Diamon Dove.

Scientific name: Geopelia cuneata.
Family: Columbidae.
Length: 20 cm.
Habitat: Areas arid semi-desert and desert, usually nearby bush.
Distribution: Much of Australia, including the interior, but not in the south and east.
Identification: small dove, grey top with brown spots diamond lined with black and white in the wings. Head, neck and chest blue, pale color more at the bottom. Eyes orange surrounded by a red ring.

The diamond dove is one of the world's smallest dove and the smallest of the native of Australia, but looks very attractive thanks to the diamond speckles of the wings. It's common to see it in pairs or in small groups in arid open, and often hidden in shrubs or small trees, often near a water source, who visits every day at dusk after eating. feed on grass seeds and other plants moving at the same time its long tail. The diamond tortolitas can breed several clutches each year and the male carries out a bridal procession deployed and shaking the wings. Like most pigeons and dove, the female lays two eggs in a nest of branches located in a tree, which both parents incubate for two weeks. Young people are nurtured with the "crop milk" and can eat seeds Spitting Up in a few days. They grow quickly and conclude the development of plumage in two weeks. The first domesticated copies arrived in Europe in the 1870's. Breeding in captivity with ease and is one of the most common species of turtle dove into the aviaries.

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Great Cormorant

Scientific name: Phalacrocorax carbo.
Family: phalacrocoracidade.
Length: 91 cm.
Habitat: coasts, estuaries and inland waters.
Distribution: Much of Europe, Asia, eastern North America and parts of Africa and Australasia.
ID: Ave aquatic big, black-necked and long, with the chin and cheeks blancuzcos and bag gular ochre. The adult player has a white spot in the thigh and fine feathers on the head.

The Great Cormorant is the most widespread member of the family of cormorants and is also the most voluminous, with a wingspan of close to 160 cm. It's herd, like most of his relatives, and outside the breeding season, which brings in many colonies, met in small flocks. It is assiduous in large lakes, but also frequents the coasts and estuaries, is an excellent swimmer and can dive up to one minute in search of a dam. The Japanese fishermen exploited the skills of cormorant for more than a thousand years and trained and used for fishing. Especially piscivorous, but also eat invertebrates and amphibians freshwater. The breeding season varies with the abundance of food. The mating can occur in any season; male and female are cooperating to build the nest, brooding the eggs and care for the offspring. They tend to make the nest in trees with branches in the ground or in a rocky outgoing, and entry consists of four or five eggs.

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Andean Condor.

Scientific name: Vultur gryphus.
Family: Cathartidae.
Length: 130 cm.
Distribution: along the Andes mountain range.
ID: huge carrion prey. Black with white feathers on the wings and white collar. The bald head is black and pink for females and males with a crest.


The Andean condor is the world's largest predator. It has a wingspan of three meters, weighs over 13 kilograms, and is also one of the most-lived because very often they reach age 50. Its huge size and its growth paused also have a slow reproductive cycle, reaching sexual maturity after eight years. The female breeding in alternate years, and hence, stocks are recovering slowly from the threats of man. Mating takes place in spring, and put the egg in a single outgoing rocky, surrounded by some branches. Both parents incubated the egg and take care of small, but that I could fly to six months, remains with the parents up to two years. The Andean condor is fed almost exclusively on carrion, but can capture live prey like rodents and reptiles, or offspring and animals dying. Also as eggs of other birds, especially the navies that nest in large colonies.

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Wild Turkey.

Scientific name: Meleagris gallopavo.
Family: meleagrididae.
Length: Male 90-120 cm lower than the female.
Habitat: Forests open.
Distribution: Populations scattered throughout North America, from southern Canada to Mexico.
ID: Galliformes habits of land and very large. The male has a glossy feathers and copper, erasing white tips of the wings and a tuft of dark feathers on his chest. the bare head is blue and red and has a red lachrymal caruncle. Spurs large paws. The female is more muted colors and has no tuft.

Seriously threatened by hunting and habitat destruction in the past, the wild turkey, also known as guajolote in Mexico today has recovered strongly in much of its range. The populations remain isolated and scattered, which has led to the emergence of several subspecies. They all have similar habits and appearance and prefer an environment of mixed forests and open meadows: the day by feeding on the grasslands and to spend the night perching on trees. the diet is very diverse and basa in plants, nuts, fruits, seeds, flowers and small animals. For much of the year the turkey vague in groups of one sex, but males gather harems in early spring, which attract females with the peculiar and glugluteo PAVONE of tail feathers. The female digs a hole in shallow soil and puts up to ten eggs, which incubate for a month. Chickens follow a mother and small flocks return to form.

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Common Loon.

Scientific name: Gavia immer.
Order: Gaviiformes
Family: Gaviidae
Length: 90cm
Habitat: lakes and coasts
Distribution: North America, Greenland and Iceland, Great Britain and Northern Europe.
ID: Ave aquatic sizeable, with head, neck and black back, white belly and chest, and white collar. In summer, the top and sides have many spots



This bird the loon is a large aquatic bird specifically passing much of the time in the water and this little equipped for life on land, its heavy skeleton and the position of the legs, also very rear make it a diver INAT. Its aerodynamic shape his acute hearing and let you catch fish with agility in calm waters and transparent, but can dive up to 60 m deep and can stay under water a minute. Also catch amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans and other invertebrates. During the breeding season, built a nest made of plants in the water, often on a small island, where the female usually put two eggs. incubation is borne by the male and female, and the family remained united throughout the summer. In winter usually migrate to coastal waters, but often remain at large inland lakes that are not covered by ice.

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