Birds

The Cloud Cisticola or tink-tink cisticola

The Cloud Cisticola or tink-tink cisticola is near-endemic in southern Africa and occurs in South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Lesotho, and sparsely in Swaziland. However, a widely separated relict population...

Great-billed Heron (Ardea sumatrana)

Family: The great-billed heron (Ardea sumatrana) is a member of the heron family Ardeidae in the genus Ardea. Habitat:...

Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata)

Among Australian robins, the Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata) is the most widespread. The Robins of the Cape York Peninsula and...

Figbird (Sphecotheres viridis)

The figbird is a large oriole with a warty buff face that reddens when excited, eats only fruit...

Ground Hornbill “Bucorvus leadbeateri”

Description Ground Hornbill is an easily recognized bird that is classified as amongst the ‘big six’ avian species of...

The Bar-tailed Desert Lark

DESCRIPTION Bar-tailed Desert Lark (Ammomanes cinctura) is like typical forms of the Desert Lark, but smaller, with a slightly shorter tail, thinner legs, smaller and...

Mesmerizing Photographs of Colorful Hummingbirds

Hummingbirds are famous for flapping their wings exceptionally fast. They create a distinct hum and appear as a blur of feathers right before you're...

Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Call

Call/Voice/Drumming The Three-toed Woodpecker call (Picoides tridactylus) is not very vocal. The bird has a short but rather soft contact call, ‘kyeuk’ or ‘kyuk’, usually...

Grass Green Tanager – A Distinctive Small Passerine Bird

The striking Grass Green Tanager (Chlorornis riefferii) is a small passerine bird. This bird belongs to the tanager family. This is a beautifully distinctive...

Song Sparrow Call

The Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) is generally of medium build, though its size varies substantially, ranging from as large as a California Towhee in...

Painted Honeyeater Call

Painted Honeyeater call is a melodious undulating whistle; churr. However, the song of Painted Honeyeater is stridently whistled tort-tee, tort-tee, or et-tee, et-tee. At the...

Leaden Flycatcher – Nature’s Master of Adaptation

The leaden flycatcher is a species of passerine bird in the family Monarchidae. The bird is around 6 inches in length. While the male...

Brown Gerygone Call like what-is-it

Brown Gerygone Call consists of Three-to five-syllable soft twitter, diddle-it-did-dit, around the same pitch. That is repeated rapidly and incessantly throughout the day, even...

Everything You Wanted to Know About Brown Gerygone Nest

Brown Gerygone Nest Like other Australian Warblers, the Brown Gerygone (Gerygone mouki) builds its nest in three stages. First, it makes a hanging, solidly interwoven mass...

Differentiating between Winter Wren vs Pacific Wren

Winter Wren vs Pacific Wren If you are bird enthusiastic, but confused about Winter Wren vs Pacific Wren. That could be possible being a bird...