It breeds from September to December and outside the breeding season may congregate in large flocks, often roosting in reedbeds.
In all, 92 best of breeds from last year's show are returning.
The Virginia opossum breeds from December through August, depending on the latitude.
The most popular breeds are the golden-coloured Italian honeybee and slightly darker breeds from the Balkans.
Above is a selection of Goh's photographs of the Serama and other breeds from his most recent book, "Cocks".
The common murre (U. aalge) breeds from the Arctic Circle south to Nova Scotia, California, Portugal, and Korea.
It breeds from Maine to northern South America and winters south in Brazil, often on fresh waters far inland.
They found, for example, that fantail pigeons, one of Akbar's favorite breeds, are closely related to breeds from Iran.
A visit to dogbreedinfo.com turns up reams of information on 57 heretofore obscure breeds, from the affenpinscher to the Arubian cunucu dog to the azawakh.
The study, published in the journal Canine Genetics and Epidemiology, focused on data on 180 dog breeds from the registry of the Australian National Kennel Council.
That estimate, described as conservative, represents about 30percentt of some 4,000 to 5,000 breeds from 28 domesticated species of birds and mammals.
