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Sulphur-crested cockatoos' distinctive raucous calls can be very loud, which is a result of an adaptation in order to travel through the forest environments in which they live, including tropical and subtropical rainforests. These birds are naturally curious, as well as very intelligent.
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct.
A laughing kookaburra making a hollow for a nest in an arboreal termite nest. The laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) is a bird in the kingfisher subfamily Halcyoninae. It is a large robust kingfisher with a whitish head and a brown eye-stripe. [2] The upperparts are mostly dark brown but there is a mottled light-blue patch on the wing ...
These beautiful birds aren't just pretty to look at. These majestic creatures have been associated with signs of good fortune, prosperity, and even sorrow. 10 Birds and Their Shocking Symbolic ...
The go-away-birds are named for their raucous "go away" call. The genus was erected by the Polish zoologist Feliks Paweł Jarocki in 1821 with the western plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator) as the type species. The name combines the Latin crinis meaning "hair" and -fer meaning "bearing". Extant Species. The genus now contains five species:.
The cockatiel (/ ˌkɒkəˈtiːl /; [2] Nymphicus hollandicus), also known as the weero / weiro[3][4] or quarrion, [5][6] is a medium-sized [7] parrot that is a member of its own branch of the cockatoo family endemic to Australia. They are prized as household exotic bird [8] pets and companion parrots throughout the world and are relatively ...
Rook (bird) The rook (Corvus frugilegus) is a member of the family Corvidae in the passerine order of birds. It is found in the Palearctic, its range extending from Scandinavia and western Europe to eastern Siberia. It is a large, gregarious, black-feathered bird, distinguished from similar species by the whitish featherless area on the face.
The ruff (Calidris pugnax) is a medium-sized wading bird that breeds in marshes and wet meadows across northern Eurasia. This highly gregarious sandpiper is migratory and sometimes forms huge flocks in its winter grounds, which include southern and western Europe, Africa, southern Asia and Australia. The ruff is a long-necked, pot-bellied bird.