Caatinga antwren

Herpsilochmus sellowi Photo by Stephen Jones (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:caatinga antwren (en); chorozinho-da-caatinga (pt); grisin de Sellow (fr); tiluchí de caatinga (es); caatingaameisenfänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThamnophilidaeRange:This species in endemic to Brazil, being found in the interior north-eastern part of the country from Maranhão and Ceará to Minas Gerais.Size:These birds are 12 cm long and…

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Noisy friarbird

Philemon corniculatus Photo by David McKay (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:noisy friarbird (en); frade-gritador (pt); polochion criard (fr); filemón gritón (es); lärmlederkopf (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MeliphagidaeRange:This species is found in eastern Australia, from north-eastern Queensland to Victoria, and also in southern New Guinea.Size:These birds are 31-36 cm long and weigh about 120 g.Habitat:The noisy friarbird is…

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Grey-headed quail-dove

Geotrygon caniceps (Photo from Bird Forum) Common name:grey-headed quail-dove (en); juriti-de-cabeça-cinzenta (pt); colombe de Gundlach (fr); camao (es); Gundlachtaube (de)Taxonomy:Order ColumbiformesFamily ColumbidaeRange:This species is found in Cuba and the Dominican Republic. In Cuba it may still occur in patches throughout the country, but mainly on the Zapata Peninsula and Sierra del Rosario. In the Dominican…

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Yellow-billed stork

Mycteria ibis Photo by Arthur Morris (Birds as Art) Common name:yellow-billed stork (en); cegonha-de-bico-amarelo (pt); tantale ibis (fr); tántalo africano (es); nimmersatt (de)Taxonomy:Order CiconiiformesFamily CiconiidaeRange:This species is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania and Mali to Sudan and Ethiopia and south to Namibia, Botswana and eastern South Africa. It is also found in north-western…

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Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike

Hemipus picatus Photo by Mapalagama Premasiri (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:bar-winged flycatcher-shrike (en); largarteiro-de-asa-listada (pt); échenilleur gobemouche (fr); oruguero alibarrado (es); elsterraupenschmätzer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CampephagidaeRange:This species is found from India and Nepal to southern China, and through Indochina into the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo.Size:These birds are 15 cm long and weigh 9-10 g.Habitat:The…

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Red-rumped parrot

Psephotus haematonotus Photo by Duncan McCaskill (Wikipedia) Common name:red-rumped parrot (en); piriquito-de-uropígio-vermelho (pt); perruche à croupion rouge (fr); perico dorsirrojo (es); singsittich (de)Taxonomy:Order PsittaciformesFamily PsittacidaeRange:This species is found in south-eastern Australia, in southern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and eastern South Australia.Size:These birds are 26-28 cm long and weigh 55-85 g.Habitat:The red-rumped parrot is mostly…

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