Orange weaver

Ploceus aurantius Photo by Jonas Rosquist (PBase) Common name:orange weaver (en); tecelão-laranja (pt); tisserin orangé (fr); tejedor anaranjado (es); königsweber (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Ploceidae Range:This species is patchily distributed from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, south to north-western Angola and east through D.R. Congo into Uganda, western Kenya and Tanzania. Size:These bird are 12-13 cm long and…

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Common hill myna

Gracula religiosa Photo by Rajiv Lather (Birding in India) Common name:common hill myna (en); mainá-da-montanha (pt); mainate religieux (fr); miná del Himalaya (es); beo (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SturnidaeRange:This species is found from eastern and north-eastern India, and southern China, through Indochina and into Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines. It has also been introduced to several other…

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American black swift

Cypseloides niger Photo by Glen Tepke (Mango Verde) Common name:American black swift (en); andorinhão-preto-americano (pt); martinet sombre (fr); vencejo negro (es); schwarzsegler (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily ApodidaeRange:This species breeds in a few patches along western North America and Central America, namely in southern British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, in Washington, Montana, California and Colorado, United States, in…

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Yellow-faced honeyeater

Lichenostomus chrysops Photo by David Piko (David L Piko Photography) Common name:yellow-faced honeyeater (en); melífago-de-faces-amarelas (pt); méliphage à joues d’or (fr); mielero carigualdo (es); dreistreifen-honigfresser (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MeliphagidaeRange:This species is found in eastern Australia, from north-eastern Queensland to Victoria and south-eastern South Australia.Size:These birds are 15-17,5 cm long and have a wingspan of 21,5-26 cm….

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Black-throated laughingthrush

Garrulax chinensis Photo by Darren Whifflepeg (Flickr) Common name:black-throated laughingthrush (en); zaragateiro-de-garganta-preta (pt); garrulaxe à joues blanches (fr); charlatán golinegro (es); weißohrhäherling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This species is found in southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, northern Thailand and into parts of Cambodia.Size:These birds are 25 cm long and weigh 90-130 g.Habitat:The black-throated laughingthrush is found in…

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Oriental pied hornbill

Anthracoceros albirostris Photo by Mario Widmer (Wikipedia) Common name:oriental pied hornbill (en); calau-de-faces-brancas (pt); calao pie (fr); cálao cariblanco (es); orienthornvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order CoraciiformesFamily BucerotidaeRange:This species is found in south-east Asia, from northern and north-eastern India, through Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar, and into extreme southern China, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra,…

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Straight-billed earthcreeper

Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus Photo by Glenn Seeholzer (Flickr) Common name:straight-billed earthcreeper (en); andarilho-de-bico-direito (pt); upucerthie à bec droit (fr); bandurrita de pico recto (es); geradschnabel-erdhacker (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FurnariidaeRange:This species is found along the eastern slopes of the Andes, from southern Peru and Bolivia to eastern Chile and western Argentina as far south as Comodoro Rivadavia.Size:These birds…

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