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Lerwa lerwa Photo by Ulrich Weber (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:snow partridge (en); perdiz-das-neves (pt); lerva des neiges (fr); perdiz Lerwa (es); Lerwahuhn (de) Taxonomy:Order GalliformesFamily PhasianidaeRange:This species is found in the Himalayas mountain range, in northern India and Pakistan, Nepal and south-western China.Size:These birds are 38-40 cm long. The females tend to be smaller,…
Stenostira scita Photo by Trevor Hardaker (Trevor and Margaret Hardaker) Common name:fairy warbler (en); papa-moscas-d’asa-branca (pt); mignard enchanteur (fr); papamoscas duende (es); elfenschnäpper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This African species breeds in southern South Africa and Lesotho. Part of the population migrates north to winter as far as southern Namibia and southern Botswana.Size:These small birds are 11-12…
Campephilus magellanicus Photo by Doug Kirwin (Woodpeckers of the World) Common name:Magellanic woodpecker (en); pica-pau-de-Magalhães (pt); pic de Magellan (fr); carpintero de Magallanes (es); Magellanspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is found in southern Chile and south-western Argentina, from Linares, Chile and Neuquén, Argentina to Tierra del Fuego.Size:These large woodpeckers are 36-45 cm long. Males tend…
Myiophobus fasciatus Photo by Dario Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name:bran-coloured flycatcher (en); filipe (pt); moucherolle fascié (fr); mosquero estriado (es); rostschnäppertyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This species is found in South America, from northern Colombia and Venezuela south to northern Chile and north-eastern Argentina, but is mostly absent from the Amazon river basin. It is also found in…
Zoothera lunulata Photo by J.J. Harrison (Wikipedia) Common name:Bassian thrush (en); tordo-de-meias-luas (pt); grive à lunules (fr); zorzal lunado (es); Tasmanerddrossel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TurdidaeRange:This species is found in Tasmania and south-eastern Australia, from south-eastern South Australia to south-eastern Queensland. There is a separate population in the Atherton Tablelands of northern Queensland.Size:These birds are 27-29 cm…
Polyboroides typus Photo by Jenny Varley (Wikipedia) Common name:African harrier-hawk (en); secretário-pequeno (pt); gymnogène d’Afrique (fr); aguilucho-caricalvo común (es); höhlenweihe (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This species throughout sub-Saharan Africa, from southern mauritania to Sudan and Ethiopia and south to South Africa.Size:These birds are 51-68 cm long and have a wingspan of 118-152 cm. They weigh 500-950 g.Habitat:The…
Platyspiza crassirostris Photo by J. Podos (U. Mass. Amherst) Common name:vegetarian finch (en); tentilhão-de-Darwin-vegetariano (pt); géospiza crassirostre (fr); pinzón vegetariano (es); dickschnabel-Darwinfink (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EmberizidaeRange:This species is endemic to the Galapagos islands, where it is currently found in the islands of San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Floreana, Isabela, Marchena, Santiago, Pinta and Fernandina. In the past…
Euphonia hirundinacea Photo by David Welch (David Welch Art) Common name:yellow-throated euphonia (en); gaturamo-de-garganta-amarela (pt); organiste à gorge jaune (fr); fruterito gorjiamarillo (es); schwalbenorganist (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:This species is found in Central America, from eastern and south-eastern Mexico down to Costa Rica.Size:These birds are 10-11 cm long and weigh 15 g.Habitat:The yellow-throated euphonia is…
