carnivorous...
Top 10 Most Melodious Songbirds in the World
Common Nightingale
We would rank the common nightingale song as the world’s most pleasant and melodic bird...
The dusky Lory parrot (Pseudeos fuscata) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. Alternative common names are the white-rumped lory or the...
The Australian logrunner belongs to the Orthonychidae family of passeriforms. The species is endemic to the eastern part of the country. When searching for...
This long-winged, square-tailed kite (Lophoictinia isura) hunts like a harrier. In contrast to harriers, it skims and circles the tree tops rather than quartering...
Weebill is the shortest bird in Australia. The bird belongs to the family Acanthizidae. Often found in eucalypt woodlands and open forests, the Weebill...
Gull-billed Terns (Gelochelidon nilotica) are primarily land-based birds that inhabit inland swamps, flood sheets, and inlets, whether fresh or brackish, but rarely visit marine...
A bird in the family Petroicidae, the Grey-headed Robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons) has long pale legs. A ground-foraging bird, it feeds on the ground. During...