by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Red Kangaroo Scientific Name: Osphranter rufus Size: Total Length 1,645–2,400mm (including tail 645–1,000mm) What does it look like? The Red Kangaroo is the largest marsupial. Adult males are reddish-brown above, and females appear blue-grey, with a squarish snout,...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Red-browed Finch Scientific Name: Neochmia temporalis Size: 10 to 12 cm What does it look and sound like? The Red-browed Finch can be distinguished by its bright red rump and red eyebrow. The remainder of the body is olive-green above and grey below. The high‑pitched...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Reptiles (Class: Reptilia) A diverse group of vertebrate animals that includes lizards, snakes, tuataras, turtles, amphisbaenians and crocodiles, all of which have scales. Their body temperature varies depending on their surroundings (ectothermic), and many species...
by Peter Rowland | Friday, October 23, 2020
Satin Bowerbird Male – displaying at bower ‘Green Bird’ – female or immature male (<6yrs) Bower with blue decorations Scientific Name: Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Size: 27 to 33 cm What does it look and sound like? Satin Bowerbirds are...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Scrubwrens, Gerygones & Thornbills (Family Acanthizidae) The ‘little brown birds’, the scrubwrens, gerygones and thornbills, can be either terrestrial or arboreal. All members of this family have thin beaks and short, weak, rounded legs. The Lord Howe Gerygone...
