How to Choose the Best Pet Bird for You

How to Choose the Best Pet Bird for You Are you considering adding a pet bird to your household? Birds can make wonderful pets, bringing joy, companionship, and a bit of nature into your home. But with so many species to choo…

Is my Pet Bird Sick?

Is my Pet Bird Sick?   Having a pet can be a very good thing for you and your family. And pet birds are often among some of the most popular pets that you can get. They are great for families with children and lots of respo…

Cleanliness and you Pet Bird's Health

Cleanliness and you Pet Bird's Health   We all want to make sure our animals are healthy, and we especially want to make sure that any animals we have in our homes are going to be healthy and therefore are not going to …

Choosing a Vet for your Bird

Choosing a Vet for your Bird   Pet birds can be more complicated than you think they’d be. You might believe that pet birds are easy to handle, easy to train, and easy to own. However, the reality is that they are actually …

Love Birds? Breeding Pet Birds

Love Birds? Breeding Pet Birds   Everyone knows that to have a pet, you have to be sure you are following through with all of the things that you need to do to make your pet happy and healthy. Some people like to have anima…

Aspergillosis and Your Bird

Aspergillosis and Your Bird   We all love to have animals, but sometimes we need to be careful that we aren’t causing ourselves more pain and suffering by having them. No matter what pet you have, there are risks that are a…

The Basics of Bird Anatomy

The Basics of Bird Anatomy   When it comes to bird anatomy, most pet bird owners have no clue about how the organs work and how the skeletal system is formed. You might not thing this topic is interesting, but it is very comp…

Emus and fences

Emus and fences The Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae is Australia’s largest bird standing at up to 2 metres (6 foot 6 inches) tall. Although it is flightless it is able to run at considerable speed and it is not uncommon to have …

The Wild and Crazy Emu

The Wild and Crazy Emu The Emu is the second largest living bird in the world by height, second only to the Ostrich. It is also the largest bird native to Australia1. They can be rather intimidating when they are close up and …

Young Thrushes

Young Thrushes   Admittedly, I've never thought of this in the least interesting way, young pigeons are usually a nuisance and don't quite live up to the dictionary's expectations for a smooth and streamlined definiti…

Great tinamou

Great Tinamou The great tinamou (Tinamus major) is a species of tinamou ground bird native to Central and  South America. There are several subspecies, mostly differentiated by their coloration. Description The great tinamou is…

Ardeidae

Ardeidae Introduction The Ardeidae (or ardeids) are a family of birds made up of 19 genera and 67 species of herons, egrets, bitterns and related species (crabbers, night herons, savacou, onorés and bittern).   The Ardeidae ar…

Bicolor Pitohui

Bicolor Pitohui Introduction The two-tone Pitohui (Pitohui dichrous) is one of the rare birds to be venomous with other birds of the genus Pitohui or Kowald's Ifrita.  Division The bicolor Pitohui is found in Indonesia and P…

Tree pipit

Tree pipit   Adult Description of the family Motacillidae are small to medium-sized (11-24 cm) passerines with long tails and long-toed legs with long nails. Their plumage is most often discreet and cryptic, brown and streaked f…

What are the differences between an owl and an owl?

What are the differences between an owl and an owl? The owl and the owl are very distinct raptors, even if there are similarities between them. Thus, contrary to what many people think, the owl is not the female of the owl. Thei…

Resplendent Quetzal, beautiful colorful bird

Resplendent Quetzal, beautiful colorful bird The resplendent quetzal owes its beauty to the intensity and striking contrast of its colors, the luster and shimmer of its plumage. Revered by pre-Columbian civilizations, the animal…

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