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Steatornis caripensis Photo by Rodrigo Paez (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:oilbird (en); guácharo (pt); guacharo des cavernes (fr); guácharo (es); fettshwalm (de)Taxonomy:Order CaprimulgiformesFamily SteatornithidaeRange:This species found in northern South America, from Guyana to Colombia, and along the Andes down to Bolivia. They are also found in the Caribbean island of Trinidad.Size:These birds are 40-49 cm long…
Vireo huttoni Photo by Greg Gillson (Pacific NW Birder) Common name:Hutton’s vireo (en); juruviara-de-Hutton (pt); viréo de Hutton (fr); vireo de Hutton (es); Hutton-vireo (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily VireonidaeRange:This species is found in western North America, in two distinct populations. One is found along the Pacific coast from British Columbia, Canada, to Baja California in north-western Mexico. The other…
Manacus candei Photo by Tristan Bantock (Flickr) Common name:white-collared manakin (en); rendeira-de-colar-branco (pt); manakin à col blanc (fr); saltarín cuelliblanco (es); weißbandpipra (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PipridaeRange:This species is found along the Caribbean slopes of Central America, from south-eastern Mexico to northern Panama.Size:These birds are 11 cm long and weigh 18-20 g.Habitat:The white-collared manakin in found moist tropical forests and…
Haliaeetus leucoryphus Photo by Johan Stenlund (PBase) Common name:Pallas’s fish eagle (en); águia-de-Pallas (pt); pygargue de Pallas (fr); pigargo de Pallas (es); bindenseeadler (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This species is found in central Asia, from Kazakhstan to Mongolia and northern China, and south to northern India and Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and southern China.Size:This large eagle is 72-84 cm…
Estrilda melanotis Photo by Derek Keats (Flickr) Common name:swee waxbill (en); bico-de-lacre-tropical (pt); astrild à joues noires (fr); estrilda ventrigualda (es); grünastrild (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EstrildidaeRange:This species is patchily distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, mostly along East Africa, from Ethiopia to South Africa, but also in Angola and D.R. Congo.Size:They are 9-10 cm long and weigh 6-7…
Petronia petronia Photo by Ray Wilson (Ray Wilson’s Bird & Wildlife Photography) Common name:rock sparrow (en); pardal francês (pt); moineau soulcie (fr); gorrión chillón (es); steinsperling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PasseridaeRange:The rock sparrow is found around the Mediterranean, in southern Europe and northern Africa, and eastwards through the Middle East and the Caucasus, through Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan and into…
bubo virginianus Photo by Brendan Lally (Wikipedia) Common name:great horned owl (en); corujão-orelhudo (pt); gran-duc d’Amérique (fr); búho cornudo (es); Virginia-uhu (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:The great horned owl is widely distributed in the Americas, being found from Alaska and northern Canada, to Tierra del Fuego. They are only absent from the densest rain forests in Central…
Mimus saturninus (Photo from Terra de Gente) Common name:chalk-browed mockingbird (en); sabiá-do-campo (pt); mouqueur plombé (fr); sinsonte de cejas blancas (es); camposspottdrossel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MimidaeRange:This South American species is found from central and eastern Brazil and Bolivia down to central Argentina.Size:These birds are 24-27 cm long and weigh around 70 g.Habitat:The chalk-browed mockingbird is found in dry,…
