Alpamayo Mountain is one of the most conspicuous peaks in the Cordillera Blanca of the Peruvian Andes. and it is named after the river Allpamayu which it originates. Alpamayo...
Size: The crimson-breasted woodpecker or scarlet-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos cathpharius) is about 17–18 cm in length.
Identification: The woodpecker has...
There is very little known about the chestnut-breasted cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris) because of its remote and inaccessible habitat and secretive habits. This cuckoo spends...
The male Yellow-billed Cuckoo call is a distinctive series of hollow, wooden-sounding ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-kow-kow-kow-kow-kowlp-kowlp-kowlp-kowlp-kowlp syllables. The entire series is a bit slow and then gets...
Chirruping Wedgebill (Psophodes cristatus) is named for its short, tapered, finch-like bills.
This is the most communal of the whip birds. The Chirruping Wedgebill is...
The Fiordland Penguin's (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) head adornments most likely assist swimming birds in recognizing individuals of their species, as the head is typically the...
The Great Barbet, “Psilopogon virens” is an Asian barbet, a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. The bird gets their...