Cows are members of the sub-family 'Bovinae' of the family 'Bovidae'. This family also includes Gazelles, Buffalo, Bison, Antelopes, Sheep and Goats.Cows are raised for many reasons including: milk, cheese, other dairy products, also for meat such as beef and veal and … [Read more...]
Red Fox – Nature’s Original Artful Dodger
The Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) is a member of the Canidae family and is a part of the order Carnivora within the class of mammals.Members of the family are called 'canids' and include dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes, dingoes, jackals and African Wild Dogs. Within this family, the … [Read more...]
Grey Partridge
The Grey Partridge bird (Perdix perdix) is a medium sized gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes. It is also sometimes called the grey partridge, the grey-legged partridge, the English partridge, Hungarian partridge, or hun.The grey partridge … [Read more...]
Osprey
The Osprey bird (Pandion haliaetus) is a medium-large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution. It occurs in all continents around the world except for Antarctica, but in South America only as a non-breeding migrant. The Osprey bird is often known by … [Read more...]
Red Kite – A Symbol of Hope and Good Luck
The Red Kite bird (Milvus milvus) is a medium to large bird of prey and one of three species within the 'Milvus' genus. This genus itself exists within the 'Accipitridae' family. This is one of the three families of birds within the 'Accipitriformes' order which contains most of … [Read more...]
Skylark
The Skylark bird (Alauda arvensis), also known as the Eurasian Skylark, is a small passerine bird species that breeds across most of Europe and Asia and in the mountains of north Africa. It is mainly resident in the west of its range, however, eastern populations are more … [Read more...]
Song Thrush
The Song Thrush bird (Turdus philomelos) is also known in different dialects as a 'throstle' or 'mavis'. The Song Thrush is a common European member of the genus 'Turdus', within the thrush family 'Turdidae', which is quite a large family. In their genus alone there are 87 … [Read more...]
Great White African Pelican Birds
The Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) is one of the world's largest flying birds that is found in the shallow swamps of Africa.The Great White Pelican breeds in Southern Europe and in Asia. There are no sub-species of the Great White Pelican.Great White Pelicans … [Read more...]
Hoopoe Birds
The African Hoopoe (Upupa africana) is an African bird that belongs to the Family: Upupidae which also includes the Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) although these are two separate species.The African Hoopoe differs from the Eurasian Hoopoe by the coloration of the males, … [Read more...]
White Stork Birds
The White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large wading bird that belongs to the family: Ciconiidae.There are two sub-species of white stork, the African White Stork which is found in North West and Southern Africa and the European White Stork which is found in Europe.White … [Read more...]