Hello! We are the Ring-necked Pheasants. We are also known as Common Pheasants. We are one of the ancient and most commonly found pheasants with a very wide range in the world. There are very interesting facts about us, have a look: We are first described by Carl Linnaeus, a famous Swedish Zoologist, in 1758. …
Hey! We are very common monkeys that you might encounter in your neighborhood if you live in India. We are Rhesus Macaques. Know more about us by reading below: Though our name comes from Mythological King Rhesus of Thrace from the Iliad, the French naturalist John Baptiste Audebert, who named us said the name doesn’t …
Hey! We are shy pheasants called Red Spur fowl. In Marathi language of India, we are called as Kokatri because of our distinct and harsh sounds “ker-wick.. kerwick and karr…karr…”. Have a look at few important points about us: We are the species that were first described by French traveler Pierre Sonnerat in Madagascar in the …
Hello! Are you wondering why a regular domesticated chicken is here? We are not regular chicken. In fact, we are the ancestors of them. We are the Red Jungle Fowls. Know about some interesting things about us down below: Humans started domesticating us from a very long time (7400 years) in Asia and the modern domesticated …
Hello! We are interesting turtles and are called Red-eared Turtles or Red-eared Terrapins. Apart from our distinctive red stripe near our ear, we have some interesting things about us that you might want to know. Have a look: We are well known and mostly seen for our basking behavior. As we have cold blood, we …
Hello! We are the Majestic Purple Herons. We are distinguished by our “S” shaped neck and our big body. Have a look at some important points about us: We are big birds with powerful beaks. We can hold various kinds of fish with our bill. We stalk and hunt the prey. We have a very large …
Hello! We are called the Painted Storks. We are big birds with a big bill. If you are from India, you can find us near rivers, canals etc feeding on fish. Here are some important things about us. Have a look: Unlike other water birds, we are quite silent. We only make harsh and moaning sounds …
Hey! We are chicken-like species called Painted Spurfowls. We are called Spurfowls as we have spurs (an outgrowth of bone with bare skin) on our legs. Have a look at a few interesting points about us: We are shy birds and usually live in the underground and come out only to feed and roost. Do …
Hey! We are birds, the largest living birds on earth, the Ostriches. With smaller brain and bigger eyes, we are strongest and very fast birds on the planet alive. In fact, there are Ostrich racing tournaments in some countries. Want to know more? There is a lot of information that we would love to tell …
Hi! We are the most widespread baboons in the world. We are Olive Baboons. We are species found in Africa and have very interesting things about us, have a look: We are also called as Anubis Baboon. This name comes from the Egyptian god Anubis who has a dog-like face. We got this name as we …
