Greater pied puffbird

Notharchus tectus Photo by Nick Athanas (Antpitta) Common name:greater pied puffbird (en); macuru-pintado (pt); tamatia pie (fr); buco pío (es); elsterfaulvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order GalbuliformesFamily BucconidaeRange:This species is found from southern Colombia, south to central Peru, and east to the Guyanas and into Brazil as far as Mato Grosso and Maranhão. Size:These birds are 14-17 cm long…

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Black-bellied sandgrouse

Pterocles orientalis Photo by David Lanza (Ornito Addiction) Common name:black-bellied sandgrouse (en); cortiçol-de-barriga-preta (pt); ganga unibande (fr); ganga ortega (es); sandflughuhn (de)Taxonomy:Order PterocliformesFamily PteroclidaeRange:This species is found in the Iberian Peninsula, in north-west Africa from southern Morocco to north-western Libya, and in south-eastern and central Asia from Turkey, Cyprus and north-eastern Egypt, through Iraq and…

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King bird-of-paradise

Cicinnurus regius Common name: king bird-of-paradise (en); ave-do-paraíso-real (pt); paradisier royal (fr); ave-del-paraíso real (es); königs-paradiesvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Paradisaeidae Range: This species in found throughout lowland Papua-New Guinea and in the surrounding islands of Aru, Missol, Salawati, and Yapen. Size: The king bird-of-paradise is 16-19 cm long, but males reach 31 cm…

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Horned puffin

Fratercula corniculata Photo by Paul B. Jones (Flickr) Common name:horned puffin (en); papagaio-do-mar-cornudo (pt); macareux cornu (fr); frailecillo corniculado (es); hornlund (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily AlcidaeRange:This species is found in the northern Pacific Ocean and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean, breeding from Wrangel island to the Queen Charlotte islands in Canada and to Sakhalinsk in Russia….

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