Plains-wanderer

Pedionomus torquatus Photo by Vik Dunis (Bushpea) Common name:Plains-wanderer (en); corre-planícies (pt); pédionome errant (fr); torillo australiano (es); steppenläufer (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily PedionomidaeRange:This species is endemic to Australia, being restricted to small patches of favourable habitat in the Riverina region of New South Wales, in northern Victoria, in south-western Queensland and in north-eastern South Australia.Size:These birds…

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Getting Physical: Exercising Your Beagle

In This Chapter Understanding how exercise benefits your Beagle (and you) Incorporating exercise into everyday activities Discovering dog sports Exercising your older Beagle For most of my life, I was an intermittent exerciser. Workouts weren’t part of my thinking, much less my schedule. Every time I read an article by some buff expert extolling the…

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Eared dove

Zenaida auriculata Photo by Cláudio Timm (Flickr) Common name: eared dove (en); avoante (pt); tourterelle oreillarde (fr); tórtola torcaza (es); ohrflecktaube (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Columbidae Range: The eared dove is a resident breeder throughout South America from Colombia to southern Argentina and Chile, and on the offshore islands from the Grenadines southwards. It…

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Yellow-browed melidectes

Melidectes rufocrissalis Photo by Jon Hornbuckle (Birding Around the World) Common name:yellow-browed melidectes (en); melífago-de-Reichenow (pt); méliphage de Reichenow (fr); mielero cejiamarillo (es); Reichenowhonigfresser (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MeliphagidaeRange:This species is endemic to New guinea, being found in the central and eastern mountains of Papua-New Guinea and marginally across the border into Indonesia.Size:These birds are 26-29 cm…

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