Red-backed shrike

Lanius collurio (Photo from Internet Bird Collection) Common name:red-backed shrike (en); picanço-de-dorso-ruivo (pt); pie-grièche écorcheur (fr); alcaudón dorsirrojo (es); neuntöter (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily LaniidaeRange:This species breeds throughout most of Europe, with the exception of the British isles and Iceland, from the northern Iberian Peninsula to northern Sweden and Finland, and east to Russia, Kazakhstan and north-western…

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Brown fish-owl

Ketupa zeylonensis Photo by Kata Mahakayi (Project Noah) Common name:brown fish-owl (en); bufo-pescador-castanho (pt); kétoupa brun (fr); búho pescador de Ceilán (es); wellenbrust-fischuhu (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:This species is found in southern Asia, from eastern Pakistan, throughout India, Nepal and Bangladesh, and into southern China, Vietnam and Malaysia.Size:These large owls are 48-57 cm long and weigh…

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Chestnut-bellied hummingbird

Amazilia castaneiventris (Photo from Flickr) Common name: chestnut-bellied hummingbird (en); beija-flor-de-ventre-castanho (pt); ariane à ventre roux (fr); amazilia ventricastaña (es); braunbauchamazilie (de) Taxonomy: Order Apodiformes Family Trochilidae Range: This species is endemic to Colombia, and it appears to be restricted to the dryer parts of the Magdalena Valley, Colombia, with a core known range in…

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Connecticut warbler

Oporornis agilis Photo by Robert Royse (Robert Royse’s Bird Photography) Common name: Connecticut warbler (en); mariquita-do-connecticut (pt); paruline à gorge grise (fr); chipe de Connecticut (es); augenring-waldsänger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Parulidae Range: The Connecticut warbler breeds in a narrow band across Canada from south-western Northwest Territories east to western Quebec and, in the…

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White-tailed goldenthroat

Polytmus guainumbi (Photo from Flickr) Common name:white-tailed goldenthroat (en); beija-flor-de-bico-curvo (pt); colibri guaïnumbi (fr); colibrí guainumbí (es); bronzerücken-glanzkehlchen (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:This South American species is found in Colombia, Venezuela, through the Guyanas and north-eastern Brazil and into central Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. It is mostly absent from the Amazon basin.Size:These birds are 9-10 cm long…

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Common flameback

Dinopium javanense Photo by James Eaton (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:common flameback (en); pica-pau-de-dorso-vermelho (pt); pic à dos rouge (fr); pito culirrojo (es); feuerrückenspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is found in two separate areas, in south-western India and from north-eastern India and Bangladesh, through Indochina and into southern China, Indonesia and the Philippines.Size:These birds are…

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