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Buffy Marie Birthday Highlights Birth Name Buffy Sainte-Marie Place Of Birth Saskatchewan, Canada Age 82 years old Birth Date February 20 1941 Buffy Marie Facts Child Star? no Occupation Singer-Songwriter, Guitarist, Political Activist, Visual Artist Education & Qualifications University of Massachusetts Net Worth $3,000,000 Current Partner Jack Nitzsche About Buffy Sainte-MarieBuffy Sainte-Marie, born February 20, 1941, in Canada, is an influential singer-songwriter.Sainte-Marie is famous for her love of ballads as well as music with a political and social activist bent....

Chante Moore Birthday Highlights Birth Name Chanté Torrane Moore Place Of Birth San Francisco, USA Age 56 years old Birth Date February 16 1967 Chante Moore Facts Child Star? no Occupation Actress, Songwriter, Singer, Author Education & Qualifications Patrick Henry High school Net Worth $1,500,000 Children Sophia Hardison, Kenny Lattimore Jr. Parents Virginia Moore, Larry Moore Siblings Kelvin Gomillion, LaTendre Moore About Chante MooreChante Moore is a singer, songwriter, and actress who was born on February 17, 1967, in San Francisco, California....

David Foster Birthday Highlights Birth Name David Foster Wallace Place Of Birth Ithaca, USA Age 61 years old Birth Date February 20 1962 David Foster Facts Child Star? no Occupation Writer, Professor Education & Qualifications Harvard University Net Worth $5,000,000 Current Partner Karen L Green Parents Sally Jean Wallace, James Donald Wallace Siblings Amy Wallace-Havens About David FosterDavid Foster, full name David Walter Foster, is a Canadian musician and songwriter who has won 16 Grammy Awards....

One of the Patagonian birds, inhabiting the extreme south of South America, is the austral parakeet, Enicognathus ferrugineus, or Microsittace ferrugineus. The austral parakeet, Enicognathus ferrugineus, is also called emerald parakeet, austral conure, or Magellan parakeet. It is known with different names in different languages, for instance, cotorra cachaña in Spanish, smaragdsittich in German, and conure magellanique or perruche magellanique in French. It is one of the few parrots found on the southern tip of South America along with the slender-billed conure....

Looking to dig deeper into the sea world of seahorses? Here we bring you an insight into the world of this fascinating creature! The Barbour’s seahorse, (scientific name Hippocampus barbouri), is a seahorse that is a member of the family Syngnathidae and the genus Hippocampus. This species is widely traded for in aquarium trading as well as for traditional medicinal practices! It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. It feeds upon small shrimp, crustaceans, calanoid copepods, decapod larvae, and the larvae of polychaetes and fish....

Birds are ever so amusing with their colorful wings and unique features. One such species is the black-throated thrush (Turdus atrogularis). Quite famous among bird enthusiasts, this bird can be seen in a wide range of places around the world. This bird is a passerine bird from the thrush family. In case you weren’t aware, birds from the Turdidae family are seen almost all around the world! Passerine birds are those that sit on branches of trees with their three toes forward, birds that are not passerine do not possess this feature....

Does learning about various species of fishes excite you? Then you should definitely read this article on Fairy Cichlid. The Fairy Cichlid (Neolamprologus brichardi) is a fish that is native to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. The Fairy Cichlid is a member of the order Cichliformes and the phylum Chordata. It is a freshwater fish that dwells on rocks and is most commonly found at a depth of 15-75 ft (4....

The genus Fukuisaurus, which means Fukui lizard, consists of only one species: the F. tetoriensis. These dinosaurs belonged to the Barremian stage of the early Cretaceous time period around 145-100 million years ago. Remains of these dinosaurs were found in the Fukui Prefecture of Katsuyama, Japan, among the Kitadani formation of the Tetori Group.The type species, F. tetoriensis, was discovered in 1989 but was named and described in 2003 by Yoichi Azuma and Yoshitsugu Kobayashi....

The grey-headed lovebird is a small parrot, belonging to the genus Agapornis. Lovebird is the common name given to the parrots belonging to the Psittaculidae family. There are nine species present in this genus, and eight of them are native to Africa. The grey-headed lovebird is endemic to Madagascar. These parrots harbor a strong, affectionate, and monogamous bonding with their companions. These parrots are sexually dimorphic. The gray head, through which they got their names, is absent in females....

