Archive for December, 2011

Malleefowl

Malleefowl

The Malleefowl happens to be a solitary species with length 60 cm and a weight ranging from 1.5–2.5 kg. It is a terrestrial bird usually seen walking slowly along the ground, picking at items of food such as flowers, seeds and insects from among the leaf litter, and sometimes scratching ...Continue reading...

Australian Brush Turkey

Australian Brush Turkey

Scientifically, the Australian Brush Turkey is known as Alectura lathami. It is frequently called the Scrub Turkey or Bush Turkey. It happens to be a common, widespread species of mound-building bird from the family Megapodiidae, found in eastern Australia from Far North Queensland to Illawarra in New South Wales. Kangaroo ...Continue reading...

Little Spotted Kiwi

Little Spotted Kiwi

The Little Spotted Kiwi is also known as Little Gray Kiwi, and goes by the scientific name Apteryx owenii. This bird happens to be a small species of kiwi originally from New Zealand's South Island that was captured around 1890 and 1910, and later released on Kapiti Island. The Little ...Continue reading...

Brown Kiwi

Brown Kiwi

The population of the Brown Kiwi is estimated at 25,000, and out of this, 8000 inhabit the Northland region. These birds are tough, stroppy and possess spiky feathers. The Brown Kiwi prefers lowland and coastal indigenous forest, but the huge changes to New Zealand's original forest cover mean the Kiwi ...Continue reading...


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