by Peter Rowland | Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Superb Lyrebird Scientific Name: Menura novaehollandiae Size: 80 to 100 cm (including tail), with females smaller than males. What does it look like? The Superb Lyrebird looks like a large brown pheasant. The wings are more rufous in colour and the bill, legs and feet...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 26, 2020
Superb Parrot Male Female Scientific Name: Polytelis swainsonii Size: 36 to 42 cm What does it look like? The Superb Parrot is brilliant green, with a long, tapered tail and orange bill. The male has a bright yellow face and throat, bordered with orange below and with...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Swallows and Martins (Family Hirudinidae) Of Australia’s seven recorded species, only the White-backed Swallow Cheramoeca leucosterna is endemic. Other breeding species are the Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena, the Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel and Tree Martin P....
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Swallowtails (Family: Papilionidae) Twenty-one species, contained within six genera have been recorded in Australia. They are large, colourful butterflies. Some species have extensions on their hindwings. Orchard Swallowtail Insects Home Nature Facts...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Terrestrial Elapid and Sea Snakes (Family: Elapidae) A family of venomous snakes that give birth to live young (sea snakes and some terrestrial elapids) or lay eggs (most terrestrial elapids). Bites on humans typically only occur when they try to pick up, provoke or...
