Birds

Garden Warbler – A Common and Widespread Bird

The Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) is a medium-sized bird of about 14 cm in length. The bird is a relatively plump, stout-billed, stout-legged, almost featureless mouse-brown warbler, with outstanding...

Caracal Cat: The Ancient Desert Predator Often Mistaken for a Lynx

Caracal Cat with its long legs and tufted ears, looks like an African version of the lynx, and...

Amazing Spider Webs Creates 25 feet in Height

Well, there’s a species of spider that grows and habitually lives in colonies and forms spider webs that...

Coleus Plant – Loved for its Dramatically Variegated Leaves

Coleus is a colorful perennial plant, whose flowers are grown as a tender annual. This plant is loved...

Ginkgo biloba – Traditional Medicine Tree

This family includes a single species, which now survives in the wild in only a small area in...

Grey-headed Robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons)

A bird in the family Petroicidae, the Grey-headed Robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons) has long pale legs. A ground-foraging bird, it feeds on the ground. During...

Carpentarian grasswren – One of Australia’s Least Known birds

Carpentarian Grasswren (Amytornis dorotheae) is named for its confinement to the sandstones of the Carpentarian system at the head of the Gulf of Carpentaria....

Bar-bellied woodpecker

The Bar-bellied woodpecker (Veniliornis nigriceps) is a small size 17-19cm in length and is a species of bird in the family Picidae. The range of...

Torres Strait Imperial-Pigeons – Admiring the Grace and Beauty and Whispers of Elegance

Late dry seasons in New Guinea herald the breeding season of Torres Strait Imperial-Pigeons (Ducula spilorrhoa), which are common in the lowlands. They remain...

Rufous-necked Hornbill – Gorgeous Bird of South Asia

Rufous-necked Hornbill (Aceros nipalensis) is a beautiful species of hornbill in the northeastern Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Rufous-necked hornbill numbers had declined significantly...

Blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)

Description The Blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) is famous for its loud human-like whistling song in the early morning and evening. It is mostly found...

Oriental Cuckoo – Nature’s Master of Disguise

Similar to the European Cuckoo, the Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus) migrates from its breeding grounds each autumn to non-breeding winters in southeastern Asia, Indonesia,...

The Black-eared Cuckoo

This cuckoo is a quiet, drawn-out whistle that fades away. It identifies the Black-eared Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx osculans) which belongs to the family Cuculidae. During breeding,...

Paradise Riflebird “Ptiloris paradiseus”

Common / Scientific Name Paradise Riflebird “Ptiloris paradiseus” Description Paradise Riflebird is a medium size bird of the family Paradisaeidae. Earlier, it was a member of the...

Silver-crowned Friarbird (Philemon argenticeps)

Silver-crowned friarbird (Philemon argenticeps) rolling clank can be heard among the dawn choruses in tropical eucalypt forests and woodlands of far northern Australia. Meliphagidae...