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Leptosomus discolor Photo by Alberto Rios (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:cuckoo roller (en); rolieiro-courol (pt); courol vouroudriou (fr); carraca curol (es); kurol (de)Taxonomy:Order CoraciiformesFamily LeptosomidaeRange:This species is only found in Madagascar and the Comoros islands.Size:These birds are 38-50 cm long and weigh 190-270 g.Habitat:The cuckoo roller is mostly found in moist forests and woodlands, but…
Eremophila alpestris Photo by R. Gilbert (Costal Sand Ecosystems) Common name:horner lark (en); cotovia-cornuda (pt); alouette hausse-col (fr); alondra cornuda (es); ohrenlerche (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily AlaudidaeRange:This species is widely distributed in the northern hemisphere, being found throughout North America, northern Europe and central and northern Asia. there are also some smaller populations in the mountains of…
Dromas ardeola Photo by Tarique Sani (Encyclopedia of Life) Common name:crab plover (en); caranguejeiro (pt); drome ardéole (fr); chorlito cangrejero (es); reiherläufer (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily DromadidaeRange:This species breeds on the coasts and islands of Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Eritrea, Oman, Abu Dhabi and Iran. They winter along the coasts of the India Ocean, as far south as South…
Cariama cristata Photo by José Fonseca (Wikipedia) Common name:red-legged seriema (en); seriema (pt); cariama huppé (fr); chuña de patas rojas (es); rotfußseriema (de)Taxonomy:Order GruiformesFamily CariamidaeRange:These birds are found in southern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.Size:The red-legged seriema is 75-90 cm long and weighs up to 1,5 kg.Habitat:They are mostly found in dry savannas, pastures,…
Orthotomus sutorius Photo by Allen To (Images of Birds of Hong Kong) Common name:common tailorbird (en); costureiro-rabilongo (pt); couturière à longue queue (fr); sastrecillo común (es); rotstirn-schneidervogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This species is found in southern Asia, from Pakistan and India to southern China and Indonesia.Size:These birds are 10-14 cm long and weigh 6-10 g.Habitat:The common tailor bird…
Nothoprocta ornata Photo by Silvia Vitale (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:ornate tinamou (en); tinamú-serrano (pt); tinamou orné (fr); inambú serrano (es); Pisaccasteißhuhn (de)Taxonomy:Order TinamiformesFamily TinamidaeRange:This species is found in the Andes of of central and southern Peru, western Bolivia, north-western Argentina and northern Chile.Size:These birds are 26-32 cm long and weigh 440-760 g.Habitat:The ornate tinamou is…
Suiriri islerorum Photo by Nick Athanas (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:chapada flycatcher (en); suiriri-da-chapada (pt); tyranneau des isler (fr); fiofío de la chapada (es); chapadatyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This South American species is found in central and south-western Brazil, in Maranhão,Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, and in adjacent parts of eastern Bolivia.Size:These birds are 16…
Campethera abingoni Photo by Arno Meintjes (Flickr) Common name:golden-tailed woodpecker (en); pica-pau-de-cauda-dourada (pt); pic à queue dorée (fr); pito colidorado (es); goldschwanzspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This African species is found from Uganda and northern Angola to South Africa.Size:These birds are 20-23 cm long and weigh 55-80 g.Habitat:The golden-tailed woodpecker is found in riparian woodlands, dry savannas,…
