Green-and-gold tanager

Tangara schrankii Photo by Glenn Bartley (Glenn Bartley Nature Photography) Common name: green-and-gold tanager (en); saíra-ouro (pt); calliste de Schrank (fr); tángara de cara negra (es); goldbrusttangare (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Thraupidae Range: This South American specis is found in the western and central Amazon Basin in eastern Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, central Bolivia, and…

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Hadada ibis

Bostrychia hagedash Photo by Sumeet Moghe (Wikipedia) Common name:hadada ibis (en); singanga (pt); ibis hagedash (fr); ibis hadada (es); hagedasch (de) Taxonomy:Order CiconiiformesFamily ThreskiornithidaeRange:This species is found across most of sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania to southern Sudan and south to South Africa. It is mostly absent from Angola, Namibia and Botswana.Size:These birds are 65-75…

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Cáo muốn ngắm gà

Voi đang đi trong rừng, bỗng nhìn thấy cáo ngồi bên bờ suối vặt lông một con gà. Voi xông lại quát:  – Cáo! Sao mày dã man thế?  Cáo luống cuống, giả vờ bưng mặt nấc lên:  – Đây là… vợ tao. Cô ấy mới chết hôm qua…. hu hu…  – Đồ ác thú!…

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Crimson-breasted gonolek

Laniarius atrococcineus Photo by Hans Hillewaert (Wikipedia) Common name: crimson-breasted gonolek (en); picanço-preto-e-vermelho (pt); gonolek rouge et noir (fr); gonolek de Burchell (es); rotbauchwürger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Malaconotidae Range: This African species occurs in a band from Angola and Zambia to the northern parts of South Africa, with large populations in Namibia, Botswana…

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Bat hawk

Macheiramphus alcinus Photo by Gary Albert (Wikipedia) Common name: bat hawk (en); milhafre-morcegueiro (pt); milan des chauves-souris (fr); milano murcielaguero (es); fledermausaar (de) Taxonomy: Order Falconiformes Family Accipitridae Range: This species is found throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia and south through the D.R. Congo, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola down to South…

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