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Luscinia svecica Photo by Pawel Waclawik (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:bluethroat (en); pisco-de-peito-azul (pt); gorgebleue à miroir (fr); pechiazul (es); blaukehlchen (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:These birds are found breeding from northern Europe, across Russia, south to the Himalayas and there is also a population in western Alaska. They winter in southern Europe, the Middle East and southern…
Porzana carolina Photo by Joseph Kennedy (Science Blogs) Common name:sora (en); franga-d’água-americana (pt); marouette de Caroline (fr); polluela sora (es); Carolinasumpfhuhn (de)Taxonomy:Order GruiformesFamily RallidaeRange:This species is found throughout most of North America, breeding from south-eastern Alaska to Newfoundland and south to California, Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico. Some population migrate south to winter from Mexico, through…
Amytornis striatus Photo by Gary Oliver (The Great Aussie Birdshoot) Common name:striated grasswren (en); carriça-australiana-estriada (pt); amytis strié (fr); maluro estriado (es); streifengrasschlüpfer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MaluridaeRange:This species is endemic to Australia, being found from New South Wales to Western Australia with a small separate population in Queensland.Size:These birds are 14,5-17,5 cm long and weigh 16-22 g.Habitat:These birds are…
Lepidocolaptes angustirostris (Photo from Verde Verdugo) Common name:narrow-billed woodcreeper (en); arapaçu-do-cerrado (pt); grimpar à bec étroit (fr); trepatroncos chico (es); südlicher weißbauch-baumsteiger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily DendrocolaptidaeRange:These birds are found in South America, in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Surinam and Uruguay.Size:They are 19-21 cm long and weigh 28-30 g.Habitat:Narrow-billed woodcreepers are mostly found in subtropical or tropical dry forests and in…
Streptopelia senegalensis Photo by Rajiv Lather (Birding in India and South Asia) Common name:laughing dove (en); rola-do-Senegal (pt); tourterelle maillée (fr); tórtola senegalesa (es); palmtaube (de)Taxonomy:Order ColumbiformesFamily ColumbidaeRange:This species is found throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa, with the exception of the most dense rainforests of Gabon, southern Cameroon and D.R. Congo. It is also found in southern…
Myophonus caeruleus Photo by J.J. Harrison (Wikipedia) Common name:blue whistling-thrush (en); tordo-assobiador-azul (pt); arrenga siffleur (fr); arrenga común (es); purpurpfeifdrossel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TurdidaeRange:This species is patchily distributed in central and south-eastern Asia, being found from India to central and eastern China and south to Indonesia.Size:These birds are 29-35 cm long and weigh 135-230 g.Habitat:The blue whistling-thrush…
Tangara heinei Photo by Priscilla Burcher (Flickr) Common name:black-capped tanager (en); saíra-de-barrete-preto (pt); calliste à calotte noire (fr); tangara gorrinegra (es); heine-tangare (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:These birds are found in mountainous areas of north-western South America, being present in north-western Venezuela, in northern and western Colombia and in northern Ecuador.Size:The black-capped tanager is 13 cm long and weighs…
Pandion haliaetus Photo by Peter Massas (Wikipedia) Common name:osprey (en); águia-pesqueira (pt); balbuzard pêcheur (fr); águila pescadora (es); fischadler (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily PandionidaeRange:The osprey is a cosmopolitan species, being found in all continents except Antarctica. In South America they only occur as a wintering species.Size:These birds are 50-66 cm long and have a wingspan of 150-180…
