White-banded swallow

Atticora fasciata Photo by Josef Widmer (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:white-banded swallow (en); peitoril (pt); hirondelle à ceinture blanche (fr); golondrina fajiblanca (es); weißbandschwalbe (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Hirundinidae Range:This species is found from southern Colombia, southern and eastern Venezuelas and the Guyanas south through eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and northern Brazil and into northern Bolivia and…

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Blue-crowned hanging-parrot

Loriculus galgulus Photo by Lip Kee Yap (Wikipedia) Common name:blue-crowned hanging-parrot (en); lorículo-de-coroa-azul (pt); coryllis à tête bleue (fr); lorículo coroniazul (es); blaukrönchen (de)Taxonomy:Order PsittaciformesFamily Psittacidae Range:This species is found from southern Thailand and Malaysia to northern Indonesia in Borneo, Sumatra and adjacent islands.Size:These tiny parrots are 12 cm long and weigh 22-35 g.Habitat:The blue-crowned…

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Knysna warbler

Bradypterus sylvaticus Photo by Trevor Hardaker (Trevor and Margaret Hardaker) Common name:Knysna warbler (en); felosa-de-Knysna (pt); bouscarle de Knysna (fr); zarzalero del Knysna (es); Kapbuschsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This species is endemic to South Africa, being restricted to a few coastal patches in the Eastern and Western Cape regions, namely the coast between Port St. Johns…

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Buff-throated partridge

Tetraophasis szechenyii Photo by Hu Yong (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:buff-throated partridge (en); perdiz-faisão-de-papo-pardo (pt); tétraophase de Szecheny (fr); perdiz-faisán gorgiclara (es); rostkehl-keilschwanzhuhn (de)Taxonomy:Order GalliformesFamily PhasianidaeRange:This species is found in the mountains of Tibet, in south-western China and marginally into extreme north-eastern India.Size:These birds are 30-60 cm long and weigh 660-1.800 g.Habitat:The buff-throated partridge is…

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Rudd's lark

Heteromirafra ruddi Photo by Warwick Tarboton (Warwick Tarboton) Common name:Rudd’s lark (en); cotovia-de-Rudd (pt); alouette de Rudd (fr); alondra de Rudd (es); Transvaalspornlerche (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily AlaudidaeRange:This species is endemic to South Africa, being patchily distributed across south-eastern Mpumalanga, western KwaZulu-Natal, the north-eastern Free State and farther north in the Dullstroom-Machadodorp district.Size:These birds are 14-15 cm…

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Apricot-breasted sunbird

Cinnyris buettikoferi Photo by Craig Robson (Bird Quest) Common name:apricot-breasted sunbird (en); beija-flor-de-Sumba (pt); souimanga de Sumba (fr); suimanga de Sumba (es); Sumbanektarvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:This species is endemic to the island of Sumba in southern Indonesia.Size:These birds are 10-11 cm long.Habitat:The apricot-breasted sunbird is found along the edges of tropical forests, in secondary forests,…

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Lesser spotted woodpecker

Dendrocopos minor Photo by Zsombor Károlyi (Zsombor Károlyi’s Photo Blog) Common name:lesser spotted woodpecker (en); pica-pau-malhado-pequeno (pt); pic épeichette (fr); pico menor (es); kleinspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is found through continental Europe and southern Great Britain, through Turkey and the Caucasus into northern Iran, and along the middle and southern latitudes of Russia into…

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