Birds

Gibraltar Airport – Strange Runway Intersecting a Road

Gibraltar Airport (also called North Front Airport) is a civilian airport that serves the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. This is a small peninsula with an area of just...

Eastern Box Turtle (box turtles)

Order Testudines, Family Emydidae The Eastern Box Turtle is the most terrestrial of the Emydid turtles, having close-fitting shells...

The Beautiful Acrobatic Blue and Great Tits

Acrobatic blue and Great Tits The colorful, agile little Blue and Great Tits which frequent our gardens in the...

The Dunlin and Sanderling

The dunlin and sanderling are small, gregarious waders often seen on our mudflats and long sandy beaches in...

The Amazing Arctic Hare: Nature’s Winter Wonder

The arctic hare (polar rabbit) is adapted largely to polar and mountainous habitats. The beautiful arctic hare survives...

Victoria’s Riflebird (Lophorina victoriae)

This beautiful Victoria's Riflebird (Lophorina victoriae) of the mid-northeastern Queensland rainforests eats much fruit in the mid and upper forest strata. It is also...

Superb Fairy-wren: A Jewel of Nature with Brilliant Blue Feathers

Description: The Superb Fairy-wren “Malurus cyaneus” has a lovely cocked tail, iridescent blue plumage, and boldness in adapting to urbanization, parks, and gardens. Its vibrant...

White-faced Robin (Tregellasia leucops)

Well, like the Pale-Yellow Robin, the White-faced Robin (Tregellasia leucops) is confined to rainforest and forages within its mid and lower stages. The bird...

Tooth-billed Catbird – Ailuroedus dentirostris

Mountain rainforests of northeastern Queensland ring with the brilliant song of male Tooth-billed Catbird (Ailuroedus dentirostris) during spring breeding. It is also known as...

The Gorgeous Brambling (Fringilla Montifringilla)

The brambling “Fringilla montifringilla” is actually a little passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is a widespread bird in Europe. The common...

The Wedge-tailed hillstar (Oreotrochilus adela)

Description: The Trochilidae has many beautiful species of hummingbirds. The Wedge-tailed hillstar (Oreotrochilus adela) is one of them. It is mostly found in South American...

Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii)

Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii) is also known as Macleay's Kingfisher, Blue Kingfisher, and Bush Kingfisher. Forest Kingfisher call is harsh trilling chatter of repeated...

Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis)

The figbird is a large oriole with a warty buff face that reddens when excited, eats only fruit and builds flimsy nests. Despite nesting...

Lilac-breasted roller: Most Beautiful Bird in The World

The colorful lilac-breasted roller, "Coracias caudatus," is a member of the roller family of birds. It is widely found in Sub-Saharan Africa and the...

Diamond Finch (Stagonopleura guttata)

Diamond finch (Stagonopleura guttata) are dapper in white, black, grey and red. The Diamond Finch live in scattered groups of five to 50 birds,...