The Puerto Rican oriole (Icterus portoricensis) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, and genus Icterus or New World blackbirds. This species is a part of a subgroup of orioles (Clade A) that includes the North American orchard oriole, Icterus spurius, and the hooded oriole, Icteru...
They are found in open steppes, semi-deserts, and foothills in China. During the non-breeding season in South Korea, they are found in or near rice fields. Conservation: IUCN has listed Chinese Gray Shrikes as Least Concern (LC). Distribution: Chinese Gray Shrikes occur in Eastern Mongolia...
Migratory birds are on the decline world-wide with an increase in human activity and habitats decreasing. It is crucial for their conservation that we understand how these migratory wading birds live. The change in management of rice paddy fields may have negatively impacted the reliance of wading...
As the Teal is more particular in the selection of its food than are most Ducks, its flesh, in consequence, is very delicious. Audubon says that when this bird has fed on wild oats at Green Bay, or soaked rice in the fields of Georgia or Carolina, it is much superior to the Canvas...
Photographers focus on a crested ibis before forestry officials release 32 of the endangered birds into the wild in Tongchuan, Shaanxi province, on Wednesday. Thirty-twocrestedibiseswerereleasedonWednesdayfromaprotectedenclosuretotheirnaturalhabitatinthenorthernreachoftheQinlingMountainsinShaanxiprovince. ...