Clivia miniata – A Prettier Indoor Plant
Clivia miniata, also called “Kaffir lily” grows from a thickly rooted bulb. It is a species of flowering plant in the genus Clivia of...
Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)
Habitat: Common stonechat is found in an open bushy country of all types, from mountainsides, moorland, and steppe to coastal cliffs and islands. Outside...
Banded Whiteface (Aphelocephala nigricincta)
Banded whiteface is a gregarious bird like other white faces. The banded whiteface is a local nomad, wandering about in small feeding parties and...
Painted Firetail (Emblema pictum)
In Australia, painted firetails (Emblema pictum) are a common species of estrildid finches. Along gorges and acacia- and spinifex-clad hills in northern inland Australia,...
Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
Distribution: The pied Kingfisher is a large kingfisher in Egypt, South Asia, the Middle East, and Turkey. The birds do not migrate except for short-distance...
The Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet
Description: A small Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet (Touit purpuratus) is one of two similar but allopatric Touit parrotlets with brown on the back and red tail. ...
White-eared honeyeater (Nesoptilotis leucotis)
Habitat: The white-eared honeyeater (Nesoptilotis leucotis) is unlike most of its relatives; it is not communal, rarely gathers at flowering food trees, and never forms...
Yellow-tufted honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Habitat: The yellow-tufted honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops) is found throughout their range in healthy eucalypt woodlands and open forests in southeastern Australia. Yellow-tufted honeyeaters live...
Woolly Rhinoceros: Most Widespread Rhinoceros of All Time
Scientific name: Coelodonta antiquitatis
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
When did it become extinct? The woolly rhinoceros is thought to have survived until around 10,000 years...
ALDERS, Alnus species
ALDERS, Alnus species
Alders belong to the birch family Betulaceae and belong to the genus Alnus. Around 35 monoecious species of trees and shrubs are...