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Columba guinea Photo by Marco Valentini (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:speckled pigeon (en); pombo-da-Guiné (pt); pigeon roussard (fr); paloma de Guinea (es); Guineataube (de)Taxonomy:Order ColumbiformesFamily ColumbidaeRange:This species occurs in sub-Saharan Africa, with two disjunct populations. The more northern population is found from Senegal and guinea east to southern Sudan and Ethiopia, and through Kenya, Uganda…
Strepera graculina Photo by Chris Chafer (Flickr) Common name:pied currawong (en); verdugo-malhado (pt); grand réveilleur (fr); verdugo pío (es); dickschnabel-würgerkrähe (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ArtamidaeRange:This species is endemic to eastern Australia, being found from northern Queensland to Victoria and marginally into South Australia.Size:These birds are 44-51 cm long and have a wingspan of 56-77 cm. They weigh…
Dicaeum vincens Photo by John Thompson (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:white-throated flowerpecker (en); pica-flores-do-Ceilão (pt); dicée de Ceylan (fr); picaflores cingalés (es); Sri Lanka-blomsterpikker (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily DicaeidaeRange:This species is endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is confined to the wet zone in the south-western part of the island.Size:These birds are 10 cm long and weigh…
Merops nubicoides Photo by Mike Rolfe (Pixdaus) Common name:southern carmine bee-eater (en); abelharuco-róseo-do-sul (pt); guêpier carmin (fr); abejaruco carmesí del sur (es); karminspint (de)Taxonomy:Order CoraciiformesFamily MeropidaeRange:This species is found breeding from southern Angola, through Zambia, Zimbabwe and northern Botswana, and into south-western Mozambique. Outside the breeding season they range as far south as north-eastern South…
Astrapia mayeri Photo by Mark Harper (Wikipedia) Common name:ribbon-tailed astrapia (en); ave-do-paraíso-de-fitas (pt); paradisier à rubans (fr); ave del paraíso cola de moños (es); schmalschwanz-paradieselster (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ParadisaeidaeRange:This species is endemic to the central mountains of Papua-New Guinea, from the Strickland River to Mt Hagen and Mt Giluwe.Size:These birds are 32 cm long, but the…
Pteroptochos tarnii Photo by Jose Cañas (Flickr) Common name:black-throated huet-huet (en); huet-huet-de-garganta-preta (pt); tourco huet-huet (fr); hued-hued del sur (es); schwarzkehl-bürzelstelzer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily RhinocryptidaeRange:This species is found in Chile, from the Bío-Bío river down to Magallanes, and also in Andean slopes of western Argentina down to Patagonia.Size:These birds are 24-25 cm long and weigh 122-145…
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Photo by J.J. Harrison (Wikipedia) Common name:Australasian grebe (en); mergulhão-pequeno-australiano (pt); grèbe australasien (fr); zampullín australiano (es); Australischer zwergtaucher (de)Taxonomy:Order PodicipediformesFamily PodicipedidaeRange:This species is found throughout Australia, in southern Indoneasia, New Guinea, the Solomon islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and recently colonized several areas in New Zealand.Size:These birds are 23-27 cm long and have…
Aimophila ruficeps Photo J. Centavo (Flickr) Common name:rufous-crowned sparrow (en); escrevedeira-de-barrete-ruivo (pt); bruant à calotte fauve (fr); chingolo coronirrufo (es); rostscheitelammer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EmberizidaeRange:This species is found in the south-western United States and Mexico, from Nebraska to northern California and south to Oaxaca in southern Mexico.Size:These birds are 13-15 cm long and weigh 15-23 g.Habitat:The…
