Southern ground-hornbill

Bucorvus leadbeateri Photo by Marco Valentini (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:southern ground-hornbill (en); calau-gigante (pt); bucorve du Sud (fr); cálao terrícola (es); kaffernhornrabe (de)Taxonomy:Order CoraciiformesFamily BucerotidaeRange:This species is found from Kenya and Tanzania, through southern D.R. Congo and Zambia and into Angola, Mozambique and eastern South Africa.Size:These birds are 90-102 cm long. The females are…

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Crested oropendola

Psarocolius decumanus Photo by Dominic Sherony (Wikipedia) Common name:crested oropendola (en); japu-preto (pt); cassique huppé (fr); oropéndola crestada (es); krähenstirnvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily IcteridaeRange:This species is found from southern Costa Rica and Panama down to Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil and northern Argentina. It is only found east of the Andes mountain range.Size:These birds are sexually dimorphic….

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Restless flycatcher

Myiagra inquieta Photo by Lip Kee Yap (Wikipedia) Common name:restless flycatcher (en); monarca-inquieto (pt); monarque infatigable (fr); monarca inquieto (es); weißkehlmyiagra (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Monarchidae Range:This species is found northern and eastern mainland Australia, as well as in south-western Australia. It is also found in southern Papua New Guinea. Size:These birds are 16-21 cm long and…

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Victoria crowned pigeon

Goura victoria Photo by Nancy Johnston (Nancy’s Bird Journal) Common name:Victoria crowned pigeon (en); pombo-coroado-de-Victoria (pt); goura de Victoria (fr); gura victoria (es); fächertaube (de)Taxonomy:Order ColumbiformesFamily ColumbidaeRange:This species is found in northern New Guinea, from Geelvink Bay, Indonesia, to Astrolabe Bay, and an isolated area around Collingwood Bay in easternmost Papua New Guinea. Also on…

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Brown honeyeater

Lichmera indistincta Photo by David Kleinert (David Kleinert Photography) Common name:brown honeyeater (en); melífago-castanho (pt); méliphage brunâtre (fr); mielero pardo (es); braunhonigfresser (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MeliphagidaeRange:This species is found throughout most of Australia, with the exceptions of Southern Australia and Victoria, and also in southern New Guinea, the Torres Strait Islands, the Tiwi Islands, Bali and…

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Bar-throated apalis

Apalis thoracica (Photo from Hermanus Bird Club) Common name:bar-throated apalis (en); apalis-de-coleira (pt); apalis à collier (fr); apalis de garganta barreada (es); halsband-feinsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CisticolidaeRange:This species is found in eastern and southern Africa, from southern Kenya, through Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and into eastern and southern South Africa.Size:These birds are 11-13 cm long…

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Great spotted woodpecker

Dendrocopos major Photo by Thomas Hochebner (Woodpeckers of the World) Common name:great spotted woodpecker (en); pica-pau-malhado-grande (pt); pic épeiche (fr); pico picapinos (es); buntspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is found throughout Europe, with the exceptions of Iceland, Ireland, and northern Scandinavia, in Morocco and Algeria, and through Russia and the Caucasus all the way to…

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Yellow-bellied elaenia

Elaenia flavogaster Photo by Dario Sanches (Photoree) Common name:yellow-bellied elaenia (en); guaracava-de-barriga-amarela (pt); élénie à ventre jaune (fr); fiofío copetón (es); gelbbauch-olivtyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This species is found from southern Mexico down to Bolivia, northern Argentina and south-eastern Brazil. West of the Andes it is only found as far south as Ecuador, and this species…

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