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Cacicus cela Photo by Dave Nunez (Flickr) Common name:yellow-rumped cacique (en); xexéu (pt); cassique cul-jaune (fr); cacique lomiamarilo (es); gelbrücken-stirnvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily IcteridaeRange:These birds are found in northern South America, from Bolivia and south-eastern Brazil to Venezuela, Colombia and Panama.Size:The males are 27-29 cm long, while the smaller females are 23-25 cm long. The males weigh 100-115…
Tetraogallus himalayensis Photo by Rémy Lecolazet (Oiseaux) Common name:Himalayan snowcock (en); galo-das-neves-dos-Himalaias (pt); tétraogalle de l’Himalaya (fr); perdigallo himalayo (es); Himalayakönigshuhn (de)Taxonomy:Order GalliformesFamily PhasianidaeRange:This species is found across the Himalayas, from eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, through northern India and Nepal and north into western China and eastern Kazakhstan.Size:These birds are 54-74 cm long and have a…
Lamprotornis chalybaeus Photo by Loot Eksteen (Trek Nature) Common name:greater blue-eared glossy-starling (en); estorninho-metálico-grande-d’orelha-azul (pt); choucador à oreillons bleus (fr); estornino orejiazul (es); grünschwanz-glanzstar (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SturnidaeRange:This species is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania and Senegal to Ethiopia and south through eastern Africa to north-eastern South Africa and Angola. They are absent from the…
Cercomacra ferdinandi Photo by Ciro Albano (NE Brazil Birding) Common name:bananal antbird (en); chororó-de-Goiás (pt); grisin de bananal (fr); hormiguero de bananal (es); bananalameisenfänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThamnophilidaeRange:This species is endemic to the wetlands of the central Araguaia and Tocantins rivers in central Brazil, between Goiás and Maranhão.Size:These birds are 15-18 cm long and weigh 13-18,5 g.Habitat:The bananal…
Selasphorus sasin Photo by Alexander Viduetsky (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Allen’s hummingbird (en); beija-flor-de-Allen (pt); colibri d’Allen (fr); colibrí de Allen (es); Allenkolibri (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:This species occurs in western North America. The nominate susbspecies S. s. sasin is migratory, breeding along the western coast of the United States, from Oregon to southern California, and wintering…
Actinodura waldeni Photo by Yathin Krishnappa (Mango Verde) Common name:streak-throated barwing (en); asa-malhada-de-Walden (pt); actinodure de Walden (fr); actinodura de Yunán (es); Yünnansibia (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This species is found in Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan and marginally across the border into southern China and northern India.Size:These birds are 20-22 cm long and weigh 39-56 g.Habitat:The streak-throated barwing is found in tropical…
Lalage tricolor Photo by Tony Ashton (Tyto Tony) Common name:white-winged triller (en); lagarteiro d’asa branca (pt); échenilleur tricolore (fr); gorjeador de alas blancas (es); weißflügel-lalage (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CampephagidaeRange:This species is endemic to Australia, being found throughout the Australian mainland and in northern Tasmania.Size:These birds are 17-19 cm long and weigh 26 g.Habitat:The white-winged triller is found in dry…
Egretta eulophotes Photo by Tim Edelsten (Birds Korea) Common name:Chinese egret (en); garça-chinesa (pt); aigrette de Chine (fr); garceta china (es); schneereiher (de)Taxonomy:Order CiconiiformesFamily ArdeidaeRange:These birds breed in small islands off the coasts of South Korea, North Korea and across the border into north-eastern China and south-eastern Russia. They migrate south to winter in Vietnam, the…
