Pheasant-tailed jacana

Hydrophasianus chirurgus Common name: pheasant-tailed jacana (en); jacana-rabilonga (pt); jacana à longue queue (fr); jacana colilarga(es); fasanblatthühnchen (de) Taxonomy: Order Charadriiformes Family Jacanidae Range: The pheasant-tailed jacana is found in southern and south-eastern Asia, including portions of Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Java, and the Philippines. Size: These birds are 28-31 cm long,…

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African dusky flycatcher

Muscicapa adusta Photo by Robert Wienand (Flickr) Common name: African dusky flycatcher (en); papa-moscas-sombrio (pt); gobemouche sombre (fr); papamoscas oscuro (es); dunkelschnäpper (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Muscicapidae Range: This African species has an isolated population in Cameroon, but the bulk of its distribution lies from Ethiopia, through Kenya and Tanzania, to Zambia, southern DR…

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Cách chọn chân chim Họa Mi

Chân Mi tuy được xếp vào tiêu chuẩn cuối nhưng thực tế khi chọi chim Mi chân chim lại đóng một vai trò rất quan trọng, có thể quyết định cả cục diện thắng thua, đó chính là đòn khóa và miếng khóa. Một con Họa Mi có đòn mỏ hay nhưng kém đòn chân…

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White-chested emerald

Amazilia brevirostris Photo by Fayard Mohammed (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:white-chested emerald (en); beija-flor-de-bico-preto (pt); ariane à poitrine blanche (fr); diamante colidorado (es); kurzschnabelamazilie (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:This species is found from central and eastern Venezuela to the French Guyana and south into Roraima in extreme northern Brazil. Also in the Caribbean island of Trinidad.Size:These birds…

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Eared dove

Zenaida auriculata Photo by Cláudio Timm (Flickr) Common name: eared dove (en); avoante (pt); tourterelle oreillarde (fr); tórtola torcaza (es); ohrflecktaube (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Columbidae Range: The eared dove is a resident breeder throughout South America from Colombia to southern Argentina and Chile, and on the offshore islands from the Grenadines southwards. It…

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Dunnock

Prunella modularis (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name:dunnock (en); ferreirinha-comum (pt); accenteur mouchet (fr); acentor común (es); heckenbraunelle (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Prunellidae Range:This species is found throughout Europe and also in eastern Turkey, the Caucasus and northern Iran. The more northern and north.eastern population migrate south to winter along the southern parts of the breeding range…

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