Holy Rollers
All about the birds of the genus Coracias, in the family of Coraciidae, which is in the order Coraciiformes. These lovely birds are more commonly called Rollers.
All about the birds of the genus Coracias, in the family of Coraciidae, which is in the order Coraciiformes. These lovely birds are more commonly called Rollers.
It was once the world’s largest and greatest flightless bird until its extinction somewhere around the 1500s when it was believed to have been hunted to death by New Zealand’s native population, the Maori. So what made New Zealand’s Moa so special?
The starling is a common but invasive specie of bird to North America. Gregarious and voracious, they are often considered to be unwelcome pests. But they have their beauty, their purpose. And did you know that they mimic the sounds around them, and that they can be taught to mimic human speech patterns the same as a myna bird? A talking Starling.
I detailed a description of an echidna including adaptations, description, breeding, diet, habitat protection and behavior.