Birds

Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis)

Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis) announces their arrival to breeding in spring by giving a mournful descending whistle. This lovely whistle is often repeated, and uttered from exposed perches...

The Blackbird – A Jaunty Songster

The Blackbird is one of the most familiar and best-loved garden birds. It is often regarded as uninteresting...

Gorgeous Photography of Snowy Egret

I have an obsession with birds of late. Some of you will say it's feathers. I think this...

The White-whiskered laughingthrush

The white-whiskered laughingthrush or Formosan laughingthrush, ‘Garrulax morrisonianus’ is a species of bird in the family "Leiothrichidae". The...

The Family Life Cycle of Earwig

The life cycle of earwig is immediately identifiable by the pincer-like forceps at the end of the body....

White Bellbird – World’s Loudest Bird

Scientists think that the male White Bellbird (Procnias albus) has the loudest call of any bird species recorded to date. The bird produces its...

Lesser Striped Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica)

Description: Lesser Striped Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica) is a common species, which is distributed along the coast and adjacent interior of the Eastern Cape Province and...

Prothonotary Warbler: The Dazzling Bird You Need to See in North America

The protonotary warbler is one of the most striking wood warblers in North America. It intrigues and delights those who visit its swampy world....

Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca)

Behavior & Habitats: Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca) is darker, larger, and longer-tailed than the similar-looking Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula). Breeding and foraging take place in...

The Gorgeous Wilson Bird of Paradise

The Wilson Bird of Paradise (cicinnurus respublica) is a species of passerine bird belonging to the Paradisaeidae family. The bird lives on the hills...

The White-throated magpie-jay

One of the largest and most conspicuous songbirds in Guanacaste is the White-throated Magpie-Jay (Calocitta formosa). This social and vocal bird is normally seen...

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,...

Crested Francolin Bird

Description The Crested Francolin (Dendroperdix sephaena) distribution extends over most of the savannas of eastern Africa south of the Sahara. In southern Africa, it occurs...

Purple-crowned Fairywren (Malurus coronatus)

Family: The beautiful Purple-crowned fairywren (Malurus coronatus) belongs to the Australasian wren family (Maluridae). Other Names: Also known as Lilac-crowned Wren, Purple-crowned Wren, or Crowned...

Tahiti Petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata)

Family: The Tahiti petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata) belongs to the family Procellariidae. Behavior and Habitats: The Tahiti Petrel is a tropical gadfly petrel that has only...