Harlequin quail

Coturnix delegorguei (Photo from Flickr) Common name: harlequin quail (en); codorniz-arlequim (pt); caille arlequin (fr); codorniz arlequín (es); harlekinwachtel (de) Taxonomy: Order Galliformes Family Phasianidae Range: This African species is found from the Ivory Coast to Kenya and Uganda, and south to South Africa, being absent from the Congo basin and Namibia. They are also…

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Blue-naped chlorophonia

Chlorophonia cyanea Photo by Dario Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name:blue-naped chlorophonia (en); gaturamo-bandeira (en); organiste à nuque bleue (fr); tangará bonito (es); grünorganist (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:This South American species has a highly disjunct distribution, with three main areas of occurrence. One population is found in southern Venezuela, south-western Guyana and marginally into northern Brazil. A second…

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Allen's hummingbird

Selasphorus sasin Photo by Alexander Viduetsky (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Allen’s hummingbird (en); beija-flor-de-Allen (pt); colibri d’Allen (fr); colibrí de Allen (es); Allenkolibri (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:This species occurs in western North America. The nominate susbspecies S. s. sasin is migratory, breeding along the western coast of the United States, from Oregon to southern California, and wintering…

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Dusky-throated antshrike

Thamnomanes ardesiacus Photo by Marc Chrétien (GEPOG) Common name:dusky-throated antshrike (en); uirapuru-de-garganta-preta (pt); batara ardoisé (fr); batará gorgioscuro (es); nördlicher schwarzkehlwürgerling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThamnophilidaeRange:This South American species is found in northern Brazil and the Guyanas, in southern Venezuela, southern Colombia and through Ecuador and Peru down to northern Bolivia.Size:These birds are 13-14 cm long and…

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