Black cuckooshrike

Campephaga flava Photo by Loutjie Steenberg (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: black cuckooshrike (en); lagarteiro-preto (pt); échenilleur à épaulettes jaunes (fr); oruguero negro africano (es); kuckuckswürger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Campephagidae Range: This African species occurs south of the equator from southern Sudan, Kenya and the D.R. Congo down to southern Africa. Size: The…

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Yellow-billed magpie

Pica nuttalli Photo by Linda Tanner (Wikipedia) Common name: yellow-billed magpie (en); pega-de-bico-amarelo (pt); pie à bec jaune (fr); urraca (es); gelbschnabelelster (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Corvidae Range: The yellow-billed magpie is endemic to California, being found in the Central Valley and the adjacent chaparral foothills and mountains. Size: These birds are 43-54 cm…

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Grey-faced buzzard

Butastur indicus Photo by Richard Yu (Formosa Birding) Common name: grey-faced buzzard (en); bútio-de-faces-cinzentas (pt); busautour à joues grises (fr); busardo carigrís (es); kiefernteesa (de) Taxonomy: Order Falconiformes Family Accipitridae Range: This species breeds in south-eastern Russia all the way to the Russian far east, in northern China, Korea and Japan. They migrate south to…

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Paraná antwren

Stymphalornis acutirostris Photo by Dario Sanches (Flickr) Common name: Paraná antwren (en); bicudinho-do-brejo (pt); grisin des marais (fr); hormiguerito del Paraná (es); schilfrohr-ameisenfänger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Thamnophilidae Range: This species is endemic to Brazil, only being found in coastal areas of the south-eastern states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and São Paulo. Size: The…

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Rufous fantail

Rhipidura rufifrons Photo by T. Oliver (Birds in Backyards) Common name: rufous fantail (en); cauda-de-leque-ruivo (pt), rhipidure roux (fr); cola de abanico rufo (es); fuchsfächerschwanz (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Rhipiduridae Range: The rufous fantail is found in northern and eastern coastal Australia, being more common in the north. It is also found in New…

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Peruvian tern

Sternula lorata (Photo from Internet Bird Collection) Common name: Peruvian tern (en); trinta-réis-do-Peru (pt); sterne du Pérou (fr); charrancito peruano (es); Peruseeschwalbe (de) Taxonomy: Order Charadriiformes Family Sternidae Range: This South American species is restricted to the Humboldt Current zone from northern Peru to the Peninsula of Mejillones in Chile. Size: These birds are 22-24…

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Red-billed hornbill

Tockus erythrorhynchus Photo by Stuart Burns (Wikipedia) Common name: red-billed hornbill (en); calau-de-bico-vermelho (pt); calao à bec rouge (fr); toco piquirrojo (es); rotschnabeltoko (de) Taxonomy: Order Coraciiformes Family Bucerotidae Range: This species is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, from Mauritania, Mali and Sudan all the way south to South Africa. Size: The red-billed hornbill is 42-50…

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Paradise tanager

Tangara chilensis Photo by Drew Avery (Wikipedia) Common name: paradise tanager (en); sete-cores-da-Amazónia (pt); calliste septicolore (fr); tángara siete colores (es); siebenfarbentangare (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriormes Family Thraupidae Range: This South American species if found in the western and northern Amazon Basin, occurring in Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia,Brazil and the Guianas. Size: These birds…

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