Scarlet-chested sunbird

Chalcomitra senegalensis Photo by Mike Pope (World-Birds) Common name:scarlet-chested sunbird (en); beija-flor-de-peito-escarlate (pt); souïmanga à poitrine rouge (fr); suimanga pechiescarlata (es); rotbrust-glanzköpfchen (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania and Guinea to Ethiopia and south to northern Namibia and north-eastern South Africa. The scarlet-chested sunbird is absent from the Congo river basin…

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Himalayan bulbul

Pycnonotus leucogenys Photo by Jerome Boisard (Flickr) Common name:Himalayan bulbul (en); tuta-de-faces-brancas (pt); bulbul à joues blanches (fr); bulbul de mejillas blancas (es); weißohrbülbül (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PycnonotidaeRange:This species is found along the southern foothills of the Himalayas, in Bhutan, Nepal, northern India, northern Pakistan and marginally into Afghanistan and Tajikistan.Size:These birds are 18-20 cm long and have…

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Short-toed snake-eagle

Circaetus gallicus Photo by Denis Haltebourg (Nunda Foto) Common name:short-toed snake-eagle (en); águia-cobreira (pt); circaète Jean-le-Blanc (fr); águila culebrera (es); schlangenadler (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This species is found  breeding from the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco in the west, through southern and central Europe as far north as the Baltic and through Turkey and southern Russia, into the…

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White-headed buffalo-weaver

Dinemellia dinemelli (Photo from Scientific Library) Common name:white-headed buffalo-weaver (en); tecelão-de-cabeça-branca (pt); alecto à tête blanche (fr); bufalero cabeciblanco (es); starweber (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PloceidaeRange:This species is found in East Africa, from South Sudan and Ethiopia, through Kenya and Somalia and down to central Tanzania.Size:These birds are 17-19 cm long and weigh 57-85 g.Habitat:The white-headed buffalo-weaver is mostly…

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Yellow-rumped cacique

Cacicus cela Photo by Dave Nunez (Flickr) Common name:yellow-rumped cacique (en); xexéu (pt); cassique cul-jaune (fr); cacique lomiamarilo (es); gelbrücken-stirnvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily IcteridaeRange:These birds are found in northern South America, from Bolivia and south-eastern Brazil to Venezuela, Colombia and Panama.Size:The males are 27-29 cm long, while the smaller females are 23-25 cm long. The males weigh 100-115…

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Himalayan snowcock

Tetraogallus himalayensis Photo by Rémy Lecolazet (Oiseaux) Common name:Himalayan snowcock (en); galo-das-neves-dos-Himalaias (pt); tétraogalle de l’Himalaya (fr); perdigallo himalayo (es); Himalayakönigshuhn (de)Taxonomy:Order GalliformesFamily PhasianidaeRange:This species is found across the Himalayas, from eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, through northern India and Nepal and north into western China and eastern Kazakhstan.Size:These birds are 54-74 cm long and have a…

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Greater blue-eared glossy-starling

Lamprotornis chalybaeus Photo by Loot Eksteen (Trek Nature) Common name:greater blue-eared glossy-starling (en); estorninho-metálico-grande-d’orelha-azul (pt); choucador à oreillons bleus (fr); estornino orejiazul (es); grünschwanz-glanzstar (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SturnidaeRange:This species is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania and Senegal to Ethiopia and south through eastern Africa to north-eastern South Africa and Angola. They are absent from the…

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Bananal antbird

Cercomacra ferdinandi Photo by Ciro Albano (NE Brazil Birding) Common name:bananal antbird (en); chororó-de-Goiás (pt); grisin de bananal (fr); hormiguero de bananal (es); bananalameisenfänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThamnophilidaeRange:This species is endemic to the wetlands of the central Araguaia and Tocantins rivers in central Brazil, between Goiás and Maranhão.Size:These birds are 15-18 cm long and weigh 13-18,5 g.Habitat:The bananal…

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