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Carduelis cannabina Photo by Anne van der Wal (Flickr) Common name:Eurasian linnet (en); pintarroxo-comum (pt); linotte mélodieuse (fr); pardillo común (es); bluthänfling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeRange:These birds are found throughout most of Europe, in North Africa, and into Asia as far as western Siberia, western China and northern Afghanistan.Size:Eurasian linnets are 13-14 cm long and have…
Pelecanoides georgicus Photo by Mike Danzenbaker (Mike Dazenbaker’s Bird Photography) Common name:South Georgia diving petrel (en); petrel-mergulhador-da-Geórgia-do-Sul (pt); puffinure de Géorgie du Sud (fr); potoyunco geórgico (es); breitschnabel-lummensturmvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order ProcellariiformesFamily PelecanoididaeRange:These birds breed in several sub-Antarctic islands, namely South Georgia in the Atlantic, Prince Edward, Crozet, Kerguelen, Heard and McDonald in the Indian Ocean, and Codfish…
Scytalopus magellanicus Photo by Jose Cañas (Flickriver) Common name:Magellanic tapaculo (en); tapaculo-de-Magalhães (pt); mérulaxe des Andes (fr); churrín del sur (es); Magellantapaculo (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily RhinocryptidaeRange:This South American species is found from central Chile and western Argentina, south to Tierra del Fuego.Size:These birds are 10-12 cm long and weigh 11-15 g.Habitat:Magellanic tapaculos are found in densely vegetated…
Pardalotus quadragintus (Photo from Oz Animals) Common name:forty-spotted pardalote (en); pardalote-da-Tasmânia (pt); pardalote de Tasmanie (fr); pardalote tasmano (es); Tasmanpanthervogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PardalotidaeRange:This species is endemic to Tasmania, only being found along the south-eastern coast and in the offshore islands of Maria, Bruny and Flinders.Size:Forty-spotted pardalotes are 9-10 cm long and have a wingspan of…
Lampornis clemenciae Photo by Joe McDonald (McDonald Wildlife Photography) Common name:blue-throated hummingbird (en); beija-flor-de-garganta-azul (pt); colibri à gorge bleue (fr); colibrí gorgiazul (es); blaukehlnymphe (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:This North American species is found in the southern United States, in southern Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas, and into Mexico as far south as Oaxaca.Size:These birds are 11-12,5…
Camaroptera brachyura Photo by Trevor Hardaker (Biodiversity Explorer) Common name:green-backed camaroptera (en); felosa-de-dorso-verde (pt); camaroptère à tête gris (fr); camaroptera de lomo verde (es); grünrücken-camaroptera (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CisticolidaeRange:These birds are found across much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia and south to South Africa.Size:Green-backed camaropteras are 11,5-13 cm long and weigh 10-11 g.Habitat:They are generally…
Amandava amandava Photo by Jayaprakash Siddapura (Flickr) Common name:red avadavat (en); bengali-vermelho (pt); bengali rouge (fr); bengalí rojo (es); tigerfink (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EstrildidaeRange:These birds originate from southern Asia, being found from central Pakistan, through India and Bangladesh, and into Myanmar, southern China, Vietnam, Cambodja, south-eastern Thailand, Indonesia and East Timor. This species is commonly used…
Harpyhaliaetus coronatus (Photo from Flickriver) Common name:crowned solitary eagle (en); águia-cinzenta (pt); buse couronnée (fr); águila coronada (es); zaunadler (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This South American species is found in southern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina.Size:These birds are 75-85 cm long and have a wingspan of 170-185 cm. They weigh 2,9-3,5 kg.Habitat:Crowned solitary eagles are found in semi-open…
