White-throated spadebill

Platyrinchus mystaceus Photo by Dario Sanches (Flickr) Common name:white-throated spadebill (en); patinho (pt); platyrhynque à moustaches (fr); picoplano bigotudo (es); gelbscheitel-breitschnabeltyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This species is found from Costa Rica south to central Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil and extreme north-eastern Argentina, only being present east of the Andes mountain chain. They are mostly absent from…

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American woodcock

Scolopax minor Photo by Tim Flanigan (Northeast Regional Conservation Needs) Common name:American woodcock (en); galinhola-pequena (pt); bécasse d’Amérique (fr); agachadiza americana (es); Kanadaschnepfe (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily ScolopacidaeRange:This species breeds in the eastern United States and south-eastern Canada, from southern Manitoba and North Dakota to southern Newfoundland and south to northern Florida and north-eastern Texas. The more…

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Great frigatebird

Fregata minor Photo by Pablo Caceres (Flickr) Common name:great frigatebird (en); fragata-grande (pt); frégate du Pacifique (fr); fragata-pelágica (es); bindenfregattvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PelecaniformesFamily FregatidaeRange:These birds are mostly found in the tropical areas of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, between 25º N and 25º S. There are also two colonies in the South Atlantic, on the islands…

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