Black-backed Butcherbird (Cracticus mentalis)
The Black-backed Butcherbird (Cracticus mentalis) replaces the Grey Butcherbird on the Cape York Peninsula and in southeastern New Guinea. Like the Gray, it lives...
Banded Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus)
The banded fruit dove (Ptilinopus cinctus) was probably more widespread when rainforests covered more of northern Australia than they do now. Compared to other...
Little friarbird (Philemon citreogularis)
The beautiful Little friarbird (Philemon citreogularis) lives in Eucalypt woodlands alongside very noisy and Silver-crowned Friarbirds around much of eastern and northern Australia. The...
Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)
Behavior: In both light and dark color phases, the little eagle is a rather sedentary bird, with each pair spending much of the day...
The Black-crowned Tchagra
Description: The Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegalus) species are found in the ranges throughout the more humid parts of Africa in scrub, open woodland, semi-desert, and cultivations.
Range: This...
Carolina Wren Call – Songs – Sounds
Carolina Wren Songs
Carolina Wren's male birds sing a series of rapid, whistled notes, repeated a few times. Carolina Wren's song normally lasts less than...
Flame Bowerbird – Brilliant Colorful Rainforest Bird
The flame bowerbird is a rainforest bird distributed in and endemic to the rainforests of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the most...
The Harmless Mimics
The Harmless Mimics
The benefit of looking utterly repellent Camouflage allows an animal to blend in with or resemble the prevailing background. But this is...
Purple-crowned Lorikeet: A Visual Feast
Despite the stunning array of colors on the Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Parvipsitta porphyrocephala), it blends amazingly well with the foliage in which it feeds and...
Peony Flower: Classified Doubles Huge Round Balls with Many Petals
Peony flowers are classified as “doubles” huge round balls with many petals, however, semi-doubles with fewer petals and “single” with one sparser row of...