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...

Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes leucocephalus)

The Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes leucocephalus) is also known by the name of Himalayan black bulbul, or Asian black...

Montagu’s Harrier – Graceful Flight is Characterized by Powerful and Elegant Wingbeats

Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus) is 43–47 cm in length with a wingspan of 105–125 cm. The male weight...

Little Kingfisher (Ceyx pusillus)

In Australia, Little Kingfishers belong to the subfamily Alcedininae and are midget Gem-like kingfishers. Rarely seen, it lives...

Fin Whales: The World’s Fastest Whale

Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) are the second-largest living mammals on our planet, just after blue whales. When you...

Green-and-black fruiteater: A Jewel of the Rainforest

The green-and-black fruiteater “Pipreola riefferii” is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. The green-and-black fruiteater has broad bills, hooked tips, rounded wings, and...

Cinnamon Quail-thrush: The Desert’s Silent Wanderer

Cinnamon Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma cinnamomeum) is a Saltbursh and blue bush shrub steppe on stony ground, whether hardpan, gibber plain, or low rolling ridges. It...

Eastern Wood-Pewee Song: The Melodic Sounds Captivates Bird Enthusiasts

Eastern Wood-Pewee Song, and then, after an unreasonably long pause, he adds, peer! Whistle with the acquainted run down the musical scale. Birds songs,...

Broad-billed Hummingbird: The Dazzling Beauty of Tiny Jewel

Description: The stunning broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) is a diurnal bird, that displays sexual dimorphism, also identified by its other common name, the Colibrí...

Dusky Moorhen: Nature’s Charismatic Waterbird with a Unique Charm

The Dusky Moorhen, "Gallinula tenebrosa" is a larger size. Its darker color and red legs make it a prominent Australasia and Eurasian moorhen. Dusky Moorhens...

Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata)

Antarctic Prion is often forced to dig through deep snow to clear a way into its burrow at its more southerly breeding sites. The...

New Britain Sparrowhawk: Habitat and Identification

DISTRIBUTION: New Britain Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brachyurus) is an Australasian species that is little known and generally regarded as rare, but may well be more...

Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush: Secrets of Its Habitat and Behavior

Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma castaneothorax) is a patchy mulga, and Mallee woodland on hard or stony ground is the habitat of this slender bird, which...

Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)

Clambering through swamp vegetation, the purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) supports its weight by gripping several red stems with its big feet. It is also known...

Spotted Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma punctatum)

The spotted quail-thrush (Cinclosoma punctatum) is the largest and plumpest quail-thrush. This is the only one of its groups to live in temperate sclerophyll...