Birds

The Green Frog (True Frog Family)

The Green Frog (Rana clamitans) is usually found near shallow fresh water throughout much of eastern North America. Order Anura, Family Ranidae. These are typical frogs with adults being truly...

Woolly Rhinoceros: Most Widespread Rhinoceros of All Time

Scientific name: Coelodonta antiquitatis Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Perissodactyla Family: Rhinocerotidae When did it become extinct? The woolly rhinoceros is thought to...

The Glowing Puffleg (Eriocnemis vestita)

Description: The Glowing Puffleg (Eriocnemis vestita) is a fairly small hummingbird species in the family Trochilidae. This hummingbird...

Brown Gerygone (Gerygone mouki)

Like other Australian warblers, the Brown Gerygone (Gerygone mouki) builds its nest in three stages. First, it makes...

How to Grow Cyclamen Flower

Cyclamen Flower is a beautiful plant. The flowers hover above the leaves like moths, on long wavy stems....

Marvelous Spatuletail: Nature’s Most Beautiful Bird

The Marvelous Spatuletail, or "Loddigesia Mirabilis," is the most beautiful bird in nature. It is only 15 cm long. The medium-sized hummingbird is adorned...

Large-billed Scrubwren: Charming Chirps of Melodic Masterpieces

Description: The large-billed scrubwren (Sericornis magnirostra) lives in dense temperate subtropical or tropical moist lowland rainforests, like other plain brown scrubwrens. It is the...

The Versatile Little Ringed Plovers

The Little Ringed Plovers (Charadrius dubius) plumage pattern serves two contrasting purposes: during nesting it is camouflage, and yet in the display, it is...

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 winter area are a delight to...

Diamond dove: A Captivating Marvel in the World of Birds

Description: The diamond dove (Geopelia cuneata) is the smallest member of the pigeon family. The red-eye dove is widely distributed in Australia but is...

Eclectus Parrot (Eclectus roratus)

It was not until 1913 that the Eclectus parrot was discovered in Australia, in the rainforests of the Cape York Peninsula. Eclectus is a...

Canyon Wren: All You Want to Know About This Songster Bird

The canyon wren (Catherpes mexicanus) is a small North American bird in the wren family, Troglodytidae. The species is found throughout its range on...

Striated Thornbill: The Life of an Australian Woodland Specialist

Striated Thornbill (Acanthiza lineate) is completely arboreal, feeding, roosting, and nesting in trees. It is also known as Striated Tit, Striped Tit, and Striped-crowned...

Wompoo Fruit Dove: Exotic Nature’s Jewel in Rainbow Plumage

The Wompoo Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) is the most prominent fruit dove and is radiantly hued. However, in the lowland rainforests where it lives,...

Whiskered Treeswift: A Colorful Marvel of the Avian World

The Whiskered Treeswift (Hemiprocne comata) is a species of bird in the family Hemiprocnidae. The Whiskered Treeswift is found in Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia,...