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Pipra erythrocephala (Photo from Flickr) Common name:golden-headed manakin (en); cabeça-de-ouro (pt); manakin à tête d’or (fr); saltarín cabecidorado (es); gelbkopfpipra (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PipridaeRange:These birds are found in northern South America, from Southern panama, through Colombia and Venezuela and into the Guyanas, eastern Ecuador, northern Peru and Brazil north of the Amazon river. They are also…
Micrathene whitneyi (Photo from Wangchao) Common name:elf owl (en); mocho-duende (pt); chevêchette des saguaros (fr); mochuelo de los saguaros (es); elfenkauz (de) Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:These North American birds are found in desert and arid areas of western Mexico and the southern United States, in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and south-eastern California.Size:These tiny owls are 12,5-14…
Alaemon alaudipes Photo by Ahmet Karatas (Flickr) Common name:greater hoopoe-lark (en); calhandra-íbis (pt); sirli du désert (fr); alondra ibis (es); wüstenläuferlerche (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily AlaudidaeRange:This species is found in northern Africa, from the Cape Verde islands and northern Senegal, north to Morocco and east to Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt, and through the Middle East into Afghanistan…
Calamanthus campestris Photo by Sohnjoo Mountain (Adventures of the Mountain Man) Common name:rufous fieldwren (en); acantiza-ruiva (pt); séricorne roussâtre (fr); sedosito rufo (es); rötelfeldhuscher (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily AcanthizidaeRange:This species is endemic to Australia, being found in the western and southern parts of the country.Size:These birds are 12 cm long and weigh 12-15 g.Habitat:The rufous fieldwren is…
Musophaga violacea Photo by Jim Capaldi (Wikipedia) Common name:violet turaco (en); turaco-violeta (pt); touraco violet (fr); turaco violáceo (es); schildturako (de)Taxonomy:Order CuculiformesFamily Musophagidae Range:This species is found in West Africa, from Senegal to Nigeria and northern Cameroon. Size:These birds are 45 cm long and weigh around 360 g.Habitat:The violet turaco is found in moist tropical…
Cinnyris manoensis Photo by Warwick Tarboton (Warwick Tarboton) Common name:miombo double-collared sunbird (en); beija-flor-do-miombo (pt); souïmanga du miombo (fr); suimanga del miombo (es); miombonektarvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:This African species is patchily distributed between Angola, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and northern Mozambique. Size:These birds are 13 cm long and weigh around 9 g. Habitat:The miombo double-collared sunbird is…
Oreotrochilus chimborazo (Photo from 10,000 Birds) Common name:Ecuadorian hillstar (en); beija-flor-de-Chimborazo (pt); colibri du Chimborazo (fr); colibrí del Chimborazo (es); Ecuador-Andenkolibri (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:This species is found along the Andes mountain range, in Ecuador and southern Colombia.Size:These birds are 11,5-13 cm long and weigh 7,5-8 g.Habitat:The Ecuadorian hillstar is found in high-altitude grasslands and pastures,…
Pycnonotus nigricans Photo by Hans Hillewaert (Wikipedia) Common name:black-fronted bulbul (en); tuta-de-olhos-vermelhos (pt); bulbul brunoir (fr); bulbul encapuchado (es); maskenbülbül (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PycnonotidaeRange:This species is found in southern Africa, from southern Angola and Zambia down to South Africa.Size:These birds are 21 cm long and weigh around 30 g.Habitat:The black-fronted bulbul is found in a wide…
