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...

The Amorphophallus Bulbifer

Amorphophallus bulbifer is ripening a lot of fruit these years, at the UConn EEB greenhouses. Despite Amorphophallus Bulbifer's...

The Incredible Hydrothermal Fields of Ethiopia

The hydrothermal fields of Ethiopia look like landscapes of an alien plant. The amazing photographs of the Dallol...

Japanes Farmers Produced Pentagon Shaped Iyokan Citrus Fruits

Japanes Farmers Produced Pentagon Shaped Iyokan Citrus Fruits. It is well believed all over the world, that the...

Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis)

Description: The Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis) or Waxbill is Australia's most familiar finch. The species is widespread along the...

The Ladder-backed woodpecker

The size of the ladder-backed woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) is about 17–18 cm in length. The diet of ladder-backed woodpeckers consists of foraging insects and...

Banded Pitta: A Kaleidoscope of Nature’s Brilliance”

This is one of three separate species of banded pittas that were lumped together as one. Due to their vocal and visual differences, the...

Black-backed Butcherbird (Cracticus mentalis)

The Black-backed Butcherbird (Cracticus mentalis) replaces the Grey Butcherbird on the Cape York Peninsula and in southeastern New Guinea. Like the Gray, it lives...

Banded Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus)

The banded fruit dove (Ptilinopus cinctus) was probably more widespread when rainforests covered more of northern Australia than they do now. Compared to other...

Little friarbird (Philemon citreogularis)

The beautiful Little friarbird (Philemon citreogularis) lives in Eucalypt woodlands alongside very noisy and Silver-crowned Friarbirds around much of eastern and northern Australia. The...

Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)

Behavior: In both light and dark color phases, the little eagle is a rather sedentary bird, with each pair spending much of the day...

The Black-crowned Tchagra

Description: The Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegalus) species are found in the ranges throughout the more humid parts of Africa in scrub, open woodland, semi-desert, and cultivations. Range: This...

Carolina Wren Call – Songs – Sounds

Carolina Wren Songs Carolina Wren's male birds sing a series of rapid, whistled notes, repeated a few times. Carolina Wren's song normally lasts less than...

Flame Bowerbird – Brilliant Colorful Rainforest Bird

The flame bowerbird is a rainforest bird distributed in and endemic to the rainforests of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the most...

Purple-crowned Lorikeet: A Visual Feast

Despite the stunning array of colors on the Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Parvipsitta porphyrocephala), it blends amazingly well with the foliage in which it feeds and...