Rock ptarmigan

Lagopus muta Photo by Jan Haugseth (Wikipedia) Common name: rock ptarmigan (en); lagópode-branco (pt); lagopède alpin (fr); perdiz nival (es); alpenschneehuhn (de) Taxonomy: Order Galliformes Family Tetraonidae Range: This sedentary species breeds across most of Arctic and sub-Arctic Eurasia and North America, including Greenland. There are a few isolated populations in mountainous areas of Scotland,…

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White-tailed goldenthroat

Polytmus guainumbi (Photo from Flickr) Common name:white-tailed goldenthroat (en); beija-flor-de-bico-curvo (pt); colibri guaïnumbi (fr); colibrí guainumbí (es); bronzerücken-glanzkehlchen (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:This South American species is found in Colombia, Venezuela, through the Guyanas and north-eastern Brazil and into central Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. It is mostly absent from the Amazon basin.Size:These birds are 9-10 cm long…

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Snowy owl

Nyctea scandiaca Photo by Franck Renard (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:snowy owl (en); coruja-das-neves (pt); harfang des neiges (fr); búho nival (es); schnee-eule (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:This species breeds in the northernmost areas of Scandinavia, Russia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland. They migrate south to winter as far south as the northern United States, Iceland, the Baltic…

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Vì sao đàn ông "ngu" hơn phụ nữ?

Sau đám cưới tôi mới phát hiện chồng mình thuộc diện hơi bị… không thông minh, thế mới gay chứ. Hồi yêu không hiểu sao tôi chẳng phát hiện ra điều quan trọng này. Các cụ nói chả sai câu nào, yêu là mù quáng, yêu là chết trong lòng một ít… Hồi yêu anh…

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