Brown thrasher

Toxostoma rufum Common name:brown thrasher (en); sabiá-castanho (pt); moqueur roux (fr); cuitlacoche rojizo (es); rotrücken-spottdrossel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MimidaeRange:This species is found in southern Canada and the eastern United States, from Alberta and Minnesota to Maine and south to Texas, Louisiana and Florida. The more northern population migrate south to winter along the southern parts of…

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House sparrow

Passer domesticus (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name:house sparrow (en); pardal-doméstico (pt); moineau domestique (fr); gorrión común (es); haussperling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PasseridaeRange:The house sparrow originates from Eurasia and northern Africa, but has been introduced to most of the world. It is only absent from northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland, central Africa between the Sahara desert and…

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White-tailed sabrewing

Campylopterus ensipennis Photo by Fayard Mohammed (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:white-tailed sabrewing (en); asa-de-sabre-de-cauda-branca (pt); campyloptère á queue blache (fr); colibrí coliblanco (es); weißschwanz-degenflügel (de) Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily Trochilidae Range:This species is found restricted to the Turimiquire Massif and Paria peninsula of north-eastern Venezuela and the Caribbean island of Tobago.Size:These birds are 12-13 cm long and…

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Alder flycatcher

Empidonax alnorum Photo by Simon Barrette (Wikipedia) Common name:alder flycatcher (en); papa-moscas-dos-amieiros (pt); moucherolle des aulnes (fr); mosquero alisero (es); erlenschnäppertyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This species is found breedin in northern North America, from Alaska, through most of Canada and into the north-eastern United States as far south as North Carolina and Tennessee. They migrate south…

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Asian stubtail

Urosphena squameiceps Photo by Robin Newlin (Birds Korea) Common name:Asian stubtail (en); rouxinol-rabicurto (pt); bouscarle de Swinhoe (fr); colirobusto de cabeza escamosa (es); kurzschwanz-buschsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Sylviidae Range:This species breeds in Japan, Korea and marginally into south-eastern Russia and north-eastern China. They migrate south to winter in southern China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand.Size:These…

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Negros bleeding-heart

Gallicolumba keayi Photo by Rob Hutchinson (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:Negros bleeding-heart (en); coração-sangrante-de-Negros (pt); gallicolombe de Negros (fr); corazón sangrante de Negros (es); Negros-dolchstichtaube (de)Taxonomy:Order ColumbiformesFamily ColumbidaeRange:This species is endemic to the Philippines, where it is found on the islands of Negros and Panay.Size:These birds are 25-30 cm long and weigh 175-206 g.Habitat:The Negros…

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Reunion cuckooshrike

Coracina newtoni Photo by Theron Seor (Komansava) Common name:Reunion cuckooshrike (en); lagarteiro-da Reunião (pt); tuit-tuit (fr); oruguero de Reunión (es); Newton-raupenfänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CampephagidaeRange:This species is endemic to the island of Reunion, in the Indian ocean east of Madagascar. Within the island it is restricted to two very small areas in the north-west,  Plaine d’Affouches…

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Crescent-chested warbler

Parula superciliosa Photo by Raul Padilla (Bird Forum) Common name:crescent-chested warbler (en); mariquita-de-peito-manchado (pt); paruline à croissant (fr); chipe pechimanchado (es); schmuckwaldsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ParulidaeRange:This species is found in Central America, from northern Mexico to Nicaragua.Size:These birds are 10,5-12 cm long and weigh 8-10 g.Habitat:The crescent-chested warbler occupies humid to semi-humid pine-oak forest, oak, and…

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