Birds
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Woodpecker Diet
Woodpeckers in Your Garden Woodpeckers are ecologically extremely beneficial for the arboreal environment. [ez-toc] Forested areas as well as individual trees in urban and suburban locations are kept healthy by…
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Tricolored Munias
The Tricolored Munias (Lonchura malacca) are finches found in India and Sri Lanka. They were also introduced to Australia, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Japan, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Venezuela. [ez-toc] Habitat…
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White-necked Mynas
The White-necked Mynas (Streptocitta albicollis) is a large, long-tailed starling that is endemic to the forests on Sulawesi and adjacent smaller islands in Indonesia. As it resembles a magpie, it…
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Red-throated Parrotfinches
Red-throated Parrotfinches, Erythrura psittacea: Comprehensive information on this bird species, including origin, physical description, photos, breeding and care requirements.
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Mousebirds
The Mousebirds are small birds that are only found in sub-Saharan Africa; their name is derived from the similar appearance of these birds with mice, as they move through vegetation…
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Common Pheasant Diseases
Pheasants tend to be hardy birds. They are prone to poultry diseases, such Botulism, Coccidiosis, owl typhoid, erysipelas, fowl cholera, avian tuberculosis, navel ill, crooked toes (young birds), Newcastle disease,…
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Selenidera Toucans
The Genus Selenidera contains six tropical South American species of toucanets – one ranging south into Central America. They inhabit lowland rainforests below 1500m. These elusive toucans tend to forage…
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