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 name. An uncommon tern found...
Habitat: The tropical scrubwren (Sericornis beccarii) replaces the large-billed scrubwren (Sericornis magnirostra) in the rainforests and vine scrubs...
Habitat: The beautiful brush wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera) lacks the wattles that characterize other members of the genus. On the southeastern mainland, these birds are...
Habitat: The arresting staccato calls of the Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) are characteristic of eastern Australia's eucalypt woodlands, mallee, and drier open forests. Brown...
The cliffs of Latrabjarg, in Iceland, are home to millions of birds. This includes puffins, northern gannets, guillemots, and razorbills. Noteworthy: some 40% of...
Habitat: The desert-dwelling white-browed Treecreeper (Climacteris affinis) is the quietest and least conspicuous of its group. Its core habitats are the dense mulga and...
Habitat: Despite being a Mallee bird, Gilbert's Whistler can be found in small pockets of mixed shrubbery—mostly Melaleuca—where they form dense stands. An established...
Habitat: The Danish ornithologist “Finn Salomonsen,” in his revision of the world's honeyeaters, first realized that the 'Fuscous' and yellow-tinted honeyeaters (Ptilotula flavescens) were...
Family: The white-browed babbler is a small, gregarious bird in the Pomatostomidae family.
Habitat: Even though it is smaller and more active than the Grey-crowned...