Great crested grebe

Podiceps cristatus Photo by Ken Billington (Wikipedia) Common name:great crested grebe (en); mergulhão-de-crista (pt); grèbe huppé (fr); somormujo lavanco (es); haubentaucher (de)Taxonomy:Order PodicipediformesFamily PodicipedidaeRange:This species is found across most of Europe and central Asia, wintering also in southern Asia. There are some scattered colonies in Africa, from Tunisia and Egypt in the north, through a few…

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Ruffed grouse

Bonasa umbellus Photo by Guy Monty (Flickr) Common name:ruffed grouse (en); galinha-montesa-de-colar (pt); gélinotte huppée (fr); grévol engolado (es); kragenhuhn (de) Taxonomy:Order GalliformesFamily Phasianidae Range:This species is found throughout most of Canada, and also in Alaska and the northern United States as far south as Georgia, Utah and northern California. Size:These birds are 40-50 cm…

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Buff-bellied warbler

Phyllolais pulchella Photo by Volker Sthamer (Bird Forum) Common name:buff-bellied warbler (en); felosa-das-acácias (pt); phyllolaïs à ventre fauve (fr); prinia ventripálida (es); akaziensänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This African species is found in two separate populations. One is found in northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, southern Chad and southern Niger, while the other is found further east, from southern Sudan, through…

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Slaty antwren

Myrmotherula schisticolor Photo by Nick Athanas (Antpitta) Common name:slaty antwren (en); choquinha-ardósia (pt); myrmidon ardoisé (fr); hormiguerito pizarroso (es); Hochland-ameisenschlüpfer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThamnophilidaeRange:This species is found from Guatemala to northern Venezuela and Colombia, along the western slopes of the Andes down to southern Ecuador and along the eastern slopes of the Andes down to southern…

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