Northern cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name:northern cardinal (en); cardeal (pt); cardinal rouge (fr); cardenal rojo (es); rotkardinal (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CardinalidaeRange:This species is found throughout the eastern United States, as far west as Nebraska, eastern Colorado and Texas, also marginally into south-eastern Canada, in southern New Mexico and Arizona, and through Mexico down to northern…

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Stitchbird

Notiomystis cincta Photo by Damian Davalos (Flickr) Common name:stitchbird (en); melífago-hihi (pt); méliphage hihi (fr); hihi (es); hihi (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MeliphagidaeRange:Once common throughout the North Island of New Zealand and in several offshore islands, the stitchbird in now only found naturally in Little Barrier Island, with small translocated populations also on the islands of Kapiti…

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Eared quetzal

Euptilotis neoxenus Photo by Steven Whitebread (Flickr) Common name:eared quetzal (en); quetzal-orelhudo (pt); quetzal oreillard (fr); trogón silbador (es); haarbüscheltrogon (de)Taxonomy:Order TrogoniformesFamily TrogonidaeRange:This species is endemic to Mexico, being found in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range and the adjacent Pacific slope.Size:These birds are 32-35,5 cm long and weigh 100-150 g.Habitat:The eared quetzal is found…

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Black-crowned tchagra

Tchagra senegalus Photo by Javier Falco (Salidún) Common name:black-crowned tchagra (en); picanço-assobiador-de-barrete-preto (pt); tchagra à tête noire (fr); chagra del Senegal (es); Senegaltschagra (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MalaconotidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from the Sahel down to Angola, Zimbabwe and north-eastern South Africa, also from Morocco to north-eastern Libya and in the southern Arabian Peninsula,…

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Yellow-crowned amazon

Amazona ochrocephala Photo by Erick Houli (Flickr) Common name:yellow-crowned amazon (en); papagaio-campeiro (pt); amazone à front jaune (fr); loro real amazónico (es); gelbscheitelamazone (de)Taxonomy:Order PsittaciformesFamily PsittacidaeRange:This species is found from Panama south to central Bolivia and north-western Brazil as far south as Mato Grosso and Pará.Size:These birds are 31-38 cm long and weigh 380-560 g.Habitat:The…

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Yellow chat

Epthianura crocea (Photo from Australian Photoholics) Common name:yellow chat (en); eptianuro-amarelo (pt); epthianure à collier (fr); eptianuro amarillo (es); safrantrugschmätzer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EpthianuridaeRange:This species is found in northern and central Australia, from northern-eastern Western Australia, through the Northern Territory and into Queensland, north-eastern South Australia and north-western New South Wales.Size:These birds are 11 cm long…

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