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Polytmus guainumbi (Photo from Flickr) Common name:white-tailed goldenthroat (en); beija-flor-de-bico-curvo (pt); colibri guaïnumbi (fr); colibrí guainumbí (es); bronzerücken-glanzkehlchen (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:This South American species is found in Colombia, Venezuela, through the Guyanas and north-eastern Brazil and into central Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. It is mostly absent from the Amazon basin.Size:These birds are 9-10 cm long…
Volatinia jacarina Photo by Dario Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name:blue-black grassquit (en); tiziu (pt); jacarini noir (fr); negrito chirrí (es); jacarini (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EmberizidaeRange:This species is found from Mexico down to southern Peru and northern Argentina.Size:These birds are 10-11,5 cm long and weigh 9-10 g.Habitat:The blue-black grassquit is found in grasslands, scrublands and dry savannas, and…
Larus crassirostris Photo by Tom Edelsten (Birds Korea) Common name:black-tailed gull (en); gaivota-do-Japão (pt); goéland à queue noire (fr); gaviota japonesa (es); Japanmöwe (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily LaridaeRange:This species breeds in northern Japan, extreme south-eastern Russia, Korea and north-eastern China. Some population migrate south to winter along the coasts of Japan and the East China Sea down…
Riparia cincta Photo by Ian White (Flickr) Common name:banded martin (en); andorinha-das-barreiras-de-colar (pt); hirondelle à collier (fr); avión cinchado (es); weißbrauen-uferschwalbe (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily HirundinidaeRange:This African species is found breeding from Ethiopia, through Kenya, D.R. Congo and Angola, and south to South Africa. The more southern population migrate north to winter in from Gabon and the…
Vireo bellii Photo by Paul L’Etoile (Mango Verde) Common name:Bell’s vireo (en); juruviara-de-Bell (pt): viréo de Bell (fr); vireo de Bell (es); braunaugenvireo (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily VireonidaeRange:This species is found breeding in the central and southern United States, from North Dakota to Ohio, south to Louisiana and Texas and also in southern Arizona, New Mexico and…
Dacelo novaeguineae Photo by Richard Taylor (Wikipedia) Common name:laughing kookaburra (en); cucaburra-comum (pt); martin-chasseur géant (fr); cucaburra común (es); jägerliest (de)Taxonomy:Order CoraciiformesFamily AlcedinidaeRange:These birds are found in eastern and southern Australia and have recently been introduced to Tasmania, south-western Australia and New Zealand.Size:Laughing kookaburras are 40-45 cm long and have a wingspan of 56-66 cm….
Falco punctatus Photo by Andy Jones (Flickr) Common name:Mauritius kestrel (en); peneireiro-das-Maurícias (pt); crécerelle de Maurice (fr); cernícalo de Mauricio (es); Mauritiusfalke (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily FalconidaeRange:This species is endemic to the island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, where it is mainly restricted to the south-western plateau.Size:These birds are 20-26 cm long and have a wingspan…
Prunella modularis (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name:dunnock (en); ferreirinha-comum (pt); accenteur mouchet (fr); acentor común (es); heckenbraunelle (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Prunellidae Range:This species is found throughout Europe and also in eastern Turkey, the Caucasus and northern Iran. The more northern and north.eastern population migrate south to winter along the southern parts of the breeding range…
