Birds

American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)

This inland member of the sandpiper family has a stocky build, long bills, and short legs. However, their habitats and diet are distinct. Woodcock inhabit primarily woodlands and abandoned...

The Ice Volcano of the Great Lakes

The Ice Volcano of the Great Lakes - During the winter months, when the Great Lakes in North...

Bar-breasted Honeyeater

Bar-breasted Honeyeater (Ramsayornis fasciatus) inhabit paper bark woodlands and forests along streams throughout their range in northern Australia....

Yellow-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis)

The mix of vibrant colors as tiny Yellow-bellied Sunbirds (Cinnyris jugularis) flit about red flowering shrubs with the...

Larkspur: A Delicate Long Lasting Cut Flower

Larkspur known scientifically as Delphinium is a delicate long-lasting cut flower.  If you love delphiniums but don’t have...

Frilled Monarch (Arses telescopthalmus)

The frilled monarch (Arses telescopthalmus) belongs to the family Monarchidae. In its habits of calling and feeding, the Frilled Monarch resembles the Pied Monarch,...

The Melodious Baltimore Oriole Song

The Baltimore Oriole Song consists of a loud relaxing flutey whistle, with a buzzy, prominent quality, a similar sound in most of the eastern...

The Dazzling Beauty of Blue-faced Finch

Blue-faced Finch (Erythrura trichroa) is no more than an outlier. The Australian range of this Melanesian finch is limited to the rainforests of north-eastern...

Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

Since the introduction of the Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) from Europe to Australia in 1863–64, it has not spread far, reaching only western Gippsland...

The Rhinoceros Hornbill Facts

Rhinoceros Hornbill Facts Life - A rhinoceros hornbill can live up to 30 to 35 years. The colorful Rhinoceros Hornbill is a large species (80...

Chestnut-crowned babbler: A True Avian Jewel

Chestnut-crowned babbler (Pomatostomus ruficeps) is occupy drier and more open mallee, mulga, and belar Casuarina woodlands in far inland southeastern Australia than do White-browed...

Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis flavicollis)

Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis flavicollis) is mainly restricted to Tasmania and Bass Strait Islands. The Yellow-throated Honeyeater occurs through a wider range of habitats there than...

The Fascinating Silver-eared Mesia

The silver-eared Mesia (Leiothrix argentauris) was once placed in the large Old World babbler family Timaliidae. This family has been split, with this species...

The Facts of Powerful Woodpecker

Powerful Woodpecker (Campephilus pollens) face is mostly black crossed by a wide white stripe which runs from the bill and lores, over the...

Araripe Manakin – World’s Most Beautiful Bird

Araripe Manakin is a colorful and critically endangered species, which numbers are decreasing over the years currently, it is no more than 800 species....