Painted bunting

Passerina ciris Photo by Doug Janson (Wikipedia) Common name: painted bunting (en); pintado (pt); passerin nonpareil (fr); azulillo pintado (es); papstfink (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Cardinalidae Range: This North American species has two geographically disjunct populations. The western population breeds from northern Mexico to northern Texas, and winters in south-west Mexico. The eastern population…

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Tropical kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus Photo by Guy Poisson (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:tropical kingbird (en); suiriri-comum (pt); tyran mélancolique (fr); benteveo real (es); trauertyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This species is found from in Central and South America, from Mexico to northern Argentina. They are absent from the Caribbean with the exception of Trinidad and Tobago.Size:These birds are 18-24…

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Red-faced crombec

Sylvietta whytii Photo by Glen Tepke (Mango Verde) Common name:red-faced-crombec (en); rabicurta-de-faces-vermelhas (pt); crombec à face rousse (fr); sylvieta de cara roja (es); rotzügel-sylvietta (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This African species is found in East Africa, from southern Ethiopia and Sudan, through Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and into Zimbabwe and Mozambique.Size:These birds are 8-9 cm long and weigh 9-11 g.Habitat:The red-faced…

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Green shrike-vireo

Vireolanius pulchellus Photo by Dominic Sherony (Wikipedia) Common name:green shrike-vireo (en); assobiador-verde (pt); smaragdan émeraude (fr); vireón esmeralda (es); smaragdvireo (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily VireonidaeRange:This species is found in Central America, from southern Mexico to Panama.Size:These birds are 13,5-14,5 cm long and weigh 22-30 g.Habitat:The green shrike-vireo is mostly found in the canopies of lowland rainforests, also…

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