Orange-breasted sunbird

Anthobaphes violacea Photo by Chris Perkins (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: orange-breasted sunbird (en); beija-flor-de-peito-laranja (pt); souïmanga orangé (fr); suimanga pechinaranja (es); goldbrust-nektarvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Nectarinidae Range: This species is endemic to South Africa, only being found in the fynbos biome of the Western and Eastern Cape regions. Size: Orange-breasted sunbirds are…

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Beach thick-knee

Esacus giganteus Photo by Greg Schechter (Wikipedia) Common name:beach thick-knee (en); alcaravão-dos-recifes (pt); œdicnème des récifs (fr); alcaraván picogruesso australiano (es); rifftriel (de) Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily Burhinidae Range:This species is found along the coasts of south-eastern Asia and northern and eastern  Australia, from the Andaman Islands, in India, through peninsular Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, and into…

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Slaty flowerpiercer

Diglossa plumbea Photo by Jerry Oldenettel (Wikipedia) Common name:slaty flowerpiercer (en); fura-flor-ardósia (pt); percefleur ardoisé (fr); pinchaflor plomizo (es); einfarb-hakenschnabel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EmberizidaeRange:This species is found in the mountain ranges of central Costa Rica and western Panama.Size:These birds are 10 cm long and weigh 9 g.Habitat:The slaty flowerpiercer is mostly found in high-altitude moist tropical…

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White-throated spadebill

Platyrinchus mystaceus Photo by Dario Sanches (Flickr) Common name:white-throated spadebill (en); patinho (pt); platyrhynque à moustaches (fr); picoplano bigotudo (es); gelbscheitel-breitschnabeltyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This species is found from Costa Rica south to central Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil and extreme north-eastern Argentina, only being present east of the Andes mountain chain. They are mostly absent from…

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Grey-breasted wood-wren

Henicorhina leucophrys Photo by Hugo Loaiza (Neotropical Birds) Common name:grey-breasted wood-wren (en); uirapuru-de-peito-cinzento (pt); troglodyte à poitrine grise (fr); cucarachero pechigrís (es); einsiedlerzaunkönig (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TroglodytidaeRange:This species is found from north-eastern Mexico south to northern Venezuela and Colombia, and along the Andes down to Bolivia.Size:These birds are 11 cm long and weigh 18 g.Habitat:The grey-breasted…

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