Birds

  • Parrotfinch Species on a Branch

    Parrotfinch Species

    There are 10-12 species of parrotfinches. The Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae or Erythrura gouldiae) is also often included in this genus.

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  • Collared Aracaris on the Thorn of Tree

    Collared Aracaris

    The Collared Aracaris, Pteroglossus torquatus, is a South American toucan that breeds from southern Mexico to Panama; as well as Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. Small flocks, usually consisting of 6-15 birds,…

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  • Speckled Mousebirds

    Speckled Mousebirds

    The Speckled Mousebirds (Colius striatus) – also known as Bar-breasted Mousebirds, or Bar-breasted or Speckled Colies – are the most widespread and the largest members of the African mousebird family.…

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  • A Bird on the Ground Red-breasted Toucans

    Red-breasted Toucans

    The Red-breasted Toucans or Green-billed Toucan (Ramphastos dicolorus) is a South American toucan that occurs naturally throughout central, southern and eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina. It inhabits…

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  • Brown Shrike on the Ground. Corvoidea

    Corvoidea

    Suborder Passeri [ez-toc] Superfamily Corvoidea – a highly diverse group of global distribution, but most plentiful in the Australasian region and surroundings. The oldest truly globally successful group of passerines,…

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  • Common Mynas on the Branch

    Common Mynas

    The Common Mynas or Indian Myna (Acridotheres tristis) also sometimes spelled Mynah, is a member of the starling family. It is a species of bird native to Asia with its initial…

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  • A Toucanet Perched on Tree Blue-banded Toucanets

    Blue-banded Toucanets

    The Blue-banded Toucanets (Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis) – also known as Blue-throated Toucanets – are South American toucanets that occur naturally in Bolivia and Peru, where they inhabit subtropical or tropical moist…

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