Eurasian sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus Photo by Tomi Muukkonen (Vogelwarte) Common name:Eurasian sparrowhawk (en); gavião-da-Europa (pt); épervier d’Europe (fr); gavilán común (es); sperber (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This species breeds throughout most of Eurasia, from western Europe to eastern Russia and south to Japan, Korea and central China. They also breed in Morocco, Tunisia, northern Algeria and the Canary Islands….

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Japanese bush-warbler

Cettia diphone Photo by Mathew Poll (Birds Korea) Common name:Japanese bush-warbler (en); rouxinol-bravo-japonês (pt); bouscarle chanteuse (fr); ruiseñor bastardo japonés (es); Japanbuschsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This species is found throughout Japan, and also in Korea, north-eastern and eastern China, extreme south-eastern Russia, Taiwan and in the northern Philippines. There is also an introduced population in Hawaii.Size:These…

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Traveling with Charley

 In This Chapter Preparing for your trip Driving or flying with your dog Leaving your dog at home There was some genuine worry about my traveling alone, open to attack, robbery, assault. It is well known that our roads are dangerous. And here I admit I had senseless qualms. It is some years since I…

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Scarlet minivet

Pericrocotus flammeus Photo by Abhishek Das (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:scarlet minivet (en); minivete-escarlate (pt); grand minivet (fr); minivete rojo (es); scharlachmennigvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CampephagidaeRange:This species if found in southern Asia, from India and Nepal, through Bangladesh and Myanmar and into southern China, Indonesia and the Philippines.Size:These birds are 20-22 cm long and weigh 20-30 g.Habitat:Scarlet minivets are…

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Chim vàng anh (hoàng anh)

Bài này nói về một loài chim, nó còn là tên gọi của một chi thực vật là chi Saraca thuộc phân họ Vang. Chim vàng anh hay hoàng anh (danh pháp khoa học: Oriolus oriolus), là loài duy nhất trong họ Vàng anh (Oriolidae) thuộc bộ Sẻ (Passeriformes) sinh sản ở khu vực ôn…

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