Fairy pitta

Pitta nympha (Photo from Best Bird Photos) Common name: fairy pitta (en); pita-ninfa (pt); brève migratice (fr); pita ninfa (es); nymphenpitta (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Pittidae Range: This Asian species breeds in Japan, South Korea, south-eastern China and Taiwan and migrates south to winter in Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia. Size: Faity pittas are 16-19,5…

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Swallow-tailed puffbird

Chelidoptera tenebrosa Photo by Tomas Grim (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: swallow-tailed puffbird (en); urubuzinho (pt); barbacou à croupion blanc (fr); buco golondrina (es); schwalbenfaulvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Galbuliformes Family Bucconidae Range: This South American species is found in most of Brazil and throughout the Amazon basin stretching into Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, the Guyanas, Suriname,…

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Green imperial-pigeon

Ducula aenea Photo by Sydhir Shivaram (The Jungle Book) Common name: green imperial-pigeon (en); pombo-imperial verde(pt); carpophage pauline (fr); dúcula verde (es); bronzefruchttaube (de) Taxonomy: Order Columbiformes Family Columbidae Range: This species is found in southern Asia, from India, through Bangladesh and Indochina, and into Indonesia and the Philippines. Size: The green imperial-pigeon is 38-45…

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Wild turkey

Meleagris gallopavo (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name: wild turkey (en); perú-selvagem (pt); dindon sauvage (fr); pavo salvaje (es); truthuhn (de) Taxonomy: Order Galliformes Family Meleagrididae Range: The wild turkey originates from the eastern United States, southern Canada, and Mexico, but currently occurs throughout most of North America. They have also been introduced to Hawaii, New…

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Silvereye

Zosterops lateralis Photo by J.J. Harrison (Wikipedia) Common name: silvereye (en); olho-branco-de-dorso-cinzento (pt); zostérops à dos gris (fr); ojiblanco de lomo gris (es); graumantel-brillenvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Zosteropidae Range: These birds are found in eastern and southern Australia, in New Zealand, and in the south-west Pacific islands of Lord Howe, New Caledonia, Loyalty…

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Bat hawk

Macheiramphus alcinus Photo by Gary Albert (Wikipedia) Common name: bat hawk (en); milhafre-morcegueiro (pt); milan des chauves-souris (fr); milano murcielaguero (es); fledermausaar (de) Taxonomy: Order Falconiformes Family Accipitridae Range: This species is found throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia and south through the D.R. Congo, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola down to South…

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White-banded tanager

Neothraupis fasciata (Photo from Tropical Birding) Common name: white-banded tanager (en); cigarra-do-campo (pt); tangara unifascié (fr); frutero de banda blanca (es); flügelbindentangare (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Thraupidae Range: This South American species is found in eastern Bolivia, north-eastern Paraguay and in southern and eastern Brazil from southern Maranhão and Piauí south to Minas Gerais…

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Chestnut bunting

Emberiza rutila Photo by Tim Edelsten (Birds Korea) Common name: chestnut bunting (en); escrevedeira-ferrugínea (pt); bruant roux (fr); semillerito castaño (es); rötelammer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Range: The chestnut bunting is found in eastern Asia, breeding in Siberia, northern Mongolia and north-eastern China, and migrating south to winter in in southern China, Indochina…

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