Some cool animal species images:
Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)
Image by 5of7
A Speke's Gazelle faces a White Rhino at the Phoenix Zoo
The Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) is one of the two subspecies of the White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (the other being the much rarer Northern White Rhino). The White Rhino is one of the five species of rhinoceros that still exist and is one of the few megafaunal species left. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. This photo was taken at the Phoenix Zoo on March 12, 2011.
Border Range National Park 19042009 174
Image by Michael Dawes
Border Ranges National Park has been included on the World Heritage list as part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia) along with other major rainforest stands in north-east NSW and south-east Queensland. World Heritage properties, places of outstanding value to the world, may be natural wonders or monuments and landscapes of human culture.
The Brown Cuckoo-Dove is a large brown pigeon of rainforests, with a very long, tapering tail. There is a pale streak below the blue-grey eye and a red eye-ring. The female has a brighter chestnut cap and a scaly pattern on the breast. The legs and feet are red. Their flight is strong and graceful, usually low among the trees. This species is also known as the Brown, Pheasant or Large-tailed Pigeon.
Similar species
The large size and graduated tail distinguishes the Brown Cuckoo-Dove from any other pigeon in the region.
Where does it live?
Distribution
The Brown Cuckoo-Dove is found throughout north-eastern and eastern Queensland, including off-shore islands, and eastern coastal areas of New South Wales. Its range is expanding down the coast of New South Wales. This species is also found from the Philippines, south through Borneo to Sumatra, through the Moluccas and Sulawesi to New Guinea.
Habitat
This is a pigeon of rainforests and wet sclerophyll forest, particularly at the forest edges, along creeks and rivers. Brown Cuckoo-Doves are often found in regrowth along roads, in clearings and in weedy areas like lantana.
Seasonal movements
No large-scale seasonal movement, but move locally in search of fruit.
What does it do?
Feeding
Brown Cuckoo-Doves feed on fruit, berries and seeds from a variety of rainforest trees, shrubs and vines. They usually feed in the trees in the early morning and the late afternoon, often hanging upside down to reach fruit. They come to the ground to drink and to eat grit. They can digest very hard seeds.
Breeding
Brown Cuckoo-Doves nest in rainforest trees, shrubs and the tops of vines and ferns, with the nest being a scanty collection of twigs and sticks placed sideways on a branch. The young are covered with long thick down when first hatched. Both parents share the incubation and care of the young.
