House sparrow

Passer domesticus (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name:house sparrow (en); pardal-doméstico (pt); moineau domestique (fr); gorrión común (es); haussperling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PasseridaeRange:The house sparrow originates from Eurasia and northern Africa, but has been introduced to most of the world. It is only absent from northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland, central Africa between the Sahara desert and…

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Marsh wren

Cistothorus palustris Photo by Christopher Dodds (Nature Photography Blog) Common name: marsh wren (en); carriça-dos-paúis (pt); troglodyte des marais (fr); ratona de los estuarios (es); sumpfzaunkönig (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Troglodytidae Range: This North American species is found breeding west from the Atlantic coast to Nebraska and north from southern Illinois to southern Canada….

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Red-legged partridge

Alectoris rufa Photo by José Ardaiz (Fotonatura) Common name: red-legged partridge (en); perdiz-comum (pt); perdrix rouge (fr); perdiz roja (es); rothuhn (de) Taxonomy: Order Galliformes Family Phasianidae Range: The red-legged partridge is native of south-western Europe, being found from portugal and Spain, through France and into Italy and southern Germany. This species is a popular…

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