Birds

King of Saxony – The Bird-of-Paradise

The King of Saxony, or Alberti, has been described in the 1894 bulletin of the British Ornithologist’s Club by Adolf Bernard Meyer of the Dresden Museum. The bird's name...

The British Redwing (Turdus iliacus)

The British Redwing ‘’Turdus iliacus” is a winter bird, and only very few pairs nest in the UK....

Slender-billed thornbill: The Elegance of Nature’s Gem

Slender-billed thornbill (Acanthiza iredalei) habitats are treeless expanses of shrub fields, whether samphire and blue-bush around salt lakes...

Sauerkraut and its Benefits?

Many people do not know about Sauerkraut and its Benefits. A genius must have thought of this wonderful...

The Shy Red-lored Whistler

DESCRIPTION The beautiful Red-lored Whistler “Pachycephala rufogularis” is one of a group of three large whistlers that, are endemic...

Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)

The Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) is faced with a life of toil from the moment it hatches underground. The chick must struggle up through a...

Intermediate Egret (Ardea interrnedia)

Family: The Intermediate Egret (Ardea interrnedia) is a member of the heron family Ardeidae in the genus Ardea. Some authorities classify the intermediate egret...

Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Sericornis citreogularis)

In the eastern coastal area of Australia, you can find the passerine bird Yellow-throated scrubwren (Neosericornis citreogularis) which is in the family Acanthizidae.   The...

Swift Parrot “Lathamus discolor”

Swift Parrot is a tree-living bird and is usually seen in small parties feeding on blossoms among the topmost branches of eucalypts or flying...

Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)

Behavior & Habitats: During foraging for spiders, larvae, beetles, and other insects, the Crested Shrike-tit uses its powerful bill in a variety of ways....

Yellow-legged Flycatcher (Kempiella griseoceps)

Family: The yellow-legged flycatcher (Kempiella griseoceps) belongs to the Petroicidae family of passerine birds. Behavior and Habitats: Yellow-legged Flycatcher is distinguished from Lemon Bellied Flycatcher...

Eastern Reef Egret (Ardea sacra)

Family: The Eastern Reef Egret (Ardea sacra) belongs to the heron family Ardeidae in the genus Egretta. Habitat: The eastern reef egret is an exclusively...

Grey Currawong (Strepera versicolor)

Diet: The Grey Currawong explores the forest from upper branches to the ground in search of food, picking up insects, small vertebrates, eggs, and young...

Trumpet Manucode (Manucodia keraudrenii)

Trumpet Manucode are aberrant birds of paradise that breed in monogamous pairs, lack patches of metallic color, and have, in males, a long coiled...

Wandering Albatross – The Largest Flying Bird

Wandering Albatross (Diornedea exulans) is the largest flying bird with a wingspan of nearly three-and-a-half meters. True to its name it wanders around the...