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Zoothera naevius Photo by Elaine Wilson (Tom Clark) Common name: varied thrush (en); tordo-de-colarinho (pt); grive à collier (fr); zorzal cinchado (es); halsbanddrossel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Turdidae Range: This species is found from Alaska and north-western canada, along the pacific coast of North America down to northern California. The more northern populations migrate…
Hydrobates pelagicus Photo by Armando Caldas (Flickr) Common name:European storm-petrel (en); alma-de-mestre (pt); océanite tempête (fr); paíño europeo (es); sturmschwalbe (de)Taxonomy:Order ProcellariiformesFamily HydrobatidaeRange:This species breeds on inaccessible islands in the north Atlantic and western Mediterranean, from iceland, through the Faroe islands and the British isles and into Iberia and as far east as Malta. They also…
Chthonicola sagittatus Photo by Ian Colley (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:speckled warbler (en); acantiza-malhada (pt); séricorne fléché (fr); sedosito moteado (es); grundhuscher (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily AcanthizidaeRange:These birds are endemic to south-eastern Australia, being found from south-western Victoria to central Queensland, mostly on the slopes and tablelands of the Great Dividing Range.Size:The speckled warbler is 13 cm long…
Poicephalus cryptoxanthus Common name:brown-headed parrot (en); papagaio-de-cabeça-castanha (pt); perroquet à tête brune (fr); lorito de cabeza parda (es); braunkopfpapagei (de)Taxonomy:Order PsittaciformesFamily PsittacidaeRange:This species is found in East Africa, from southern Kenya, through Tanzania and Mozambique, and into Zimbabwe and north-eastern South Africa.Size:These birds are 22 cm long and weigh 120-160 g.Habitat:The brown-headed parrot is found in…
Chalcomitra senegalensis Photo by Mike Pope (World-Birds) Common name:scarlet-chested sunbird (en); beija-flor-de-peito-escarlate (pt); souïmanga à poitrine rouge (fr); suimanga pechiescarlata (es); rotbrust-glanzköpfchen (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania and Guinea to Ethiopia and south to northern Namibia and north-eastern South Africa. The scarlet-chested sunbird is absent from the Congo river basin…
Pycnonotus leucogenys Photo by Jerome Boisard (Flickr) Common name:Himalayan bulbul (en); tuta-de-faces-brancas (pt); bulbul à joues blanches (fr); bulbul de mejillas blancas (es); weißohrbülbül (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PycnonotidaeRange:This species is found along the southern foothills of the Himalayas, in Bhutan, Nepal, northern India, northern Pakistan and marginally into Afghanistan and Tajikistan.Size:These birds are 18-20 cm long and have…
Circaetus gallicus Photo by Denis Haltebourg (Nunda Foto) Common name:short-toed snake-eagle (en); águia-cobreira (pt); circaète Jean-le-Blanc (fr); águila culebrera (es); schlangenadler (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This species is found breeding from the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco in the west, through southern and central Europe as far north as the Baltic and through Turkey and southern Russia, into the…
Dinemellia dinemelli (Photo from Scientific Library) Common name:white-headed buffalo-weaver (en); tecelão-de-cabeça-branca (pt); alecto à tête blanche (fr); bufalero cabeciblanco (es); starweber (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PloceidaeRange:This species is found in East Africa, from South Sudan and Ethiopia, through Kenya and Somalia and down to central Tanzania.Size:These birds are 17-19 cm long and weigh 57-85 g.Habitat:The white-headed buffalo-weaver is mostly…
