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Detail about Long-Wattled Umbrella Bird: The Long-wattled umbrellabird is an Umbrellabird in the Cotinga family. Its common names include "Pájaro Bolsón", "Pájaro Toro", "Dungali" and "Vaca de Monte". Spectacular crow-like bird with a bushy crest. Male has a thick feathered wattle dangling from his throat that can be extended to an astonishing length while displaying. It inhabits tall, lush, and undisturbed rainforest in Western Ecuador and Western Colombia . Quite scarce, and usually encountered at fruiting trees or at known display sites, where several males may congregate, extending their wattles and giving very low-pitched, airy hoots and this bird Scientific name is Cephalopterus Penduliger . Description: The male is 40–42 cm in height, with the female being slightly smaller at 35–37 cm. Both sexes are short-tailed and carry an erectile head crest; that of the male is slightly longer at 20–30 cm. The male is distinguished by a l...

Detail about Flightless Cormorant: One bird that many  Galapagos visitors hope to catch sight of is the Galapagos flightless cormorant. The  Flightless Cormorant is particularly intriguing due to its lack of hability to fly, which is rather unusual among bird species. Indeed, there are 29 species of cormorants, and the  Galapagos Cormorant is the only one that is flightless. This means that the species does not migrate and can be seen all year around in the Galapagos Islands . The bird is endemic to the Galapagos, and there are believed to be approximately 1,000 breeding pairs distributed between the two islands.                                    In 2017 an interesting study was published which attempted to explain why the Galapagos cormorant cannot fly. It was demonstrated that the bird has a number of genetic anomalies which are in common with people that have rare skeletal...

Detail about Marabou Stork: Leptoptilos crumenifer is a large, unusual looking bird. In addition to hollow leg bones, marabou storks have hollow toe bones. In such a large bird, this is an important adaptation for flight. The African Marabou Stork reach a wing span of 2,6 metres and a height of 1,5 metres. Marabou storks are bald-headed. Males can be identified by their large air sacs. In addition, males are generally slightly larger and taller than females. Very large, heavy-bodied stork with a massive Conical bills . Sexes are alike in coloration. They are bare, dull and have a red-spotted head with long black legs. They are mainly dark grey above and white below.                                    Juvenile has similar colouration but is duller. Immature birds have a woolly covering on their heads and do not gain the black in their plumage until about three-years-old. By four-years the full ...

Detail about Shoebill Stork: The Shoebill also known as whalehead, whale-headed stork, or shoe-billed stork, is a very large stork-like bird. It derives its name from its enormous shoe-shaped bill . It has a somewhat stork-like overall form and has previously been classified with the storks in the order Ciconiiformes based on this morphology . This Birds form Animalia and his Scientific name is Balaeniceps rex . Description: The shoebill is a tall bird, with a typical height range of 110 to 140 cm (43 to 55 in) and some specimens reaching as much as 152 cm (60 in). Length from tail to beak can range from 100 to 140 cm (39 to 55 in) and wingspan is 230 to 260 cm (7 ft 7 in to 8 ft 6 in). Weight has reportedly ranged from 4 to 7 kg (8.8 to 15.4 lb).  A male will weigh on average around 5.6 kg (12 lb) and is larger than a typical female of 4.9 kg (11 lb).  The signature feature of the s...

Description about Dodo Bird: The Dodo Bird – also known as Raphus cucullatus – is an extinct and flightless bird that was endemic to the  Island of Mauritius . It was a bird that went extinct over 300 years ago but is still one of the first things most people think about when they think about extinctions that were caused by human beings. It is also a bird that was given a bad reputation and was eventually labeled as fat, lazy and dumb – although this might not necessarily be the case. The history of the Dodo Bird can be traced all the way back to the Pleistocene Epoch – about 2.6 million to 12,000 years ago. This is when a flock of pigeons navigated off course and ended up on a little island that is located in the Indian Ocean – just east of Madagascar . In this new environment, these pigeons not only survived but prospered. And over the next few thousand years, they began to evolve until they eventually became the Dodo Bird. Description: As no complete dodo sp...

Detail about Victoria Crowned Pigeon: Victoria Crowned Pigeon are the largest pigeon species in the world. They are easily recognized by the lacy crest of feathers on top of their heads which gives them their common name. They are steely blue-grey in color with deep maroon on their front and striking red eyes. Male and female victoria crowned pigeons from stable pairs, usually for life. The males have Courtship behaviours that involves bowing of their head and moving their tail. The female incubate the egg for around 30 days. The juveniles leave the nest at four weeks old but the parents continue to feed them for another nine weeks. Description: The Victoria crowned pigeon is a deep blue-grey color with a small, black mask. Its feather crest (the signature feature of crowned pigeons other than their size) is conspicuously white-tipped. On the wing coverts is a row of feathers that are a paler blue-gray with maroon tips. These form a distinct wing bar. The chest is a deep pur...

Detail about Shoveler: The Northern Shoveler , known simply in Britain as the shoveler, is a common and Widespread duck . It breeds in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America, Wintering in Southern Europe , Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia , and Central, and Northern South America . Breeding male Reddish-brown flanks contrast with white chest and black back. Note the male's green head, long, oversized black bill, and yellow eye. This birds belong to Anatidae Family . And This birds Scientific name is Anas clypeata . Description: This species is unmistakable in the northern hemisphere due to its large spatulate bill. The breeding drake has an iridescent dark green head, white breast and chestnut belly and flanks. In flight, pale blue forewing feathers are revealed, separated from the green speculum by a white border. In early fall the male will have a white crescent on each side of the face. In n...