What Makes Owls So Wonderful
As creatures of the night, owls can seem mysterious and kind of spooky. Some people think of them as bad omens or harbingers of death,...
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...
Birds' songs are very melodious in their habitats. Painted bunting songs are one of the most captivating sounds in nature. Painted bunting (Passerina ciris)...
Habitat: The grey-fronted honeyeater (Ptilotula plumula) replaces yellow-plumed honeyeaters (Ptilotula ornata) in stunted desert mallee and eucalypt woodland in a ring around arid Australia, both...
Habitat: Similar in its feeding habits and behavior to white-plumed and gray-fronted honeyeaters. The yellow-plumed honeyeater (Ptilotula ornata) replaces those species in southern Australia's wetter...
Habitat: The purple-gaped honeyeater (Lichenostomus cratitius) is confined to stands of dense, short, elongated mallee and its fringing heaths around the southern Australian coast...