Australia Breeding Species Suffering 
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 19, 2014
For obvious reasons it has listed under “other names” in field guides “Zebra Duck” and it is easily identified from all other duck species in Australia by its distinct stripes. Their movements and breeding is determined by rainfall and for that reason they are not always where you think they might be.
10,000 Birds
JULY 25, 2012
But names aren’t everything and there is plenty to say about this species. Male Brown Teal showing some breeding plumage. Females and non-breeding males look similar The Brown Teal is endemic to New Zealand, and was once lumped with two closely related island forms, the Auckland Island Teal and the Campbell Teal.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2022
I do not get too many comments on my blog posts, but it seems that whenever I write about jacanas – whether in Africa, Australia, or Asia – there is an unusually high number of reactions (well, maybe one or two rather than the usual zero) from female readers. This is ok as birds do not have teeth anyway). End of side note.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 27, 2014
For one, they are remarkably diverse with a little over 380 species spread over every continent except Europe (only introduced) and Antarctica. Brazil, in particular, is the country with the largest number of parrot species in the world with approximately 84 species. What other secrets does the Amazon still hold? Most do not.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2011
Soon we were out of the protected harbour and into choppier waters, and here I have to say I suffered for about two hours from the dreaded affliction known as sea-sickness. The final large petrel species is another gadfly petrel, albeit a much larger one than the Cook’s Petrel.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 8, 2023
As you can see, both species of bulbs are flowering and there is a good reason for that. I know I suggested you could come and explore Australia , but it really does depend on where you want to go and when. I know I suggested you could come and explore Australia , but it really does depend on where you want to go and when.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2014
Couas and koels are both cuckoos, saw-wings are swallows and logrunners are an odd unique thing from Australia who’s only relative is the charmingly named Chowchilla). I’d never heard of them until 2005 when I saw some in the Botanical Gardens of Canberra in Australia. What, exactly, is a pardalote? A Spotted Pardalote !
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