Greater rhea

Rhea americana Photo by Lip Kee (Flickr) Common name:greater rhea (en); ema (pt); nandou d’Amérique (fr); ñandú común (es); nandu (de)Taxonomy:Order StruthioniformesFamily RheidaeRange:This South American species is found from Bolivia and central and western Brazil south to central Argentina.Size:These birds are 125-140 cm long and weigh 20-27 kg.Habitat:The greater rhea is mostly found in pampas…

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Southern black flycatcher

Melaenornis pammelaina Photo by Alan Manson (Wikipedia) Common name:southern black flycatcher (en); papa-moscas-preto-meridional (pt); gobemouche sud-africain (fr); papamoscas sudafricano (es); glanzdrongoschnäpper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This African species is found from Congo, southern D.R. Congo and Kenya south to northern Namibia, Botswana and eastern South Africa.Size:These birds are 20 cm long and weigh 30 g.Habitat:The southern black…

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Orange weaver

Ploceus aurantius Photo by Jonas Rosquist (PBase) Common name:orange weaver (en); tecelão-laranja (pt); tisserin orangé (fr); tejedor anaranjado (es); königsweber (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Ploceidae Range:This species is patchily distributed from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, south to north-western Angola and east through D.R. Congo into Uganda, western Kenya and Tanzania. Size:These bird are 12-13 cm long and…

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Pale rosefinch

Carpodacus synoicus Photo by Avi Meir (Flickr) Common name: pale rosefinch (en); peito-rosado-do-Sinai (pt); roselin du Sinaï (fr); carpodaco del Sinai (es); einödgimpel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Fringillidae Range: This Asian species has a patchy distribution in the Middle East, in Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and into adjacent areas of Egypt. A separate…

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