Dead Sea sparrow

Passer moabiticus Photo by Daniele Occhiato (PBase) Common name: Dead Sea sparrow (en); pardal-do-Mar Morto (pt); moineau de la mer Morte (fr); gorrión del Mar Muerto (es); moabsperling (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Passeridae Range: This species is patchily distributed, from Israel and Turkey, across the Middle East, and into Afghanistan and Pakistan. Size: The…

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Plain antvireo

Dysithamnus mentalis Photo by Carmelo López (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:plain antvireo (en); choquinha-lisa (pt); batara gorgeret (fr); batarito cabecigrís (es); olivgrauer würgerling (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThamnophilidaeRange:This species is found in Central and South America, from southern Mexico and Guatemala to Venezuela and western Colombia, through Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia and into central, eastern and…

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Horned puffin

Fratercula corniculata Photo by Paul B. Jones (Flickr) Common name:horned puffin (en); papagaio-do-mar-cornudo (pt); macareux cornu (fr); frailecillo corniculado (es); hornlund (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily AlcidaeRange:This species is found in the northern Pacific Ocean and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean, breeding from Wrangel island to the Queen Charlotte islands in Canada and to Sakhalinsk in Russia….

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Crimson-collared grosbeak

Rhodothraupis celaeno Photo by Lew Scharpf (PBase) Common name:crimson-collared grosbeak (en); bico-grosso-de-coleira (pt); cardinal à collier (fr); picogrueso cuellirrufo (es); halsbandkardinal (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CardinalidaeRange:This species is endemic to eastern Mexico, being found from Nuevo Léon to northern Vera Cruz and north-eastern Puebla.Size:These birds 21-22 cm long and weigh about 60 g.Habitat:The crimson-collared grosbeak is mostly…

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