Understanding the Defiant Dachshund

In This Chapter Opening the books on a Dachshund’s intelligence Accepting that Dachshunds don’t speak English Talking to and understanding the Dachshund Relating to your individual Dachshund You’ve heard it from this book (if you’ve read earlier chapters) and probably from many other places if you’ve been doing your Dachsie research: Dachshunds are notoriously stubborn….

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Icterine bulbul

Phyllastrephus icterinus Photo by Guillaume Passavy (Oiseaux) Common name:icterine bulbul (en); tuta-icterino (pt); bulbul ictérin (fr); bulbul icterino (es); zeisigbülbül (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PycnonotidaeRange:This species is found in West Africa, from southern Guinea and Sierra Leone to Ghana, and from southern Nigeria, though Cameroon and Gabon, and into Congo and D.R. Congo.Size:These birds are 16 cm…

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Coppery-chested jacamar

Galbula pastazae Photo by Nick Athanas (Antpitta) Common name:coppery-chested jacamar (en); ariramba-acobreada (pt); jacamar des Andes (fr); jacamará cobrizo (es); kupferglanzvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order GalbuliformesFamily GalbulidaeRange:This species is found along the eastern slopes of the Andes, in southern Colombia, Ecuador and across the border into northern Peru.Size:These birds are 23-24 cm long and weigh 30-35 g.Habitat:The coppery-chested jacamar…

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Wire-tailed manakin

Pipra filicauda Common name: wire-tailed manakin (en); rabo-de-arame (pt); manakin filifère (fr); saltarín uirapuru (es); fadenpira (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Pipridae Range: The wire-tailed manakin is found upriver in the western Amazon Basin, in Brazil and the neighboring countries of northern Peru, eastern Ecuador and Colombia, and in thesouthern and western portions of Venezuela….

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Double-eyed fig-parrot

Cyclopsitta diophthalma Photo by Carl Stow (Wikipedia) Common name:double-eyed fig-parrot (en); papagaio-do-figo-de-cara-azul (pt); psittacule double-œil (fr); lorito dobleojo (es); maskenzwergpapagei (de)Taxonomy:Order PsittaciformesFamily PsittacidaeRange:This species is found in New Guinea and neighbouring islands, as well as along the north-eastern coast of Queensland, in Australia.Size:These tiny parrots are 14-16 cm long and weigh 39-55 g.Habitat:The double-eyed fig-parrot…

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