Black jacobin

Florisuga fusca Photo by Luis Florit (Luis Adráin Florit Homepage) Common name:black jacobin (en); beija-flor-preto-e-branco (pt); colibri demi-deuil (fr); colibrí negro (es); schwarzkolibri (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:These birds are found in eastern and south-eastern Brazil, Uruguay, eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina.Size:Black jacobins are 12-13 cm long and weigh 8 g.Habitat:These birds are found in a wide range…

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Australian logrunner

Orthonyx temminckii Common name:Australian logrunner (en); corre-troncos-australiano (pt); orthonyx de Temminck (fr); colaespina de Temminck (es); Australien-stachelschwanzflöter (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily OrthonychidaeRange:This species is endemic to eastern Australia, being found from New South Wales to Queensland.Size:These birds are 18-21 cm long. Males tend to be larger than females, weighing 58-70 g, while the females weigh 46-58 g.Habitat:They are mostly found…

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Winter wren

Troglodytes troglodytes Photo by Fabio Giarrizzo (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:winter wren (en); carriça (pt); troglodyte mignon (fr); chochín (es); zaunkönig (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TroglodytidaeRange:These birds are widely distributed in Europe, North Africa, Asia and North America, being found across Europe, including Iceland and the British Isles, into Russia, the Middle East and southern Asia, and…

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Olivaceous piculet

Picumnus olivaceus Photo by Jose García (Birding Panama) Common name:olivaceous piculet (en); pica-pau-anão-azeitona (pt); picumne olivâtre (fr); carpinterito oliváceo (es); olivrücken-zwergspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:These birds are found from Guatemala and Honduras, through Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama, and into Colombia, western Venezuela, western Ecuador and north-western Peru.Size:This tinny woodpecker is 8-10 cm long and weighs 12-13…

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Greater double-collared sunbird

Cinnyris afer Photo by Elaine van Dyk (Red Bubble) Common name:greater double-collared sunbird (en); beija-flor-de-banda-larga (pt); souïmanga à plastron rouge (fr); suimanga bicollar mayor (es); großer doppelband-nektarvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:These birds are endemic to South Africa and Swaziland, occurring in a band from the Limpopo Province, through Mpumalanga and Swaziland, and into KwaZulu-Natal and down the…

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Black chinned yuhina

Yuhina nigrimenta Common name:black-chinned yuhina (en); iuína-de-garganta-preta (pt); yuhina à menton noir (fr); yuhina barbinegra (es); meisenyuhina (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This Asian species is found from northern India, Nepal and Bhutan, through Bangladesh, and into southern China, Myanmar, Cambodja and Vietnam.Size:These birds are 10 cm long and weigh 9-10 g.Habitat:Black-chinned yuhinas are found in tropical and sub-tropical moist forests,…

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Snowy sheathbill

Chionis albus Photo by Liam Quinn (Wikipedia) Common name:snowy sheathbill (en); pomba-antárctica (pt); chionis blanc (fr); paloma antártica (es); weißgesicht-scheidenschnabel (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily ChionidaeRange:This species breeds on the Antarctic Peninsula, and in sub-Antarctic islands along the Scotia Arc on the South Shetland islands, Elephant island, South Orkney islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich islands. Some birds migrate…

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Olive warbler

Peucedramus taeniatus Photo by Robert Royse (Robert Royse’s Bird Photography) Common name:olive warbler (en); mariquita-de-mascarilha (pt); fauvine des pins (fr); chipe oliváceo (es); trugwaldsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PeucedramidaeRange:These birds are found from southern Arizona and New mexico, in the United States, through Mexico and down to Honduras and northern Nicaragua.Size:They are 12-14 cm long and have…

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