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Campephilus robustus Photo by Ricardo Gentil (Flickr) Common name:robust woodpecker (en); pica-pau-rei (pt); pic robuste (fr); carpintero grande (es); scharlachkopfspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is found in south-eastern Brazil, from southern Bahía and Goiás to northern Rio Grande do Sul, and also in eastern Paraguay and marginally into north-eastern Argentina.Size:These birds are 31-37 cm long…
Yuhina brunneiceps Photo by Robert Tec (Wikipedia) Common name:Taiwan yuhina (en); iuína-da-Formosa (pt); yuhina de Taiwan (fr); yuhina de Formosa (es); braunkopfyuhina (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This species is endemic to Taiwan, being mostly found on the eastern side of the island.Size:These birds are 12-13 cm long and weigh 10-13 g.Habitat:The Taiwan yuhina is found in…
Eclectus roratus Photo by Doug Janson (Wikipedia) Common name:eclectus parrot (en); papagaio-eclético (pt); grand éclectus (fr); loro ecléctico (es); edelpapagei (de)Taxonomy:Order PsittaciformesFamily PsittacidaeRange:This species is found in New Guinea, the Moluccas, the Solomon islands, the island of Sumba in Indonesia and also in northern Australia on the Eastern Cape York Peninsula. It has also been…
Cyanistes cyanus Photo by Krzysztof Blachowiak (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:azure tit (en); chapim-de-cabeça-branca (pt); mésange azurée (fr); herrerillo azul (es); lasurmeise (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ParidaeRange:This species is found from eastern Poland and Finland, through western and southern Russia, and into Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, north-western China and Mongolia.Size:These birds are 12-13 cm long and weigh 8-10 g.Habitat:The…
Geospiza fuliginosa Photo by Douglas Bolt (Mango Verde) Common name:small ground-finch (en); tentilhão-da-terra-pequeno (pt); géospize fuligineux (fr); pinzón terrestre pequeno (es); kleingrundfink (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:These birds are endemic to the Galapagos islands, being found in the islands of the archipelago except Genovesa, Wolf and Darwin.Size:Small ground-finches are 11 cm long and weigh 14 g.Habitat:They are…
Chen canagica Photo by Reginald David (Hawaii Biological Survey) Common name:emperor goose (en); ganso-imperador (pt); oie empereur (fr); ganso emperador (es); kaisergans (de)Taxonomy:Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeRange:This species is only found around the Bering Sea, breeding both along the western coast of Alaska and along the eastern coast of extreme north-eastern Russia. They migrate south to winter…
Scotocerca inquieta (Photo from Salidún) Common name:streaked scrub-warbler (en); fuinha-dos-espinheiros (pt); dromoïque vif-argent (fr); prinia desértica (es); wüstenprinie (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CisticolidaeRange:This species is found from northern Mauritania and Morocco, through Algeria, Lybia and Egypt, and into the Arabian Peninsula and near Asia as far east as Pakistan and Afghanistan and as far north as southern…
Sterna maxima Photo by Ianaré Sévi (Wikipedia) Common name:royal tern (en); garajau-real (pt); sterne royale (fr); charrán real (es); königsseeschwalbe (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily SternidaeRange:This species breeds along the coasts of West Africa, from Mauritania to Cameroon, along the Caribbean and the coasts of South America from Colombia no northern Brazil, and along the coasts of south-eastern…
