Collared finchbill

Spizixos semitorques Photo by Jon Hornbuckle (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:collared finchbill (en); tuta-de-coleira-interrompida (pt); bulbul à semi-collier (fr); bulbul collarejo (es); halsbandbülbül (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily  PycnonotidaeRange:This species is found in central and south-eastern China, as well as in Taiwan and marginally into northern Vietnam.Size:These birds are 17-23 cm long and weigh 35-50 g.Habitat:The collared finchbill…

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Bee hummingbird

Mellisuga helenae Photo by Richard Stern (Mango Verde) Common name:bee hummingbird (en); beija-flor-abelha (pt); colibri d’Elena (fr); zunzuncito (es); bienelelfe (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:This species is endemic to Cuba, being found throughout the island and well as in the offshore island of La Juventud.Size:The bee hummingbird is the smallest bird in the world, being just 5-6…

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Black-faced monarch

Monarcha melanopsis Photo by Tony Morris (Flickr) Common name:black-faced monarch (en); monarca-de-face-negra (pt); monarque à face noire (fr); monarca carinegro (es); maskenmonarch (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MonarchidaeRange:This species breeds along the eastern coast of Australia, from northern Queensland to Victoria, and migrates north to winter in southern Papua-New Guinea. Some populations in northern Queensland are resident.Size:These birds…

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Baltimore oriole

Icterus galbula Photo by Henry Domke (Health Care Fine Art) Common name:Baltimore oriole (en); corrupião-de-Baltimore (pt); oriole de Baltimore (fr); turpial de Baltimore (es); Baltimoretrupial (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily IcteridaeRange:This species breeds throughout the eastern United States, south-eastern Canada and north-eastern Mexico, and migrate south to winter in Florida, from Mexico to western Colombia and northern Venezuela…

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Sri Lanka frogmouth

Batrachostomus moniliger Photo by Tomas Grim (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Sri Lanka frogmouth (en); boca-de-sapo-do-Ceilão (pt); podarge de Ceylan (fr); podargo de Ceilán (es); Ceylonfroschmaul (de)Taxonomy:Order CaprimulgiformesFamily Podargidae Range:This species is found in Sri Lanka and in the Western Ghats of south-western India.Size:These birds are 23 cm long. Habitat:The Sri Lanka frogmouth is found in…

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Green jay

Cyanocorax yncas Photo by Dorgelis Alcocer (Facebook) Common name:green jay (en); gaio-verde (pt); geai vert (fr); chara verde (es); grünhäher (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CorvidaeRange:This species is found in two separate population, one from southern Texas, in the United States, down to northern Honduras, and another from northern Venezuela and along the slopes of the Andes of…

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