Earth is the only planet in the solar system and probably beyond that can sustain life. In fact, it is the home of millions of life forms, wild animals and plants, which form biodiversity. Everywhere we go, we find different varieties of plants, flowers, birds, insects, mammals, reptiles, fish without counting all the microorganisms.
16 Jun 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Marekiaro
The Eurasian Upupa (Upupa epops) is a colorful bird with an erectile crest and belongs to the order Bucerotiformi (Bucerotiformes), which includes the family Bucerotidae, the family Phoeniculidae and the upupe. The Eurasian upupa has about the size o...
10 Jun 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Marekiaro
The Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo Linnaeus, 1758), also known as bozzago, bozzagro, bozzegro, buzzago, buzzagro or abuzzago, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Its range covers most of Europe and extends to Asia. It lives in all but the cold...
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The Common Kingfisher or European Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis Linnaeus, 1758) is a coraciform bird in the Family Alcedinids. It is also called alcione and is the most common species in the family, as well as the only one present in Europe. The kingf...
20 May 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Marekiaro
The Sicilian bee is a subspecies of the common bee whose natural distribution area is the province of Trapani and Palermo in Sicily. It has an island origin like other subspecies, such as Apis mellifera ruttneri, Apis mellifera adamii, Apis mellifera...
17 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Marekiaro
The spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in most of Europe and in the Palearctic to Siberia, and is migratory, wintering in Africa and south western Asia. It is declining in pa...
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European bee-eaters (Merops apiaster) have a broad distribution covering much of Europe and Africa with range estimates up to 11,000,000 square km. These migratory birds can be found as far north as Finland and range as far south as South Africa, ext...
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The long, slender bill of the Black-winged Stilt is used like a pair of fine tweezers as the bird forages by pecking at tiny invertebrates on the water’s surface. Although this is its most common feeding method, stilts have been recorded using at lea...
27 Apr 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Marekiaro
Common snipes are small, well-camouflaged waders native to the Old World. They have short greenish-grey legs and a very long straight dark bill. Their body is mottled brown in color with straw-yellow stripes on top and pale underneath. The birds have...
26 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Marekiaro
Erinaceus europaeus (European hedgehog) is commonly found across Europe and into central Asia. Native to this region, it can be found from the Archipelago of the Azores and as far east as Khazakstan. It is commonly seen in northern Europe, as far a...
26 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Marekiaro
Chroicocephalus ridibundus. (Linnaeus, 1766) The Black-headed Gull ( Chroicocephalus ridibundus) is a small gull which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory, wintering further south...
