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Description. The black heron is a medium-sized bird, with a typical height range of 42.5 to 66 cm (16.5 to 26 in). Their weight can range from 0.27 to 0.39 kg (0.60 to 0.86 lbs). They are known for their black plumage, black bill, and yellow feet. In breeding plumage it grows long plumes on the crown and nape. [3]
Wintering in Aogu Wetland, Taiwan. The black-faced spoonbill ( Platalea minor) is a species of wading bird in the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae, found in eastern Asia. This species has the most restricted distribution of the six spoonbill species, and it is the only one regarded as endangered. Spoonbills are large water birds with ...
- P. minor
- Platalea
The head-and-body length of adult North American beavers is 74–90 cm (29–35 in), with the tail adding a further 20–35 cm (7.9–13.8 in). Very old individuals can exceptionally exceed normal sizes, weighing more than 40 kg (88 lb) or even as much as 50 kg (110 lb) (higher than the maximum known for the Eurasian beaver).
Silvereye. The silvereye or wax-eye ( Zosterops lateralis ), also known by its Māori name tauhou, is a very small omnivorous passerine bird of the south-west Pacific. In Australia and New Zealand its common name is sometimes white-eye, but this name is more commonly used to refer to all members of the genus Zosterops, or the entire family ...
Manatees ( / ˈmænətiːz /, family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living species in the order Sirenia: the Amazonian manatee ( Trichechus inunguis ), the West Indian ...
Taxonomy Menura superba – superb lyrebird (1800) by Thomas Davies The classification of lyrebirds was the subject of much debate after the first specimens reached European scientists after 1798. Based on specimens sent from New South Wales to England, Major-General Thomas Davies illustrated and described this species as the superb lyrebird, which he called Menura superba, in an 1800 ...
Thylacinus rostralis De Vis, 1893 [11] The thylacine ( / ˈθaɪləsiːn /; binomial name Thylacinus cynocephalus ), also commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, is an extinct carnivorous marsupial that was native to the Australian mainland and the islands of Tasmania and New Guinea. The thylacine died out in New Guinea and ...
