Birds

Lítla Dímun – Clouds often Cover the Uninhabited Island

Lítla Dímun is a tiny and secluded island located between Suðuroy and Stóra Dímun in the Faroe Islands. It stands out as the smallest of the 18 main islands...

Exocoetidae: Amazing Fish That Flies

Exocoetidae is a Fish That Flies, usually called Flying Fish; belongs to a family of fishes aptly. Its...

Larkspur: A Delicate Long Lasting Cut Flower

Larkspur known scientifically as Delphinium is a delicate long-lasting cut flower.  If you love delphiniums but don’t have...

Walking Palm Tree: Myth or Reality? Discover the Truth!

Walking Palm Tree has allegedly developed a rather unique ability unbecoming of a plant: “the ability to walk.”....

Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)

Gull-billed Terns (Gelochelidon nilotica) are primarily land-based birds that inhabit inland swamps, flood sheets, and inlets, whether fresh...

Fairy Gerygone (Gerygone palpebrosa)

Fairy Gerygone is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. The bird is native to New Guinea and Queensland and was previously known...

Starling Birds – Saints or Sinners?

Starling birds are so familiar that birdwatchers all too often ignore them. Yet, if it were as rare today as it used to be,...

Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus) (Latham, 1801)

Family: Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus) is a member of the family Oriolidae Habitat: Olive-backed Orioles are birds of eucalypt woodland and open forest, living and...

Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)

HABITAT  Laughing dove is mainly associated with human habitation, occurring in towns, villages, gardens, orchards, oases, and associated cultivation, but locally in scattered acacias far...

Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis)

Family: The black-chinned honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis) belongs to the family Meliphagidae, a member of the genus Melithreptus Habitat: Temperate and subtropical/tropical dry forests are their...

Common Mynah in Australia

Common Mynah in Australia: In 1862, the Common Mynah was introduced to Melbourne from Southeast Asia. In no time, the Common Mynah established itself...

Nutmeg Mannikin (Lonchura punctulata)

The Nutmeg Mannikin (Lonchura punctulata) is a bird commonly seen along the east coast of Australia today. Among its favorite habitats are long grasses...

Loggerhead Shrike Call

Loggerhead Shrike Call According to Wikipedia, the loggerhead Shrike song range is broad and varied and has been described as harsh and jarring. The bird...

The Curlew Bird and Its Cousin

The Curlew bird (Numenius arquata) is the largest European wader. It is resident, breeding in moorland, grassland, marshes, and dunes. In winter, it is...

The Himalayan cutia (Cutia nipalensis)

Family: The Himalayan cutia, “Cutia nipalensis,” is a bird species in Leiothrichidae.  Distribution: The amazing species inhabit the Himalayan region, found in north India along...