Hook-billed hermit

Glaucis dohrnii Photo by Ciro Albano (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:hook-billed hermit (en); balança-rabo-canela (pt); ermite de Dohrn (fr); ermitaño de Espírito Santo (es); bronzeschwanz-schattenkolibri (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:This species is endemic to south-eastern Brazil. In was originally found along the coast from southern Bahia to northern Rio de Janeiro, but it is now only found…

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Red-headed barbet

Eubucco bourcierii Common name: red-headed barbet (en); capitão-de-cabeça-vermelha (pt); cabézon à tête rouge (fr); torito cabecirrojo (es); Anden-bartvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Piciformes Family Capitonidae Range: These South American birds are found in Costa Rica and Panama, on both slopes of the western Andes of Colombia, on the west slope of the Andes of Ecuador, and…

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African harrier-hawk

Polyboroides typus Photo by Jenny Varley (Wikipedia) Common name:African harrier-hawk (en); secretário-pequeno (pt); gymnogène d’Afrique (fr); aguilucho-caricalvo común (es); höhlenweihe (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This species throughout sub-Saharan Africa, from southern mauritania to Sudan and Ethiopia and south to South Africa.Size:These birds are 51-68 cm long and have a wingspan of 118-152 cm. They weigh 500-950 g.Habitat:The…

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