Peaceful dove

Geopelia placida Photo by Guy Poisson (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:peaceful dove (en); rola-plácida (pt); géopélie placide (fr); tortolita plácida (es); friedenstäubchen (de)Taxonomy:Order ColumbiformesFamily Columbidae Range:This species is found throughout most of Australia, except in southern Victoria, southern Western Australia and Tasmania, and also in Papua New Guinea and the nearby Aru islands.Size:These birds are…

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Purple honeycreeper

Cyanerpes caeruleus Photo by Fayard Mohammed (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:purple honeycreeper (en); saí-de-perna-amarela (pt); guit-guit céruléen (fr); copeicillo violáceo (es); purpurnaschvogel (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Thraupidae Range:These birds are found in northern South America, from northern Colombia and Venezuela, south to southern Ecuador west of the Andes and south to central Bolivia and central Brazil…

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Common grasshopper warbler

Locustella naevia Photo by Andreas Gruber (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:common grasshopper warbler (en); felosa-malhada (pt); locustelle tachetée (fr); buscarla pintoja (es); feldschwirl (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange: This species is found breed across most of Europe, from the northern Iberian peninsula as far north as southern Sweden and Norway and as far east as central Asia,…

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Australian white ibis

Threskiornis molucca Photo by Josep del Hoyo (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Australian white ibis (en); íbis-branco-australiano (pt); ibis à cou noir (fr); ibis blanco australiano (es); Molukkenibis (de)Taxonomy:Order CiconiiformesFamily ThreskiornithidaeRange:This species is found in eastern and northern Australia, and to a lesser extent also in south-western Australia. The Australian white ibis is also found in…

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Blue-black grassquit

Volatinia jacarina Photo by Dario Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name:blue-black grassquit (en); tiziu (pt); jacarini noir (fr); negrito chirrí (es); jacarini (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EmberizidaeRange:This species is found from Mexico down to southern Peru and northern Argentina.Size:These birds are 10-11,5 cm long and weigh 9-10 g.Habitat:The blue-black grassquit is found in grasslands, scrublands and dry savannas, and…

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White-tailed goldenthroat

Polytmus guainumbi (Photo from Flickr) Common name:white-tailed goldenthroat (en); beija-flor-de-bico-curvo (pt); colibri guaïnumbi (fr); colibrí guainumbí (es); bronzerücken-glanzkehlchen (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:This South American species is found in Colombia, Venezuela, through the Guyanas and north-eastern Brazil and into central Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. It is mostly absent from the Amazon basin.Size:These birds are 9-10 cm long…

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Black-tailed gull

Larus crassirostris Photo by Tom Edelsten (Birds Korea) Common name:black-tailed gull (en); gaivota-do-Japão (pt); goéland à queue noire (fr); gaviota japonesa (es); Japanmöwe (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily LaridaeRange:This species breeds in northern Japan, extreme south-eastern Russia, Korea and north-eastern China. Some population migrate south to winter along the coasts of Japan and the East China Sea down…

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Banded martin

Riparia cincta Photo by Ian White (Flickr) Common name:banded martin (en); andorinha-das-barreiras-de-colar (pt); hirondelle à collier (fr); avión cinchado (es); weißbrauen-uferschwalbe (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily HirundinidaeRange:This African species is found breeding from Ethiopia, through Kenya, D.R. Congo and Angola, and south to South Africa. The more southern population migrate north to winter in from Gabon and the…

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