Procyonids are medium-sized omnivores that range throughout much of North America. Raccoons, coatis, and ringtails feed on insects, small mammals, birds, lizards, and fruits. Ringtails are much smaller and...
Distribution: The northernmost representative of the woodstar–sheartail group, the striking Lucifer Hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer) is found in the desert...
Habitat: Mangrove Robin (Peneothello pulverulenta) lives primarily in mangroves along the coast and estuaries of northern Australia, where it prefers the denser, lower, mallee-like...
Habitat: A ground bird of heathier Mallee, the Southern Scrub-robin (Drymodes brunneopygia) is thrush-like in form and behavior. In fact, some recent classifications have...
Little wattlebirds (Anthochaera chrysoptera) belong to the Meliphagidae family of honeyeaters. Little Wattlebirds have replaced Brush Wattlebirds in southwestern Australia; they have long been...
Habitat: Lemon-bellied Flycatcher (Microeca flavigaster) habitat is forests across tropical northern Australia. It can be found in the semi-moist areas of paperbark Melaleuca, eucalypt...
A lesser-known bird in Australia, the Grey Honeyeater (Conopophila whitei) is most often overlooked. Western central Australia's mulga belt is home to this honeyeater....
Habitat: Little Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla megarhyncha) is a sedentary bird of closed-canopied vine forests, such as rainforests in northeastern Queensland, monsoon jungles in northwestern Australia,...
Family: The white-breasted Whistler (Pachycephala lanioides) belongs to the family Pachycephalidae in the order Passeriformes.
Habitat: The White-breasted Whistler is an imposing whistler and one...
Black-tailed treecreepers (Climacteris melanurus) are endemic to north and northwestern Australia. It belongs to the family Climacteridae. Black-tailed treecreepers have pale wing stripes that...
Habitat: The Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris) is common throughout much of its range, and there is scarcely a tract of open forest anywhere in...