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Melozone fuscus Photo by Joe Schelling (Natural Moments) Common name:canyon towhee (en); tico-tico-pardo (pt); tohi des canyons (fr); rascador pardo (es); braunrücken-grundammer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EmberizidaeRange:This species is found in the south-western United States, in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, and in Mexico, down to Oaxaca.Size:These birds are 19-22 cm long and have a wingspan of…
Streptopelia chinensis Photo by J.M. Garg (Wikipedia) Common name:spotted dove (en); rola-malhada (pt); tourterelle tigrine (fr); tórtola moteada (es); perlhalstaube (de)Taxonomy:Order ColumbiformesFamily ColumbidaeRange:This species is found throughout southern Asia, from India and northern Pakistan to north-eastern China and south to Indonesia and the Philippines. It has also been introduced in eastern and southern Australia, New Zealand…
Sylvietta whytii Photo by Glen Tepke (Mango Verde) Common name:red-faced-crombec (en); rabicurta-de-faces-vermelhas (pt); crombec à face rousse (fr); sylvieta de cara roja (es); rotzügel-sylvietta (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This African species is found in East Africa, from southern Ethiopia and Sudan, through Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and into Zimbabwe and Mozambique.Size:These birds are 8-9 cm long and weigh 9-11 g.Habitat:The red-faced…
Garrulax maximus Photo by Philip He (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:giant laughingthrush (en); zaragateiro-gigante (pt); garrulaxe géant (fr); charlatán gigante (es); riesenhäherling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This species is found in south-western China and in northern India.Size:These birds are 32-36 cm long.Habitat:The giant laughingthrush is found in open broadleaf and mixed broadleaf-coniferous forests and bamboo scrublands in broadleaf evergreen…
Larus pipixcan Photo by Alan Vernon (Wikipedia) Common name:Franklin’s gull (en); gaivota-de-Franklin (pt); mouette de Franklin (fr); gaviota de Franklin (es); präriemöwe (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily LaridaeRange:This species breeds in central North America, mostly in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada; and in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota, United States. They migrate south to winter along the…
Tolmomyias flaviventris Photo by Fayard Mohammed (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:yellow-breasted flatbill (en); bico-chato-amarelo (pt); platyrhynque à poitrine jaune (fr); picoplano pechiamarillo (es); gelbbauch-breitschnabeltyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This South American species is found from Colombia and Venezuela south to Peru and south-eastern Brazil. It also occurs in Trinidad and Tobago.Size:These birds are 12-13 cm long and weigh 10-13 g.Habitat:They…
Pericrocotus flammeus Photo by Abhishek Das (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:scarlet minivet (en); minivete-escarlate (pt); grand minivet (fr); minivete rojo (es); scharlachmennigvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CampephagidaeRange:This species if found in southern Asia, from India and Nepal, through Bangladesh and Myanmar and into southern China, Indonesia and the Philippines.Size:These birds are 20-22 cm long and weigh 20-30 g.Habitat:Scarlet minivets are…
Falco novaeseelandiae Photo by Steve Attwood (Steve X2) Common name:New Zealand falcon (en); falcão-maori (pt); faucon de Nouvelle-Zélande (fr); halcón maorí (es); maorifalke (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily FalconidaeRange:This species is endemic to New Zealand, being found in both the North Island and the South Island, as well as in Stewart Island and its outliers, and the Auckland Islands.Size:These…
