In western Europe, MONT BLANC is the highest peak at 15,781 feet (4,810 meters) above sea level. For centuries, this Alpine behemoth, shaped as a dome and gouged by...
Living in Australia’s arid zone, with its erratic rainfall, White-fronted Honeyeaters (Phylidonyris albifrons) are nomads. White-fronted Honeyeaters arrive in large numbers where nectar-rich shrubs...
The nocturnal habits and chunky, cinnamon-toned form set the Rufous Night Heron apart from other Australian herons. There is a higher percentage of them-up...
Behavior and Habitats: In the underparts of the Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), there is a faint but evanescent rosy coloration that gives the species its...
Habitats & Behaviour: In Australia, the White-fronted Tern is an endemic marine species, never found inland; in contrast, in New Zealand, where it breeds, the...
The closest relative of the Laughing Kookaburra, the Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo zeachii) lives in the northern and northeastern coastal fringes of Australia as well...
The female of Red-backed Button-quail is, as with other buttonquail, polyandrous, mating with itinerant males each breeding season and never pairing with any. She...
The fire-tailed myzornis (Myzornis pyrrhoura) is a bird species formerly placed in the Old World babbler family (Timaliidae). Its genus Myzornis is monotypic and...
Family: Hume's wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra) is a member of the Old-World flycatcher family Muscicapidae in the genus Oenanthe that a French ornithologist, Louis Vieillot,...