Birds

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)

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...

Hide and Seek Beach – A Miracles of Nature

This world is full of so many places to discover, that even a lifetime of traveling will not...

The Magnificent Red-headed woodpecker

Habitat: The red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) is a common transient and summer resident statewide. It is a local and irregular...

The Amazing Baobab Tree – A Tree of Life!

Grandidier’s Baobab Tree is the biggest and most well-known of Madagascar’s species of Baobabs. It is also known...

Pygmy Marmoset: The Smallest Monkey in the World

The Pygmy Marmoset is the smallest monkey in the world. This petite monkey is native to the rainforests...

Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

Identification: The Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) is a transatlantic vagrant. As the name hints, it is a very yellow bird with vibrant bright yellow...

Yellow-faced honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops)

Habitat: The yellow-faced honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops) is among Australia's most conspicuous migrants. Each autumn, thousands leave their breeding grounds in southeastern Australia to travel...

White-lined honeyeater (Territornis albilineata)

Habitat: White-lined honeyeater (Territornis albilineata) chasms and ravines filled with broad-leaved scrub and pockets of monsoon vine forest among sandstone escarpments are the habitats...

Difference Between Carolina Wren vs House Wren

Many birders are confused about the difference between Carolina Wren vs House Wren. They have close resemblances, making them difficult to identify. Carolina Wren Carolina Wren...

Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)

Habitat: Common stonechat is found in an open bushy country of all types, from mountainsides, moorland, and steppe to coastal cliffs and islands. Outside...

Banded Whiteface (Aphelocephala nigricincta)

Banded whiteface is a gregarious bird like other white faces. The banded whiteface is a local nomad, wandering about in small feeding parties and...

Painted Firetail (Emblema pictum)

In Australia, painted firetails (Emblema pictum) are a common species of estrildid finches. Along gorges and acacia- and spinifex-clad hills in northern inland Australia,...

Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)

Distribution: The pied Kingfisher is a large kingfisher in Egypt, South Asia, the Middle East, and Turkey. The birds do not migrate except for short-distance...

The Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet

Description: A small Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet (Touit purpuratus) is one of two similar but allopatric Touit parrotlets with brown on the back and red tail. ...

White-eared honeyeater (Nesoptilotis leucotis)

Habitat: The white-eared honeyeater (Nesoptilotis leucotis) is unlike most of its relatives; it is not communal, rarely gathers at flowering food trees, and never forms...