Birds

Painted Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)

The Painted Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) is a brilliantly patterned bird with wings that are marked like the wings of a huge butterfly. It is rarely seen and is often...

Shingle Beach – Armoured with Pebbles and Cobbles

When the word “Beach” comes, the first notion comes in mind is sand and water. People do not...

Painted buttonquail (Turnix varius)

Family: Painted buttonquail (Turnix varius) is the quails that belong to the family Turnicidae, but do not closely...

Jonathan – The World’s Oldest Tortoise

The world's oldest tortoise is starting over with a clean sheet at 184 years old and enjoying his...

The Interesting Moulin on Glacier

The Moulin on Glacier is something very interesting when just like rainwater dissolves the bedrock on the Earth’s...

Black Grasswren (Amytornis housei)

The Black Grasswren (Amytornis housei) could have been a lost species as well. However, the Black Grasswren was only recently rediscovered because of its...

Varied honeyeater (Gavicalis versicolor)

Habitat: The varied honeyeater (Gavicalis versicolor) is a bird that is different from the mangrove honeyeater. Both can intergrade as one species, showing how unreliable...

Magnificent Teratorn: The Enormous Extinct Bird

When did it become extinct? The only known remains of the magnificent Teratorn are from around 6 million years ago. But unluckily we don’t have...

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,...