There are a total of 120 subspecies of kingfisher in the world. Kingfishers are found in all habitats except in cold regions. The Guam kingfisher is a bird which is known for originating from the Guam islands located in the United States however, their populations have been impacted greatly. The Guam kingfisher is now extinct in the wild, and is currently bred in restrictive breeding owing to the fact that these birds faced predation by the brown tree snake....

The Muridae or murids are the largest family of rodents and mammals in general, made up of approximately 834-1,383 species, which is further classified into five subfamilies and divided into 150 genera, including several species of rats found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. The name Muridae is derived from the Latin word ‘mus’, meaning ‘mouse’. This article is about a special species of Australian stick nest rat that is now unfortunately Extinct....

Mirischia Asymmetrica is a small dinosaur that belongs to clade Dinosauria, genus compsognathid, and family Compsognathidae. It hails from Brazil’s Santana Formation and is said to have existed there approximately 145 million to 100.5 million years ago during the Albian Stage of the Early or Lower Cretaceous period. The specimen of this theropod dinosaur was first discovered in 2000 and later studied and named by vertebrate paleontologists Naish D, Martill D, and Frey E in 2004 as ‘Mirischia asymmetrica’....

There is a total of 350 species of parrots in the world. There are six subspecies of king parrots. Moluccan king parrot is known by its scientific name Alisterus amboinensis. Moluccan king parrot (Alisterus amboinensis) is one among the same family usually known as Psittacidae and genus Alisterus. Moluccan king parrot (Alisterus amboinensis) is endemic to Peleng island, West papua, and Indonesia and is seen in forests and islands. The Moluccan king parrot (Alisterus amboinensis) is primarily a herbivorous bird and feeds on fruits majorly as well as grains, seeds, and birds....

The myrtle warbler or yellow rumped warbler (Setophaga coronata coronata) is called a New World warbler. Being from the New World, it’s a well known warbler across the North America continent because of how widely it is distributed. It is also widely found in Canada. Identifying yellow rumped warblers is easy. Males of this species have a yellow throat and crown, slate blue back, yellow rump, and flank patch. The female however is a little more brown in color....

New World monkeys, or Cebidae, are primates that have evolved. This monkey species is flat-nosed and has a prehensile tail which provides them with extra grip and balance. They are primate species that split from higher primates about 40 million years ago. They tend to spend more time on the ground than in trees.These monkeys collectively belong to the group Platyrrhini. They are found in South and Central America and Mexico....

The Northern Luzon Giant Cloud rat also known as Northern Luzon Slender-tailed cloud rat, belongs to the family Muridae. It is one of the large rodents and is endemic to the islands of Luzon, Philippines. This species is known to inhabit higher branches of trees in forests. These rodents are covered with fur or hair coat which are long and rough. The color of this species is pale brown to gray with dark brown to black patches....

The Pacific swift (Apus pacificus) is from the family Apodidae and is found in Australia, South Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and Central and East Asia. It breeds in eastern Asia and the Northern Hemisphere and winters are spent in the southeast part of Asia and Australia. The habitat that these birds inhabit sheltered caves, rock crevices, and also roofs of the buildings.The breeding season of these birds differs in the various ranges....

Are you interested in dinosaurs? If so, then you would surely like to know about the Palaeosaurus. Well, we don’t really know if the reptiles were really a species of dinosaurs, but it’s said to have existed during the Late Triassic period around 201-251 million years ago. Two teeth were discovered from Bristol, England, during the nineteenth century, and the genus taxonomic classification was assigned to it. It’s a debated genus and is currently described as an indeterminate archosaur, so definite ancestors of the birds and crocodiles we see today....

The words ‘moth’ and ‘beauty’ don’t tend to go together, but the pale beauty moth (Campaea perlata) is an exception to this rule! Are you wondering why they got this name? The typical pale beauty moth appearance includes a pale, greenish-white color and shimmery wings, which are both quite beautiful. They were first named by the French entomologist, Achille Guenee in 1858. In their scientific name, ‘perlata’ is a classic Latin word that means ‘beauty’....

The pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) is a bird species that is found in the temperate ecosystem of North America.The bird prefers forests with pines and is known to nest on tree trunks, dead tree areas, and nest boxes. These birds are quite vulnerable in the dark as it has birds like owls as their predators. The migration of this species is seen in the winter, and they are known to travel in pairs and flocks....