Birds

Fiery-necked nightjar

Caprimulgus pectoralis Photo by Dave Maguire (Wikipedia) Common name:fiery-necked nightjar (en); noitibó-de-pescoço-dourado (pt); engoulevent musicien (fr); chotacabras músico (es); pfeifnachtschwalbe (de)Taxonomy:Order CaprimulgiformesFamily CaprimulgidaeRange:This African species is found from southern Kenya and Tanzania, though southern D.R. Congo and Angola, and into northern Namibia, Zimbabwe, eastern Botswana and eastern South Africa down to the cape.Size:These birds are…

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Blackish cinclodes

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Cinclodes antarcticus Photo by Laurent Demongin (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:blackish cinclodes (en); pedreiro-negro (pt); cinclode fuligineux (fr); remolinera negra (es); rußbrauner-uferwipper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FurnariidaeRange:This species is found in the southern tip of South America, in Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland islands.Size:These birds are 18-23 cm long and weigh 55-70 g.Habitat:The blackish cinclodes is…

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Black-throated sparrow

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Amphispiza bilineata Photo by Steve Berardi (Wikipedia) Common name:black-throated sparrow (en); escrevedeira-de-faces-listadas (pt); bruant à gorge noire (fr); chiero gorjinegro (es); schwarzkehlammer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EmberizidaeRange:This North American species is found in the western United States, from Washington down to California, New Mexico and south-western Texas, and also in northern and central Mexico. The more northern…

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Sanderling

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Calidris alba (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name:sanderling (en); pilrito-das-praias (pt); bécasseau sanderling (fr); correlimos tridáctilo (es); sanderling (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily ScolopacidaeRange:The sanderling breeds in the Arctic region, in northern Russia, northern Alaska, northern Canada and Greenland, migrating south to winter along the coastlines of all continents except Antarctica.Size:These birds are 18-22 cm long and have a…

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Sedge warbler

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Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Photo by Rinus Motmans (Flickr) Common name:sedge warbler (en); felosa-dos-juncos (pt); phragmite des joncs (fr); carricerín común (es); schilfrohrsänger (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Sylviidae Range:This species breeds throughout most of Europe and western Asia, as far south as northern Spain, northern Italy, Turkey and Kazakhstan, and as far east as central Siberia. They migrate…

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Wing-barred seedeater

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Sporophila americana Photo by Michel Giraud-Audine (Flickr) Common name:wing-barred seedeater (en); coleiro-do-norte (pt); sporophile à ailes blanches (fr); espiguero chocoano (es); wechselpfäffchen (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:These birds are found in northern South America and Central America, from northern Brazil and Peru to southern Mexico.Size:The wing-barred seedeater is 11-12 m long and weighs 12-13 g.Habitat:They are mostly…

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Horus swift

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Apus horus Photo by Mikael Nord (Praktejder) Common name:horus swift (en); andorinhão-horus (pt); martinet horus (fr); vencejo horus (es); horussegler (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily Apodidae Range:This species is patchily distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, with population in Nigeria, Chad, Sudan and Ethiopia, and through East Africa into their main stronghold in Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa. There are…

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Pacific-slope flycatcher

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Empidonax difficilis Photo by Anay Tarnekar (Flickr) Common name:Pacific-slope flycatcher (en); papa-moscas-do-Pacífico (pt); moucherolle côtier (fr); mosquero del Pacífico (es); feuchtwald-schnäppertyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This species breeds along the Pacific coast of North America, from south-eastern Alaska down to Baja California. They migrate south to winter in southern and western Mexico.Size:These birds are 14-17 cm long…

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