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...
Centaury (Centaurium erytraea)
Description:
It is an herb known as centaury (Centaurium erytraea). Medicinal purposes are served by drying the parts of the plant that grow above ground....
Double-eyed Fig Parrot: Best Tiniest Parrot in Australia
Habitat: The double-eyed fig parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma) was given its curious name because of a spot close to the eye in some races, giving the impression...
Pied Monarch (Arses kaupi)
There is an endemic species of the Pied Monarch (Arses kaupi) in coastal Queensland, Australia, which belongs to the monarch-flycatcher family, Monarchidae. Pied monarchs...
Tennessee warbler “Vermivora peregrine”
IDENTIFICATION
The Tennessee warbler “Vermivora peregrine” is a medium size, 11.5 cm in length. This is a small transatlantic vagrant with a fairly plump, short-tailed...
Tabebuia and Handroanthus
Genus and Family: The genus Tabebuia is native to the Amazon rainforest and other tropical parts of Mexico and Central and South America. It...