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Anthracothorax nigricollis Photo by Fredrik Forsberg (Eldi Foto) Common name:black-throated mango (en); beija-flor-de-veste-preta (pt); mango à cravate noire (fr); mango gorginegro (es); schwarzbrust-mangokolibri (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:This South American species is found from eastern Panama through Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil, and into Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and north-eastern Argentina. It is mainly found east of the Andes,…
Somateria mollissima Photo by Andreas Trepte (Wikipedia) Common name:common eider (en); pato-eider (pt); eider à duvet (fr); eider común (es); eiderente (de) Taxonomy:Order AnseriformesFamily Anatidae Range:The common eider is found along the coasts of the northern Atlantic, northern pacific and the Arctic Ocean. In the Atlantic the breeding range goes as far south as northern…
Pachyramphus marginatus Photo by Antonio Silveira (A Ultima Arca de Noé) Common name:black-capped becard (en); caneleiro-bordado (pt); bécarde à calotte noire (fr); anambé capirotado (es); streifenrückenbekarde (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This South American species is found from southern Venezuela and Colombia to Peru, northern Bolivia and central Brazil. There is also a disjunct population along the coast…
Pycnonotus cafer Photo by J.M. Garg (Wikipedia) Common name:red-vented bulbul (en); tuta-de-ventre-vermelho (pt); bulbul à ventre rouge (fr); bulbul de ventrirrojo (es); rußbülbül (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PycnonotidaeRange:This species originates from the Indian sub-continent, being found throughout India and Sri Lanka, in eastern Pakistan and Afghanistan, in Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and marginally into southern China. This…
Fregata andrewsi Photo by Jeff Blincow (Christmas Island Wildlife) Common name:Christmas frigatebird (en); fragata-de-Natal (pt); frégate d’Andrews (fr); fragata de la Navidad (es); weißbauch-fregattvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PelecaniformesFamily FregatidaeRange:The Christmas frigatebird is endemic as a breeding species to Christmas Island, located in the Indian Ocean, about 1000 km south-west of the Indonesian island of Java. Foraging birds…
Anthreptes collaris Photo by Sergi Aris (Flickr) Common name:collared sunbird (en); beija-flor-de-colar (pt); souimanga à collier (fr); suimanga acollarado (es); waldnektarvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia and south to Angola, northern Botswana, and through Mozambique down to eastern South Africa.Size:These birds are 9-10 cm long and weigh…
Ciconia maguari Photo by Aline Wolfer (Oiseaux d’Argentine) Common name:maguari stork (en); cegonha-maguari (pt); cigogne maguari (fr); cigueña maguari (es); maguaristorch (de) Taxonomy:Order CiconiiformesFamily Ciconiidae Range:This species is found throughout most of South America east of the Andes, from Venezuela to central Argentina, but is mostly absent from the Amazon basin and from north-eastern Brazil….
Monias benschi Photo by John C. Mittermeier (Flickr) Common name:subdesert mesite (en); mesita-de-Bensch (pt); mésite monias (fr); mesito monias (es); moniasstelzenralle (de)Taxonomy:Order GruiformesFamily Mesitornithidae Range:This species is endemic to Madagascar, being found along a narrow coastal strip in the south-western part of the country between the Fiherenana and Mangoky rivers. Size:These birds are 30-32 cm…
