Slaty flowerpiercer

Diglossa plumbea Photo by Jerry Oldenettel (Wikipedia) Common name:slaty flowerpiercer (en); fura-flor-ardósia (pt); percefleur ardoisé (fr); pinchaflor plomizo (es); einfarb-hakenschnabel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EmberizidaeRange:This species is found in the mountain ranges of central Costa Rica and western Panama.Size:These birds are 10 cm long and weigh 9 g.Habitat:The slaty flowerpiercer is mostly found in high-altitude moist tropical…

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Greater rhea

Rhea americana Photo by Lip Kee (Flickr) Common name:greater rhea (en); ema (pt); nandou d’Amérique (fr); ñandú común (es); nandu (de)Taxonomy:Order StruthioniformesFamily RheidaeRange:This South American species is found from Bolivia and central and western Brazil south to central Argentina.Size:These birds are 125-140 cm long and weigh 20-27 kg.Habitat:The greater rhea is mostly found in pampas…

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Hooded warbler

Wilsonia citrina Photo by Paul Guris (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:hooded warbler (en); mariquita-de-capuz (pt); paruline à capuchon (fr); chipe encapuchado (es); kapuzenwaldsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ParulidaeRange:This species breeds in the eastern United States, from Connecticut to Wisconsin and south to northern Florida and eastern Texas. They also breed in southern Ontario, Canada. They migrate south…

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White-throated fantail

Rhipidura albicollis Photo by Nabarun Sadhya (Flickr) Common name:white-throated fantail (en); cauda-de-leque-de-garganta-branca (pt); rhipidure à gorge blanche (fr); abanico gorgiblanco (es); weißkehl-fächerschwanz (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily RhipiduridaeRange:This species is found from north-eastern Pakistan and western India, through Tibet, Nepal and southern China, and into Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodja, Vietnam, Malaysia and also Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia.Size:These bird…

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Red-legged crake

Rallina fasciata Photo by Edwin Matias (Gear Up, Get Out) Common name:red-legged crake (en); franga-d’água-de-patas-vermelhas (pt); râle barré (fr); polluela patirroja (es); Malaienralle (de)Taxonomy:Order GruiformesFamily RallidaeRange:This species is found in south-eastern Asia, from Bangladesh and extreme north-eastern India, through Myanmar and southern Thailand and into southern Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines.Size:These birds are 21-25 cm…

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Seychelles white-eye

Zosterops modestus Photo by Johann Mols (National Geographic) Common name:Seychelles white-eye (en); olho-branco-das-Seychelles (pt); zostérops des Seychelles (fr); anteojitos de Seychelles (es); Mahé-brillenvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ZosteropidaeRange:This species is endemic to Mahé, in the Seychelles archipelago, only being found in a few small patches in the centre and north of the island and in the offshore…

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Bearded vulture

Gypaetus barbatus Photo by Dan Logen (The Guardian) Common name:bearded vulture (en); quebra-ossos (pt); gypaète barbu (fr); quebrantahuesos (es); bartgeier (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily Accipitridae Range:This species is patchily distributed in southern Europe, from northern Spain to Austria, in Morocco and northern Algeria, from Greece, through Turkey and the Middle East and into Mongolia and China, in…

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