Wildlife of the World

Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Mamba Snake Images 2013

Mamba Snake

Thursday, 17 January 2013

Houbara Bustard Beautiful Pictures 2013

The Houbara Bustard is 60 cm long with an 140 cm wingspan. It is brown above and white below, with a black stripe down the sides of its neck. In flight, the long wings show large areas of black and brown on the flight feathers. It is slightly smaller and darker than Macqueen's Bustard. The sexes are similar, but the female is smaller and greyer above.

Houbara Bustard

Roseate tern Nice Images 2013

A medium-sized tern similar in appearance to several other species, the Roseate Tern is primarily a tropical bird. It breeds across the globe in tropical oceans, and reaches into the temperate zone in the northern Atlantic, where it breeds in scattered localities.

Roseate tern

Monday, 7 January 2013

Double-Crested Cormorant

Bird Spotting: The double-crested cormorant is a large, black water bird with an orange throat patch and long neck. Its bill is either blunt or hooked at the tip. During breeding season adult birds have short tufts of feathers over each eye.

Double Crested Cormorant

Saturday, 22 December 2012

Lguana Wallpapers

Lguana Hd Wallpaper

Beaver Animal Facts & Wallpaper

The Beaver, the second largest rodent in the world, is well-known for its wide, flat tail, used for slapping the surface of the water to warn other beavers of approaching danger. Trees provide a beaver's favorite winter food — bark and leaves. In summer other vegetation, especially aquatic plants, make up their diet.

Beaver

Thursday, 20 December 2012

Superb Lyrebird

These ground-dwelling birds are notable for their extraordinary ability to mimic both natural and artificial sounds as well as the male birds' fanned tail. Although well-known in Australia, they appear on the 10 cent coin, lyrebirds are shy and rarely seen in the wild. Lyrebirds can accurately mimic the songs of other birds, other animals, human noises, machinery of all kinds, explosions and musical instruments.

Superb Lyrebird