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...
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...
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...
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...
Among the ratites group of flightless birds, Emus form the second largest group of members. In fact, they are the national birds of Australia. These birds are native to Australia, and happen to be originally imported to the United States as breeding stock for American zoos. Interestingly, the Emu has ...Continue reading...
The Dwarf Cassowary is scientifically known as Casuarius bennetti, and happens to be the smallest of the three species of cassowaries. It is also known by the following names: Bennett's Cassowary, Little Cassowary, Mountain Cassowary, or Mooruk. Let’s now learn about the history behind the origination of its scientific name. The ...Continue reading...
The cassowary is a large bird with large grayish helmet (casque) and a unique red wattle hanging from the neck. These features make the cassowary so easy to identify. Its feathers are black and hair-like. Its head has a blue bare skin, likewise the fore-neck. However, the rear of the ...Continue reading...
The Greater Rhea, scientifically known as Rhea americana, is also named among the flightless birds. It is found in eastern South America. It has other names which include the Grey, Common, American Rhea, ñandú (Guarani) or ema (Portuguese). The Greater Rhea happens to be one of two species in the ...Continue reading...
Darwin's Rhea has a scientific name Rhea pennata, and is also known as Lesser Rhea. This bird is a large flightless one, but happens to be the smaller of two extant species of rheas. It is predominantly found in the Altiplano and Patagonia in South America. It has a height ...Continue reading...
The Ostrich happens to be a large flightless bird that belongs to one or two species of large flightless birds native to Africa, and the only survivor of the genus Struthio. There have been some analyses which indicate that Somali Ostrich may be better considered a full species apart from ...Continue reading...
