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Dendropicos fuscescens (Photo from Internet Bird Collection) Common name: cardinal woodpecker (en); pica-pau-cardeal (pt); pic cardinal (fr); pito cardenal (es); kardinalspecht (de) Taxonomy: Order Piciformes Family Picidae Range: This African species is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, excluding dense equatorial lowland forest, all the way to South Africa. Size: Cardinal woodpeckers are 14-15 cm long and…
Conopophaga melanops Photo by Luis Florit (Luis Adrián Florit’s Home Page) Common name: black-cheeked gnateater (en); cuspidor-de-máscara-preta (pt); conopophage à joues noire (fr); jejenero carinegro (es); rotscheitel-mückenfresser (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Conopophagidae Range: This South American species is endemic to the Atlantic forest habitats along the coast of Brazil, from Paraíba to Santa Catarina….
Gerygone mouki Photo by David Cook (Flickr) Common name: brown gerygone (en); gerígono-castanho (pt); gérygone brune (fr); gerigón pardo (es); grauwangengerygone (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Acanthizidae Range: The brown gerygone is endemic to the eastern coast of Australia, from Queensland down to southern New South Wales. Size: These birds are 9-11 cm long and…
Strix aluco (Photo from IVN Vecht & Plassengebied) Common name: tawny owl (en); coruja-do-mato (pt); chouette hulotte (fr); cárabo cómun (es); waldkauz (de) Taxonomy: Order Strigiformes Family Strigidae Range: This species is found throughout continental Europe, from the Iberian Peninsula to southern Scandinavia. It is also found in Great Britain. It also occurs in Asian…
Anthobaphes violacea Photo by Chris Perkins (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: orange-breasted sunbird (en); beija-flor-de-peito-laranja (pt); souïmanga orangé (fr); suimanga pechinaranja (es); goldbrust-nektarvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Nectarinidae Range: This species is endemic to South Africa, only being found in the fynbos biome of the Western and Eastern Cape regions. Size: Orange-breasted sunbirds are…
Ixos amaurotis Photo by peter de Haas (Bird Forum) Common name: brown-eared bulbul (en); tuta-de-faces-castanhas (pt); bulbul à oreillons bruns (fr); bulbul de orejas castañas (es); orpheusbülbül (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Pycnonotidae Range: This Asian species is found from the Russian Far East, through north-eastern China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, and south to…
Selasphorus rufus Photo by Nan Moore (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: rufous hummingbird (en); beija-flor-ruivo (pt); colibri roux (fr); colibrí rufo (es); rotrücken-zimtelfe (de) Taxonomy: Order Apodiformes Family Trochilidae Range: This North American species breeds in southern Alaska, along the pacific coast of Canada and in the north-western United States. They migrate south along the…
Pomarea nigra (Photo from Birdlife) Common name: Tahiti monarch (en); monarca-do-Taiti (pt); monarque de Tahiti (fr); monarca de Tahiti (es); Tahitimonarch (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Monarchidae Range: This species is endemic to the island of Tahiti, in French Polynesia. Even within the island it is restricted to just 4 lowland valleys. Size: The Tahiti…
