Birds

Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabellzformis)

A Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabellzformis) observes its prey, such as caterpillars, moths, beetles, or other insects, from a perch, flies out and captures them, and then returns to the...

Blanket Flower – Beautify your Home and Gardens

Blanket Flower is a perennial long season of bloom, produced from early summer to early fall in different...

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Call

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Call When birders hear the blue-cheeked bee-eater call, they know summer is in full swing. They typically...

Yellow-eyed Cuckooshrike (Coracina lineata)

Campephagidae is the family to which the yellow-eyed cuckooshrike belongs. Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and eastern...

Rufous Whistler – Nature’s Haunting Melody

Habitat: The Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris) is common throughout much of its range, and there is scarcely a...

The Broad-billed Prion

The Broad-billed Prion (Pachyptila vittata) is one of the largest and most northward-ranging of the Southern Hemisphere prions. Its broad head, proportioned to hold...

Black-winged Stilt Facts

Black-winged Stilt Facts Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is spindly legs that not only give the bird its apt name but also control its feeding. It...

King of Saxony – The Bird-of-Paradise

The King of Saxony, or Alberti, has been described in the 1894 bulletin of the British Ornithologist’s Club by Adolf Bernard Meyer of the...

Yellow-throated euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea)

The Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea) ranges from southern Mexico to western Panama, through the lowlands of both coasts and into the highlands to an...

House Wren Nesting Behavior, Song, and Diet

House Wren is a compact, small songbird with a flat head and long curved beak belonging to the wren family. The most widely distributed...

Purple Sunbird vs Purple-rumped Sunbird

Many bird lovers are interested to know about the difference between Purple Sunbird vs Purple-rumped Sunbird. Both are tiny and colorful birds. In this...

Tawny Grassbird (Cincloramphus timoriensis)

The Tawny Grassbird (Cincloramphus timoriensis) lives in tall rank grassland in swampy pockets and flood plains around northern and eastern coastal Australia. The species...

Golden-headed cisticola (Cisticola exilis)

The stunning golden-headed cisticola (Cisticola exilis) inhabits taller, swampier grassland than Zitting. It is typically found near fresh water and is more widespread in...

Common Hawk-cuckoo Call

Common Hawk-cuckoo Call There is evidence to suggest some small birds resemble sparrow hawks, Accipiter nisus, when responding to common cuckoos, Cuculus canorus. Many of...

Ribbon-Tailed Astrapia – Most Beautiful Bird of Paradise

One of the most outstanding birds of paradise, the male Ribbon-tailed Astrapia has the longest tail feathers in relation to the body size of...