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Miliaria calandra Photo by Lior Kislev (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:corn bunting (en); trigueirão (pt); bruant proyer (fr); triguero (es); grauammer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EmberizidaeRange:These birds are mostly found in Europe, from Scotland and Denmark south to Portugal, Spain and Italy, and east to Poland, the Ukraine and Turkey. They are also found in the Canary…
Dendropicos namaquus Photo by José Kemp (PBase) Common name:bearded woodpecker (en); pica-pau-de-bigodes (pt); pic barbu (fr); pico barbudo (es); Namaspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from the Central African Republic and Sudan to Senegal and south to South Africa, only being absent from the dense rainforests of the Congo basin.Size:These birds are…
Cyanerpes cyaneus (Photo from Associazione Ornitologica Europea) Common name:red-legged honeycreeper (en); saíra-beija-flor (pt); guit-guit saï (fr); mielero patirrojo (es); Türkisnaschvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:This species is found from southern Mexico to central Brazil and Bolivia. There is also a disjunct population in the Atlantic rainforest of south-eastern Brazil.Size:These birds are 12-13 cm long and weigh 14 g.Habitat:The…
Amaurornis phoenicurus Photo by M.V. Sheeram (Flickr) Common name:white-breasted waterhen (en); franga-d’água-de-peito-branco (pt); râle à poitrine blanche (fr); gallineta pechiblanca (es); weißbrust-kielralle (de)Taxonomy:Order GruiformesFamily RallidaeRange:This Asian species is found from Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, across India and southern China and as far east as Japan and as far south as southern Indonesia.Size:These birds are 28-33 cm…
Synallaxis gujanensis Photo by Maxime Dechelle (Oiseaux) Common name:plain-crowned spinetail (en); joão-teneném-becuá (pt); synallaxe de Cayenne (fr); pijuí coronipardo (es); braunkappen-dickichtschlüpfer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FurnariidaeRange:This South American species is found from Colombia, Venezuela and the Guynas south to central Brazil, Peru and northern Bolivia.Size:These birds are 15-17 cm long and weigh 20-30 g.Habitat:The plain-crowned spinetail is mostly found…
Pinicola enucleator (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name:pine grosbeak (en); pintarroxo-de-bico-grosso (pt); dubec des sapins (fr); camachuelo picogrueso (es); hakengimpel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeRange:These birds are widely distributed in the northern parts of America and Eurasia, being found in Alaska, Canada and the northern United States, as well as Scandinavia, Russia, Mongolia, north-eastern China and northern Japan.Size:They…
Merops ornatus Photo by Patrick Ingremeau (Oiseaux) Common name:rainbow bee-eater (en); abelharuco-australiano (pt); guêpier arc-en-ciel (fr); abejaruco australiano (es); ragenbogenspint (de)Taxonomy:Order CoraciiformesFamily MeropidaeRange:This species is found throughout mainland Australia, in New Guinea and eastern Indonesia. They are also found in the Solomon Islands.Size:These birds are 19-28 cm long, including the elongated tail feathers, and have a wingspan…
Xiphorhynchus susurrans Photo by Paul Kusmin (Flickr) Common name:cocoa woodcreeper (en); arapaçu-do-cacao (pt); grimpar cacao (fr); trepatroncos cacao (es); kleiner fahlkehl-baumsteiger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily DendrocolaptidaeRange:This species is found from Guatemala to northern Colombia and Venezuela, also being found in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago.Size:These birds are 23-28 cm long and weigh 35-65 g.Habitat:These birds are mostly…
