Golden-fronted woodpecker

Melanerpes aurifrons (Photo from Animal Pictures Archive) Common name:golden-fronted woodpecker (en); pica-pau-de-testa-dourada (pt); pic à front doré (fr); carpintero frentidorado (es); goldstirnspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is found from Texas and Oklahoma, in the United States, through Mexico and into Honduras and northern Nicaragua.Size:These birds are 22-27 cm long and have a wingspan of 43…

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Cu gáy toàn tập

Cu gáy toàn tập! Từ điển. Tên chim: Gọi là Cu Đất ( vì bà con ở đây thấy cu hay xuống đất ăn). Hình thể : Hạt cườm trên cổ có lẽ ở đâu cũng gọi là cườm: trong đó có cườm tròn, cườm vuông và cườm hạt mưa…và cườm nó xếp thế nào…

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Sayaca tanager

Thraupis sayaca Photo by Celi Aurora (Flickriver) Common name:sayaca tanager (en); sanhaçu-cinzento (pt); tangara sayaca (fr); celestino común (es); prälattangare (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:These birds are found in eastern, central and southern Brazil, as well as in Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and north-eastern Argentina.Size:Sayaca tanagers are 17-18,5 cm long and weigh 25-42 g.Habitat:They are mostly found in open…

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Rufous whistler

Pachycephala rufiventris Photo by Tobias Hayashi (Flickr) Common name:rufous whistler (en); sibilante-ruivo (pt); siffleur itchong (fr); silbador rufo (es); schlichtmantel-dickkopf (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PachycephalidaeRange:This species is found in Papua-New Guinea, in New Caledonia and throughout mainland Australia.Size:They are 16-18 cm long and weigh 25 g.Habitat:These birds are mostly found in forested areas, including woodlands, open forests and…

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Rufescent tiger-heron

Tigrisoma lineatum Photo by Alejandro Tabini (Birding Peru) Common name: rufescent tiger-heron (en); socó-boi (pt); onoré rayé (fr); hocó colorado (es); marmorreiher (de) Taxonomy: Order Ciconiiformes Family Ardeidae Range: These birds are found from southern Guatemala down to Ecuador, Brazil, northern Uruguay and north-eastern Argentina. Size: They are 66-76 cm long and weigh 800-900 g….

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Ruddy turnstone

Arenaria interpres (Photo from Purple “O” Purple) Common name: ruddy turnstone (en); rola-do-mar (pt); tournepierre à collier (fr); vuelvepiedras común (es); steinwälzer (de) Taxonomy: Order Charadriiformes Family Scolopacidae Range: Ruddy turnstones breed in the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere, from Alaska, through the Canadian Arctic and Greenland, and into Scandinavia and northern Russia. They…

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Red-billed buffalo-weaver

Bubalornis niger Photo by Ian White (Flickr) Common name: red-billed buffalo-weaver (en); tecelão-de-bico-vermelho (pt); alecto à bec rouge (fr); bufalero piquirrojo (es); büffelweber (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Ploceidae Range: This African species occurs in two separate areas in sub-Saharan Africa. One population extends from Somalia and Ethiopia through to Tanzania and the other from…

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Varied sitella

Daphoenositta chrysoptera Photo by Julian Robinson (Oz Animals) Common name: varied sitella (en); trepadeira-austral-variável (pt); néositte variée (fr); neosita variable (es); spiegelkleiber (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Neosittidae Range: The varied sitella is widespread in mainland Australia and also found in Papua-New Guinea. Size: These birds are 10-14 cm long and weigh 13 g. Habitat:…

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