Birds

Chan Chan – The World’s Largest Adobe City

Chan Chan city is located near the Pacific coast in the Peruvian region of La Libertad, approximately five kilometers west of Trujillo. It was the largest Pre-Columbian city in...

Mountain Avocetbill: The Tiny Jewel of the Andes

Mountain Avocetbill is one of the most captivating creatures in the bird's kingdom. Mountain Avocetbill "Opisthoprora euryptera" is a...

The Bumblebees – A Social Insects with a Single Queen

The bumblebees are social insects with a single queen. Most people do not realize that there were no...

The Black Cuckoo Sound ! Song ! Call

Description The Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus) is an Afrotropical species. In southern Africa, it is a summer-breeding visitor with...

Paradise Parrot (Psephotus pulcherrimus)

The Paradise Parrot (Psephotus pulcherrimus) was discovered on the Darling Downs of Queensland in 1844 by John Gilbert,...

American pipit (Anthus rubescens)

IDENTIFICATION - American pipit size is about 15.5-17 cm in length. It is known as American Pipit in North America and called Buff-bellied Pipit...

Mongolian Finch (Bucanetes mongolicus)

IDENTIFICATION - Mongolian Finch (Bucanetes mongolicus) is a small passerine bird about 12-13 cm in length, in the finch family Fringillidae. This finch is...

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Habitat: One of the most well-known breeding migrants in the Northern Hemisphere is the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica). The Barn Swallow reaches the northern...

White-backed Swallow (Cheramoeca leucosternum)

Habitat: White-backed Swallow (Cheramoeca leucosterna) is one of Australia's only endemic species of communal birds. Although they disperse to hawk and feed on the...

Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)

Habitat: The Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena) is Australia’s representative of the holarctic Barn Swallow and the similar but larger-billed and square-tailed Pacific Swallow of...

Spot-winged Parrotlet (Touit stictopterus)

  Identification: Spot-winged Parrotlet (Touit stictopterus) is a chunky bird of 16–17 cm in length. It is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae....

Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)

Comb-crested Jacanas have an exceptionally long hind toe (about 75 mm) that helps them walk on waterweeds. Due to this habit, it is commonly...

Ashy-bellied white-eye (Zosterops citrinella)

Zosteropidae is a family of birds that includes the Ashy-bellied white-eye. This species is sometimes called pale white-eye, pale-bellied white-eye, Pale Silvereye, or Pale-bellied...

Common Rosefinch ‘Carpodacus erythrinus’

IDENTIFICATION - Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) is the only widespread rosefinch in Europe and Asia. Everyone is likely to be encountered this beautiful rosefinch...

Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (Gliciphila melanops)

DESCRIPTION - The Tawny-crowned Honeyeaters (Gliciphila melanops) is a passerine bird native to Southern Australia. The male Tawny-crowned Honeyeaters bird rises in spectacular song-flights...