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Netta rufina Photo by Mustafa Sozen (Trek Nature) Common name:red-crested pochard (en); pato-de-bico-vermelho (pt); nette rousse (fr); pato colorado (es); kolbenente (de) Taxonomy:Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeRange:These birds breed in southern Europe, from Portugal and Spain to the Ukraine, with some populations as far north as Germany and Poland. Then, through Turkey and the Caucasus they are…
Pseudoseisura lophotes Photo by Jorge San Pedro (Foto Natura) Common name:brown cacholote (en); coperete (pt); cacholote brun (fr); cacholote castaño (es); dunkelbrauner cachalote (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FurnariidaeRange:This species is found in southern South America, from southern Bolivia, through Paraguay and Uruguay, and down to central Argentina. They are also found in extreme southern Brazil, in Rio…
Falculea palliata Photo by Dubi Shapiro (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:sickle-billed vanga (en); vanga-de-bico-curvo (pt); falculie mantelée (fr); vanga piquicurvo (es); sichelschnabelvanga (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily VangidaeRange:This species is endemic to Madagascar, being found on the western side of the island.Size: These birds are 32 cm long and weigh 100-120 g.Habitat:The sickle-billed vanga is mostly found in…
Chaetura pelagica Photo by Daniele Occhiato (PBase) Common name:chimney swift (en); andorinhão-migrador (pt); martinet ramoneur (fr); vencejo de chimenea (es); schornsteinsegler (de) Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily Apodidae Range:This species breeds in western North America, from Alberta to Newfoundland, in Canada, and throughout the western United States down to Florida and Texas. They migrate south to winter in…
Pitta sordida Photo by Chris Li (Flickr) Common name:hooded pitta (en); pita-de-capuz (pt); brève à capuchon (fr); pita encapuchada (es); kappenpitta (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PittidaeRange:This Asian species is found from southern China and northern India, throughout Indochina and into Indonesia and Papua-New Guinea. The population in mainland Asia migrate south to winter along the southern…
Ptilopsis leucotis (Photo from Blogodisea) Common name:northern white-faced owl (en); mocho-de-faces-brancas-nortenho (pt); petit-duc à face blanche du nord (fr); autillo cariblanco norteño (es); nordbüscheleule (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:This African species is found along the Sahel belt, south of the Sahara desert, from Senegal, Guinea and Sierra Leone in the west to Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia in…
Knipolegus nigerrimus Photo by Dario Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name:velvety black-tyrant (en); maria-preta-de-garganta-vermelha (pt); ada noir (fr); viudita aterciopelada (es); kurzschopf-dunkeltyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Tyrannidae Range:This species is endemic to Brazil, being found in the eastern and south-eastern parts of the country in the states of Pernambuco and Bahia, and from Minas Gerais south to Rio Grande…
Motacilla clara Photo by Morten Nilsen (Global Twitcher) Common name:mountain wagtail (en); alvéola-rabilonga (pt); bergeronnette à longe queue (fr); lavandera clara (es); langschwanzstelze (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MotacillidaeRange:This species is found is isolated patches in sub-Saharan Africa, namely in Ethiopia, from southern Nigeria to Gabon, and from Kenya, Uganda, through southern D.R. Congo and Tanzania and…
