Spectacled spiderhunter

Arachnothera flavigaster Photo by Henry Goh (Images of Nature) Common name:spectacled spiderhunter (en); papa-aranhas-de-lunetas (pt); arachnothère à lunettes (fr); arañero de anteojos (es); brillenspinnenjäger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:This species is found in south-east Asia, in Sumatra and Borneo, Malaysia and southern Thailand and Vietnam.Size:These birds are 21-22 cm long and weigh 38-50 g.Habitat:The spectacled spiderhunter is…

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Christmas hawk-owl

Ninox natalis Photo by Cherry Wong (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:Christmas hawk-owl (en); coruja-de-Natal (pt); ninoxe de Christmas (fr); nínox de la Navidad (es); weihnachtsinsel-buschkauz (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:This species is endemic to Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean, where it is present throughout the island.Size:These birds are 26-29 cm long and weigh 160-200 g.Habitat:The Christmas…

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Terrestrial brownbul

Phyllastrephus terrestris Photo by Alan Manson (Wikipedia) Common name:terrestrial brownbul (en); tuta-da-terra (pt); bulbul jaboteur (fr); bulbul terrestre (es); laubbülbül (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PycnonotidaeRange:This African species is found from Somalia and Kenya, through eastern Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and into southern Angola, south-eastern D.R. Congo, eastern and northern Botswana and eastern and southern South Africa.Size:These…

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Snow partridge

Lerwa lerwa Photo by Ulrich Weber (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:snow partridge (en); perdiz-das-neves (pt); lerva des neiges (fr); perdiz Lerwa (es); Lerwahuhn (de) Taxonomy:Order GalliformesFamily PhasianidaeRange:This species is found in the Himalayas mountain range, in northern India and Pakistan, Nepal and south-western China.Size:These birds are 38-40 cm long. The females tend to be smaller,…

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Fairy warbler

Stenostira scita Photo by Trevor Hardaker (Trevor and Margaret Hardaker) Common name:fairy warbler (en); papa-moscas-d’asa-branca (pt); mignard enchanteur (fr); papamoscas duende (es); elfenschnäpper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This African species breeds in southern South Africa and Lesotho. Part of the population migrates north to winter as far as southern Namibia and southern Botswana.Size:These small birds are 11-12…

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Magellanic woodpecker

Campephilus magellanicus Photo by Doug Kirwin (Woodpeckers of the World) Common name:Magellanic woodpecker (en); pica-pau-de-Magalhães (pt); pic de Magellan (fr); carpintero de Magallanes (es); Magellanspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is found in southern Chile and south-western Argentina, from Linares, Chile and Neuquén, Argentina to Tierra del Fuego.Size:These large woodpeckers are 36-45 cm long. Males tend…

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Bran-coloured flycatcher

Myiophobus fasciatus Photo by Dario Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name:bran-coloured flycatcher (en); filipe (pt); moucherolle fascié (fr); mosquero estriado (es); rostschnäppertyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This species is found in South America, from northern Colombia and Venezuela south to northern Chile and north-eastern Argentina, but is mostly absent from the Amazon river basin. It is also found in…

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