Black-and-white owl

Ciccaba nigrolineata Photo by L. Kay (Flickr) Common name:black-and-white owl (en); coruja-de-listas-pretas (pt); chouette à lignes noires (fr); cárabo blanquinegro (es); bindenhalskauz (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:This species is found from southern Mexico no northern Venezuela, western Colombia and north-western Ecuador.Size:These birds are 33-45 cm long and weigh 350-535 g.Habitat:Black-and-white owls are mostly found in tropical rainforests,…

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Bearded bellbird

Procnias averano Photo by Steve Garvie (Birds of the World) Common name:bearded bellbird (en); araponga-do-nordeste (pt); araponga barbu (fr); campanero barbudo (es); bartkotinga (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CotingidaeRange:This species is found in two disjunct subspecies. P. a. carnobara is found in Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana and marginally into northern Brazil, while P. a. averano is found in north-eastern…

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Bald eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus Photo by Tom Michalski (Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology) Common name:bald eagle (en); águia-de-cabeça-branca (pt); pygargue à tête blanche (fr); pigargo americano (es); weißkopfseeadler (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This North American species is found breeding across most of Canada, patchily in the western United States, in the north-eastern United States and along the Atlantic…

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Long-billed crombec

Sylvietta rufescens Photo by Lee Hunter (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:long-billed crombec (en); rabicurta-de-bico-comprido (pt); crombec à long bec (fr); sylvieta de pico largo (es); langschnabel-sylvietta (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Sylviidae Range:This African species is found from eastern D.R. Congo, Angola and Zambia down to southern South Africa.Size:These birds are 12 cm long and weigh about 16…

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Southern ground-hornbill

Bucorvus leadbeateri Photo by Marco Valentini (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:southern ground-hornbill (en); calau-gigante (pt); bucorve du Sud (fr); cálao terrícola (es); kaffernhornrabe (de)Taxonomy:Order CoraciiformesFamily BucerotidaeRange:This species is found from Kenya and Tanzania, through southern D.R. Congo and Zambia and into Angola, Mozambique and eastern South Africa.Size:These birds are 90-102 cm long. The females are…

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Crested oropendola

Psarocolius decumanus Photo by Dominic Sherony (Wikipedia) Common name:crested oropendola (en); japu-preto (pt); cassique huppé (fr); oropéndola crestada (es); krähenstirnvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily IcteridaeRange:This species is found from southern Costa Rica and Panama down to Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil and northern Argentina. It is only found east of the Andes mountain range.Size:These birds are sexually dimorphic….

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Restless flycatcher

Myiagra inquieta Photo by Lip Kee Yap (Wikipedia) Common name:restless flycatcher (en); monarca-inquieto (pt); monarque infatigable (fr); monarca inquieto (es); weißkehlmyiagra (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Monarchidae Range:This species is found northern and eastern mainland Australia, as well as in south-western Australia. It is also found in southern Papua New Guinea. Size:These birds are 16-21 cm long and…

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Victoria crowned pigeon

Goura victoria Photo by Nancy Johnston (Nancy’s Bird Journal) Common name:Victoria crowned pigeon (en); pombo-coroado-de-Victoria (pt); goura de Victoria (fr); gura victoria (es); fächertaube (de)Taxonomy:Order ColumbiformesFamily ColumbidaeRange:This species is found in northern New Guinea, from Geelvink Bay, Indonesia, to Astrolabe Bay, and an isolated area around Collingwood Bay in easternmost Papua New Guinea. Also on…

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