Birds
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Angel Wing
Angel Wing or Slipped Wing is a disease that primarily affects waterfowl. This condition is more commonly observed in swans and geese, and is to a lesser extent reported in…
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Toucans Diet
A Toucans natural diet consists primarily of a wide range of different fruits; thus they play an extremely important ecological role as vectors for seed dispersal of fruiting trees. Toucans…
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Black-throated Munias
The Black-throated Munias or Jerdon’s Mannikin (Lonchura kelaarti) is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in the hills of southwest India, the Eastern Ghats…
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Keel-billed Toucans
The Keel-billed Toucans (Ramphastos sulfuratus) are also known as Sulfur-breasted> Toucans or Rainbow-billed Toucans. These colorful South American toucans have distinctive oversized, multi-colored bills for which they were named. Even…
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African Grey Hornbills
The African Grey Hornbills (Tockus nasutus) occur naturally in the Old World. These hornbills are common and widespread in n much of sub-Saharan Africa and western parts of Arabia, where…
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Indigo Buntings
The Indigo Buntings (Passerina cyanea) – also known as Indigo Bird or Indigo Painted Finch – is a small North American finch-like bird. The breeding male can easily be identified…
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Toucan’s Bill
How heavy is that bill, and what do they eat with it … Surprisingly light for its size, in some larger species the bill is equal in length to the…
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