Ashy tailorbird

Orthotomus ruficeps Photo by David Yeo (Flickr) Common name:ashy tailorbird (en); costureiro-de-cabeça-ruiva (pt); couturière à tête rousse (fr); sastrecillo ceniciento (es); rostwangen-schneidervogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This species is found is South-East Asia, in Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia.Size:They are 11-12 cm long and weigh 5-7 g.Habitat:The ashy tailorbird is mostly found in moist tropical forests and…

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Shelley's francolin

Francolinus shelleyi Photo by Achim Mittler (Flickr) Common name:Shelley’s francolin (en); francolim-de-Shelley (pt); francolin de Shelley (fr); francolín de Shelley (es); Shelley-frankolin (de)Taxonomy:Order GalliformesFamily PhasianidaeRange:This African species is found in in the south-eastern portion of the continent, from Kenya and Tanzania, through Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique and down to eastern South Africa.Size:The Shelley’s francolin is 30-35 cm…

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Long-billed gnatwren

Ramphocaenus melanurus Photo by Greg Lavaty (PBase) Common name:long-billed gnatwren (en); bico-assovelado (pt); microbate à long bec (fr); saltón picudo (es); schwarzschwanz-degenschnäbler (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PolioptilidaeRange:This species is found in Central and South America, from southern Mexico down to Bolivia and south-eastern Brazil.Size:These birds are 11-13 cm long and weigh 9-11 g.Habitat:The long-billed gnatwren is found in…

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Red-tailed laughingthrush

Garrulax milnei Photo by David Blank (Animal Diversity Web) Common name:red-tailed laughingthrush (en); zaragateiro-de-cauda-vermelha (pt); garrulaxe à queue rouge (fr); charlatán colirrojo (es); rotschwanzhäherling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:The red-tailed laughingthrush is found in south-eastern Asia, from southern China to Myanmar, Laos, northern Thailand and Vietnam.Size:These birds are 25-28 cm long and weigh 100-130 g.Habitat:The red-tailed laughingthrush is mostly…

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Ibisbill

Ibidorhyncha struthersii Photo by Yeshey Dorji (Birding in India and South Asia) Common name:ibisbill (en); bico-de-ibis (pt); béc-d’ibis tibétain (fr); pico de ibis (es); ibisschnabel (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily IbidorhynchidaeRange:This Asia species is found from Kazakhstan and Afghanistan, through northern Pakistan and India and into China as far east as the Yellow Sea coast and southern Mongolia.Size:These birds…

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Fasciated antshrike

Cymbilaimus lineatus Photo by Dave Wendelken (Flickr) Common name:fasciated antshrike (en); choca-zebrada (pt); batara fascié (fr); hormiguero rayado (es); zebra-ameisenwürger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThamnophilidaeRange:This species is found from south-eastern Honduras to north-western Venezuela and south through Colombia to north-western Ecuador and northern Brazil, across virtually all of Amazonia and in the Guyanas.Size:These birds are 17-18 cm long…

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Drakensberg rockjumper

Chaetops aurantius Photo by Robert Wienand (Flickr) Common name:Drakensberg rockjumper (en); tordo-de-peito-alaranjado (pt); chétopse doré (fr); saltarrocas del Drakensberg (es); orangebrust-felsenspringer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TurdidaeRange:This species is endemic to South Africa and Lesotho, being found in the highlands of Lesotho and the nearby mountain grassland regions of the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Free State Province.Size:These birds are 23-25 cm…

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Toucan barbet

Semnornis ramphastinus Photo by Tadeusz Stawarczyk (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:toucan barbet (en); capitão-tucano (pt); cabézon toucan (fr); tucán barbudo (es); tukan-bartvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily CapitonidaeRange:This species is found along the western slopes of the Andes, in southern Colombia and northern Ecuador.Size:These birds are 19-25 cm long and weigh 85-110 g.Habitat:The toucan barbet is found in…

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