What Is A Frugivore? What Does A Frugivore Eat? Frugivores are a classification of animals that have adapted to eat primarily fruit as their main food source. The term “frugivore” originates from Latin, where “frux” means fruit and “vorare” means to devour or consume. So, frugivores are essentially fruit eaters. Frugivory is a form of … Read more
A Checklist of Birds of the World This checklist gives no taxonomic data, it is simply a list of Orders, Families and Species. It is divided into two sections Non-passerines and Passerines. Both files are very large so if you want to see them be patient. If you want more information than is supplied here … Read more
Order Non-Passeriformes Checklist Checklist of the Non-passerine Birds of the World Order Struthioniformes Family Struthionidae 1 Ostrich Struthio camelus Family Rheidae 2 Greater Rhea Rhea americana 3 Lesser Rhea Rhea pennata Family Casuariidae 4 Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius 5 Dwarf Cassowary Casuarius bennetti 6 Northern Cassowary Casuarius … Read more
Order Passeriformes Checklist World Checklist of Birds = Based on Sibley and Monroe 1993 Family Acanthisittidae 3964 Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris 3965 Bush Wren Xenicus longipes 3966 South Island Wren Xenicus gilviventris 3967 Stephens Island Wren Xenicus lyalli Family Pittidae 3968 Eared Pitta Pitta phayrei 3969 Blue-naped … Read more
Sea Anemones and Corals (Anthozoa) For several centuries scientists have been unable to completely understand how coral reefs, among the most diverse ecosystems on the planet, could live in crystal clear tropical waters where there appears to be too little food to support them. Recent studies by scientists from Australia and America have discovered that … Read more
Is Fish Farming Bad & Should It Be Reevaluated? Fish farming is already an activity with a mixed image, while many people love it because it is economically successful, others dislike the dislocation of natural systems that this allows. Especially disliked are ocean pens where the fish are kept in large cages of nets in … Read more
Checklist of Hornbills of the World Common Name Scientific Name Distribution Habitat Weight of Male in Grams % animal content in Diet Max No. Eggs Northern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus Central Africa Savanna 4000 100 2 Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri Southern Africa Savanna 4191 85 3 Austen’s Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus austeri Mainland … Read more
An Apologue. A New Version Of An Old Story. Will you walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to the Fly, ‘Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy; The way into my parlour is up a winding stair, And I’ve a many curious things to shew when you are there.” Oh no, … Read more
A Provisional World List of the Corvidae Corvidae (crow family) is a family of oscine passerine birds that includes the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies,choughs, and nutcrackers. They are known as the crow family or corvids. Currently, 135 species are included in this family. Common … Read more
The Dipterists Forum The Dipterists Forum was launched at Dipterists Day on 12th of November 1994 at the Natural History Museum, London. It arose out of the old Diptera Recording Schemes’ Central Panel and is now a fully fledged society dedicated to the study of the Diptera of Britain. It produces a number of publications and organizes a large … Read more