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Nectarinia maquiquensis Photo by Guillaume Emaresi (Flickr) Common name: Mariqua sunbird (en); beija-flor-de-Marico (pt); souïmanga de Mariqua (fr); suimanga del Marico (es); bindennektarvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:This species occupies two separate areas in sub-Saharan Africa. One population occurs from Eritrea to Tanzania while the other extends from Angola and south-western Zambia to northern South Africa.Size:This species is…
Leipoa ocellata Photo by Edward Smith (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:malleefowl (en); faisão-australiano (pt); léipoa ocellé (fr); talégalo leipoa (es); thermometerhuhn (de)Taxonomy:Order GalliformesFamily MegapodiidaeRange:The mallefowl is endemic to Australia. It was formerly widespread throughout the country, but is now restricted to the southern half of the country, where it is patchly distributed from Western Australia…
Sporophila caerulescens Photo by Dario Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name:double-collared seedeater (en); coleirinho (pt); sporophile à col double (fr); corbatita común (es); schmuckpfäffchen (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EmberizidaeRange:This South American species is found in the throughout the southern half of Brazil and in Bolivia, Peru, northern Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.Size:These birds are 10 cm long and weigh around 10…
Vidua chalybeata Photo by Rob Nagtegaal (PBase) Common name:village indigobird (en); viúva-azul (pt); combassou du Sénégal (fr); viuda de la villa (es); rotfuß-Atlaswitwe (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ViduidaeRange:This African species is found from Senegal to Ethiopia, and south through Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi and into Mozambique, eastern Botswana and north-eastern South Africa.Size:These birds are 11-12 cm long and weigh 12-13…
Stellula calliope Photo by Frank Leung (Musée Virtuel du Canada) Common name:calliope hummingbird (en); (pt); colibri calliope (fr); colibrí calíope (es); sternelfe (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrichilidaeRange:This species breeds in the western United States and in south-western Canada, migrating south to winter in southern Mexico.Size:This tiny hummingbirds is 7-9 cm long and has a wingspan of 11…
Pachycephala pectoralis Photo by Jarrod Amoore (Flickr) Common name:golden whistler (en); sibilante-dourado (pt); siffleur doré (fr); chiflador dorado (es); gelbbauch-dickkopf (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PachycephalidaeRange:This species is found in southern and eastern Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, Fiji and the Solomon Islands.Size:These birds are 16-18 cm long and weigh 25 g.Habitat:The golden whistler is found in virtually any wooded…
Sturnus roseus Photo by Eyal Bartov (Eyal Bartov’s Photos) Common name:rosy starling (en); estorninho-rosado (pt); étourneau roselin (fr); estornino rosado (es); rosenstar (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SturnidaeRange:This species is found in eastern Europe and central Asia, from Greece, around the Black Sea and into southern Russia, northern Iran, Kazakhstan and north-western China. They migrate south to winter…
Tyto capensis Photo by Per Holmen (Per’s Birding Pages) Common name:African grass-owl (en); coruja-dos-campos (pt); effraie du Cap (fr); lechuza de El Cabo (es); Afrika-graseule (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily TytonidaeSize:These birds are 34-42 cm long and weigh 330-520 g.Range:This African species is patchily distributed from Ethiopia and Cameroon south to South Africa.Habitat:The African grass-owl is marshes and…
