Southern masked-weaver

Ploceus velatus Photo by Ian White (Flickr) Common name:southern masked-weaver (en); tecelão-de-mascarilha (pt); tisserin à tête rousse (fr); tejedor enmascarado (es); maskenweber (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PloceidaeRange:This species is found in southern Africa, from southern Angola, Zambia and Malawi south to South Africa. It has also been introduced to the island of São Tomé.Size:These birds are 11-15…

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Yellow-legged buttonquail

Turnix tanki Photo by Adesh Shivkar (India Nature Watch) Common name: yellow-legged buttonquail (en); toirão-de-patas-amarelas (pt); turnix indien (fr); torillo tanki (es); rotnacken-laufhühnchen (de) Taxonomy: Order Gruiformes Family Turnicidae Range: This Asian species is found from India, through Bangladesh and Nepal and into China, Korea and southern Siberia. They are also present in Myanmar, Cambodja,…

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Shaping Up the Clipped Breeds

In This Chapter Discovering the clipped breeds Brushing the varied coats of the clipped breeds Handling the coat clippers Readying your clipper breed for a show In this chapter, I discuss the clipped breeds, with the exception of Poodles (I devote Chapter Getting the Sticky and Stinky Stuff Out to that special breed). Certain dogs need clipping…

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Black-crowned tchagra

Tchagra senegalus Photo by Javier Falco (Salidún) Common name:black-crowned tchagra (en); picanço-assobiador-de-barrete-preto (pt); tchagra à tête noire (fr); chagra del Senegal (es); Senegaltschagra (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MalaconotidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from the Sahel down to Angola, Zimbabwe and north-eastern South Africa, also from Morocco to north-eastern Libya and in the southern Arabian Peninsula,…

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