White woodpecker

 Melanerpes candidus Photo by Dario Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name: white woodpecker (en); pica-pau-branco (pt); pic dominicain (fr); carpintero blanco (es); weißspecht (de) Taxonomy: Order Piciformes Family Picidae Range: This South American species is found from French Guyana, in the north, through most of Brazil and into southern Peru, Bolivia and northern Argentina. Size: These birds…

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Grasshopper sparrow

Ammodramus savannarum Photo by Raymond Barlow (Lee’s Birdwatching Adventures) Common name:grasshopper sparrow (en); escrevedeira-dos-gafanhotos (pt); bruant sauterelle (fr); sabanero chapulín (es); heuschreckenammer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Emberizidae Range:This species breeds in most of the United States and in southern Canada. There are also some breeding populations in Central America, Colombia and the Caribbean. The more northern population…

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Tambourine dove

Turtur tympanistria (Photo from Tokin Birds) Common name:tambourine dove (en); rola-de-papo-branco (pt); tourtelette tambourette (fr); palomita tamborilera (es); tamburintäubchen (de)Taxonomy:Order Columbiformes Family ColumbidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia, south to Angola, Zambia and Tanzania, and through Mozambique down to eastern and southern South Africa.Size:These birds are 22-23 cm long and…

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Asian brown flycatcher

Muscicapa dauurica Photo by Aurélien Audevard (Korea Birds) Common name:Asian brown flycatcher (en); papa-moscas-pardo (pt); gobemouche brun (fr); papamoscas castaño (es); braunschnäpper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Muscicapidae Range:These birds are found breeding in south-eastern Russia, Mongolia, northern China, Korea, Japan and also in the Himalayas, India, Thailand and Vietnam. Some population migrate south to winter in south-east…

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Varied thrush

Zoothera naevius Photo by Elaine Wilson (Tom Clark) Common name: varied thrush (en); tordo-de-colarinho (pt); grive à collier (fr); zorzal cinchado (es); halsbanddrossel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Turdidae Range: This species is found from Alaska and north-western canada, along the pacific coast of North America down to northern California. The more northern populations migrate…

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European storm-petrel

Hydrobates pelagicus Photo by Armando Caldas (Flickr) Common name:European storm-petrel (en); alma-de-mestre (pt); océanite tempête (fr); paíño europeo (es); sturmschwalbe (de)Taxonomy:Order ProcellariiformesFamily HydrobatidaeRange:This species breeds on inaccessible islands in the north Atlantic and western Mediterranean, from iceland, through the Faroe islands and the British isles and into Iberia and as far east as Malta. They also…

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Speckled warbler

Chthonicola sagittatus Photo by Ian Colley (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:speckled warbler (en); acantiza-malhada (pt); séricorne fléché (fr); sedosito moteado (es); grundhuscher (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily AcanthizidaeRange:These birds are endemic to south-eastern Australia, being found from south-western Victoria to central Queensland, mostly on the slopes and tablelands of the Great Dividing Range.Size:The speckled warbler is 13 cm long…

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Brown-headed parrot

Poicephalus cryptoxanthus Common name:brown-headed parrot (en); papagaio-de-cabeça-castanha (pt); perroquet à tête brune (fr); lorito de cabeza parda (es); braunkopfpapagei (de)Taxonomy:Order PsittaciformesFamily PsittacidaeRange:This species is found in East Africa, from southern Kenya, through Tanzania and Mozambique, and into Zimbabwe and north-eastern South Africa.Size:These birds are 22 cm long and weigh 120-160 g.Habitat:The brown-headed parrot is found in…

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