Birds

Plain-crowned spinetail

Synallaxis gujanensis Photo by Maxime Dechelle (Oiseaux) Common name:plain-crowned spinetail (en); joão-teneném-becuá (pt); synallaxe de Cayenne (fr); pijuí coronipardo (es); braunkappen-dickichtschlüpfer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FurnariidaeRange:This South American species is found from Colombia, Venezuela and the Guynas south to central Brazil, Peru and northern Bolivia.Size:These birds are 15-17 cm long and weigh 20-30 g.Habitat:The plain-crowned spinetail is mostly found…

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Pine grosbeak

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Pinicola enucleator (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name:pine grosbeak (en); pintarroxo-de-bico-grosso (pt); dubec des sapins (fr); camachuelo picogrueso (es); hakengimpel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeRange:These birds are widely distributed in the northern parts of America and Eurasia, being found in Alaska, Canada and the northern United States, as well as Scandinavia, Russia, Mongolia, north-eastern China and northern Japan.Size:They…

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Rainbow bee-eater

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Merops ornatus Photo by Patrick Ingremeau (Oiseaux) Common name:rainbow bee-eater (en); abelharuco-australiano (pt); guêpier arc-en-ciel (fr); abejaruco australiano (es); ragenbogenspint (de)Taxonomy:Order CoraciiformesFamily MeropidaeRange:This species is found throughout mainland Australia, in New Guinea and eastern Indonesia. They are also found in the Solomon Islands.Size:These birds are 19-28 cm long, including the elongated tail feathers, and have a wingspan…

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Cocoa woodcreeper

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Xiphorhynchus susurrans Photo by Paul Kusmin (Flickr) Common name:cocoa woodcreeper (en); arapaçu-do-cacao (pt); grimpar cacao (fr); trepatroncos cacao (es); kleiner fahlkehl-baumsteiger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily DendrocolaptidaeRange:This species is found from Guatemala to northern Colombia and Venezuela, also being found in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago.Size:These birds are 23-28 cm long and weigh 35-65 g.Habitat:These birds are mostly…

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Eurasian collared dove

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Streptopelia decaocto Photo by Jirí Bohdal (Naturephoto CZ) Common name:Eurasian collared dove (en); rola-turca (pt); tourterelle turque (fr); tórtola turca (es); Türkentaube (de)Taxonomy:Order ColumbiformesFamily ColumbidaeRange:This species was originally found in temperate and sub-tropical Asia, from Turkey to southern China and south to India and Sri Lanka. Since the late 19th century it started to expand westwards and…

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Blue-and-white flycatcher

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Cyanoptila cyanomelana Photo by Robin Newlin (Birds Korea) Common name:blue-and-white flycatcher (en); papa-moscas-azul-e-branco (pt); gobemouche bleu (fr); papamoscas blanco y azul (es); Japanschnäpper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This species breeds in north-eastern China, extreme south-eastern Russia, Korea and Japan, migrating south to winter in Vietnam, Cambodja, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines.Size:These birds are 16-17 cm long and weigh 22-25 g.Habitat:The…

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Red-lored amazon

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Amazona autumnalis Photo by John C. Avise (Avise’s Birds of the World) Common name:red-lored amazon (en); papagaio-diadema (pt); amazone à lores rouges (fr); loro cariamarillo (es); gelbwangenamazone (de)Taxonomy:Order PsittaciformesFamily PsittacidaeRange:This species occurs in two disjunct populations. One is found from south-eastern Mexico down to western Colombia and Ecuador, while the other is found in central…

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African cuckoo

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Cuculus gularis Photo by Nancy Bell (Mango Verde) Common name:African cuckoo (en); cuco-africano (pt); coucou africain (fr); cuco barbiblanco (es); Afrikanerkuckuck (de)Taxonomy:Order CuculiformesFamily CuculidaeRange:This species is found in most of sub-Saharan Africa, only being absent from parts of D.R. Congo, Somalia, southern Namibia and south-western South Africa.Size:These birds are 30-33 cm long and weigh 100-110 g.Habitat:African…

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