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Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Photo by Rinus Motmans (Flickr) Common name:sedge warbler (en); felosa-dos-juncos (pt); phragmite des joncs (fr); carricerín común (es); schilfrohrsänger (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Sylviidae Range:This species breeds throughout most of Europe and western Asia, as far south as northern Spain, northern Italy, Turkey and Kazakhstan, and as far east as central Siberia. They migrate…
Sporophila americana Photo by Michel Giraud-Audine (Flickr) Common name:wing-barred seedeater (en); coleiro-do-norte (pt); sporophile à ailes blanches (fr); espiguero chocoano (es); wechselpfäffchen (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:These birds are found in northern South America and Central America, from northern Brazil and Peru to southern Mexico.Size:The wing-barred seedeater is 11-12 m long and weighs 12-13 g.Habitat:They are mostly…
Apus horus Photo by Mikael Nord (Praktejder) Common name:horus swift (en); andorinhão-horus (pt); martinet horus (fr); vencejo horus (es); horussegler (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily Apodidae Range:This species is patchily distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, with population in Nigeria, Chad, Sudan and Ethiopia, and through East Africa into their main stronghold in Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa. There are…
Empidonax difficilis Photo by Anay Tarnekar (Flickr) Common name:Pacific-slope flycatcher (en); papa-moscas-do-Pacífico (pt); moucherolle côtier (fr); mosquero del Pacífico (es); feuchtwald-schnäppertyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This species breeds along the Pacific coast of North America, from south-eastern Alaska down to Baja California. They migrate south to winter in southern and western Mexico.Size:These birds are 14-17 cm long…
Pernis apivorus Photo by Ulf Gotthardsson (Flickr) Common name:European honey-buzzard (en); bútio-vespeiro (pt); bondrée apivore (fr); abejero europeo (es); wespenbussard (de) Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily Accipitridae Range:This species is found breeding in Europe and western Asia, from the Iberian Peninsula to south-eastern England and eastern Scandinavia, though western Russia and the Caucasus to south-western Siberia and south…
Coracina novaehollandiae Photo by Tom Tarrant (Wikipedia) Common name:black-faced cuckoo-shrike (en); lagarteiro-de-face-preta (pt); échenilleur à masque noir (fr); oruguero de cara negra (es); schwarzgesicht-raupenfänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CampephagidaeRange:This species is found throughout mainland Australia and Tasmania, with some populations migrating north to winter in Papua-New Guinea and Indonesia.Size:These birds are 32-35 cm long and weigh 90-150…
Turdus plumbeus Photo by Alef Castellanos (Flickr) Common name:red-legged thrush (en); tordo-de-patas-vermelhas (pt); merle vantard (fr); zorzal patirrojo (es); rotfußdrossel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TurdidaeRange:This species is found in the northern Caribbean, namely in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras and Puerto Rico.Size:These birds are 25-28 cm long and weigh 50-82 g.Habitat:The red-legged…
Rallus limicola Photo by Danny Bonilla (Pine Barrens Animals) Common name:Virginia rail (en); frango d’água-da-Virginia (pt); râle de Virginie (fr); rascón de Virginia (es); Virginiaralle (de)Taxonomy:Order GruiformesFamily RallidaeRange:These birds breed across the northern and western United States, as well as in southern Canada. Most population migrate south to winter in Florida, northern Mexico and along…
