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Tangara seledon Photo by Dario Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name:green-headed tanager (en); saíra-sete-cores (pt); calliste à tête verte (fr); tángara regia (es); dreifarbentangare (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:This species is found in south-eastern Brazil and adjacent parts of Paraguay and Argentina.Size:The green-headed tanager is 13-13,5 cm long and weighs 16-20 g.Habitat:They are mostly found in humid Atlantic forest, but…
Rhipidura leucophrys Photo by Jason Girvan (Animal Pictures Archive) Common name:willie wagtail (en); cauda-de-leque-de-garganta-preta (pt); rhipidure hochequeue (fr); abanico lavandera (es); gartenfächerschwanz (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily RhipiduridaeRange:This species is found throughout mainland Australia, and also in New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Moluccas.Size:These birds are 18-22 cm long and weigh 20 g.Habitat:These birds are mostly…
Hylocharis cyanus (Photo from Animales) Common name:white-chinned sapphire (en); beija-flor-roxo (pt); saphir azuré (fr); zafiro de cabeza azul (es); weißkinn-saphirkolibri (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:This South American species is found from Venezuela and Colombia to south-eastern Brazil and northern Argentina.Size:These birds are 8-9 cm long and weigh just 4 g.Habitat:These birds are mostly found in rainforests, but also…
Emberiza leucocephalos Photo by Nial Moores (Birds Korea) Common name:pine bunting (en); escrevedeira-de-Gmelin (pt); bruant à calotte blanche (fr); escribano pinero (es); fichtenammer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EmberizidaeRange:This species is found in central and eastern Asia, from Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan to China. They migrate south to winter in India and southern China.Size:These birds are 16-17,5 cm long…
Aplopelia larvata Photo by Dirk Daniels (Wikipedia) Common name:African lemon dove (en); rola-canela (pt); pigeon à masque blanc (fr); paloma de cara pálida (es); zimttaube (de)Taxonomy:Order ColumbiformesFamily ColumbidaeRange:This species is patchily distributed across eastern and southern Africa, from Sudan and Ethiopia down to South Africa.Size:This fairly small dove is 24-30 cm long and weighs 80-150 g.Habitat:They are…
Taraba major Photo by Csaba Godeny (Hide Photography) Common name:great antshrike (en); choró-boi (pt); grand batara (fr); batará grande (es); weißbrust-ameisenwürger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThamnophilidaeRange:This species is found from eastern Mexico, across Central America, and into South America down to northern Argentina and south-eastern Brazil.Size:These birds are 19-20 cm long and weigh 55-75 g.Habitat:Great antshrikes are mostly found…
Lonchura punctulata Photo by John Avise (Natural History of Orange County) Common name:scaly-brested munia (en); bico-de-chumbo-malhado (pt); capucin damier (fr); capuchino punteado (es); muskatamadine (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EstrildidaeRange:This species originates from southern Asia, from India to southern China, Malaysia and Indonesia. They have been introduced to several countries around the world, including Australia, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Japan,…
Gyps coprotheres (Photo from ELLF) Common name:Cape vulture (en); abutre-do-Cabo (pt); vautour chassefiente (fr); buitre de El Cabo (es); Kapgeier (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This species is found in southern Africa, being patchily distributed across Namibia, southern Zimbabwe, south-eastern Botswana , southern Mozambique and eastern South Africa. They sometimes wander across the border into Angola.Size:These birds are…
