Suiriri flycatcher

Suiriri suiriri Photo by Tadeusz Stawarczyk (Internet Bird Collection)  Common name: suiriri flycatcher (en); suiriri-cinzento (pt); tyranneau suiriri (fr); fiofío suirirí (es); graunscheitel-olivtyrann (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Tyrannidae Range: This South American species is found in south-western Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina. Size: These birds are 15-16 cm long and weigh 14-15…

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Black-throated wattle-eye

Platysteira peltata Photo by Guy Upfold (Tropical Birding) Common name: black-throated wattle-eye (en); olho-carunculado-de-garganta-preta (pt); pririt à gorge noire (fr); ojicarunculado de garganta negra (es); schwarzkehl-lappenschnäpper (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Platysteiridae Range: This African species occurs from Angola to Kenya and has scattered populations across Zimbabwe, Mozambique and into eastern South Africa. Size: The…

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Pesquet's parrot

Psittrichas fulgidus Photo by Doug Janson (Wikipedia) Common name: Pesquet’s parrot (en); papagaio-de-Pesquet (pt); psittrichas de Pesquet (fr); loro aguileño (es); borstenkopf (de) Taxonomy: Order Psittaciformes Family Psittacidae Range: This species is patchily distributed across New Guinea, both in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Size: These birds are 46 cm long and weigh 600-800 g….

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White-necked rockfowl

Picathartes gymnocephalus Photo by M.J. Andersen (Flickriver) Common name: white-necked rockfowl (en); picatartes-da-Guiné (pt); picatharte de Guinée (fr); picatartes cuelliblanco (es); gelbkopf-felshüpfer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Picathartidae Range: This species is found in the tropical forests of western Africa, in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Size: These birds are 38-41 cm…

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Hooded merganser

Lophodytes cucullatus Photo by Bill Horn (Birds of Oklahoma) Common name: hooded merganser (en); merganso-capuchinho (pt); harle couronné (fr); serreta capuchona (es); kappensäger (de) Taxonomy: Order Anseriformes Family Anatidae Range: This North American species breeds across mots of the eastern United States, in the north-western united States and across most of southern Canada. Some populations…

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Variegated antpitta

Grallaria varia Photo by Dario Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name: variegated antpitta (en); tovacuçu-malhado (pt); grallaire roi (fr); tororoí pintado (es); große bartameisenpitta (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Formicariidae Range: This South American species is found in Argentina, Brazil, the Guyanas, Paraguay, Suriname, eastern Venezuela and Peru. Size: These birds are 21 cm long and weigh…

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African finfoot

Podica senegalensis Photo by Ian Fulton (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: African finfoot (en); pés-de-barbatana (pt); grébifoulque d’Afrique (fr); avesol africano (es); binsenralle (de) Taxonomy: Order Gruiformes Family Heliornithidae Range: This species is found across much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to western Ethiopia and south through D.R. Congo, Angola, Zimbabwe, central Mozambique and into…

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Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla Photo by Andy Bright (Mango Verde) Common name: blackcap (en); toutinegra-de-barrete-preto (pt); fauvette à tête noire (fr); curruca capirotada (es); mönchsgrasmücke (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Sylviidae Range: These birds are found breeding from western Europe to south-western Siberia, and south to the Mediterranean, Turkey and south-western Russia. It also occurs on islands…

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