Long-tailed hermit

Phaethornis superciliosus Photo by Rodrigo Gavirião (Flickr) Common name: long-tailed hermit (en); rabo-branco-de-bigodes (pt); ermite à brins blancs (fr); ermitaño de cola larga (es); langschwanzeremit (de) Taxonomy: Order Apodiformes Family Trochilidae Range: This South American species is a resident breeder in Venezuela, the Guianas, and north-eastern Brazil. Size: The long-billed hermit is 13-15 cm long…

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Black-crested antshrike

Sakesphorus canadensis Photo by Maxime Dechelle (Oiseaux) Common name: black-crested antshrike (en); choca-de-crista-preta (pt); batara huppé (fr); batara crestinegro (es); schwarzgesicht-ameisenwürger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Thamnophilidae Range: This species is a resident breeder in tropical South America in Trinidad, Colombia,Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil and northeastern Peru. Size: The black-crested antshrike is 14-16 cm…

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Chinese hwamei

Garrulax canorus Photo by Guy Miller (Oriental Bird Images) Common name: Chinese hwamei (en); zaragateiro-da-China (pt); garrulaxe hoamy (fr); charlatán canoro (es); China-Augenbrauenhäherling (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Timaliidae Range: This species is found in central and south-east China, Taiwan, Hainan, and northern Indochina. It has also been introduced to the Hawaiian Islands of Oahu,…

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White-backed duck

Thalassornis leuconotus Photo by Dave Appleton (Flickr) Common name: white-backed duck (en); pato-de-dordo-branco (pt); dendrocygne à dos blanc (fr); ganso de nuca blanca (es); weißrücken-pfeifgans (de) Taxonomy: Order Anseriformes Family Anatidae Range: This species is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, only being absent from the equatorial rainforests and desert regions. Size: The white-backed duck is 43-45…

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Blue-headed vireo

Vireo solitarius Photo by Brandon Holden (Ontario Field Ornithologists) Common name: blue-headed vireo (en); vite-vite-de-cabeça-azul (pt); viréo à tête bleue (fr); vireo anteojillo (es); graukopfvireo (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Vireonidae Range: This species breeds in Canada east of the Rockies and in the north-western United States. They migrate south to winter in the south-eastern…

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Golden-fronted leafbird

Chloropsis aurifrons Photo by Paul Cullen (Picasa) Common name: golden-fronted leafbird (en); verdim-de-testa-dourada (pt); verdin à front d’or (fr); verdín de frente dorado (es); goldstirn-blattvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Chloropseidae Range: This Asian species is found from India and Sri Lanka, through Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh, and into southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Singapore and…

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Golden-fronted leafbird

Chloropsis aurifrons Photo by Paul Cullen (Picasa) Common name: golden-fronted leafbird (en); verdim-de-testa-dourada (pt); verdin à front d’or (fr); verdín de frente dorado (es); goldstirn-blattvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Chloropseidae Range: This Asian species is found from India and Sri Lanka, through Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh, and into southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Singapore and…

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Eastern reef-egret

Egretta sacra Photo by Peter Strauss (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: eastern reef-egret (en); garça-dos-recifes-oriental (pt); aigrette sacrée (fr); garceta costera oriental (es); riffreiher (de) Taxonomy: Order Ciconiiformes Family Ardeidae Range: This species is found along the western Pacific coast, from Japan down to Thailand and all the way to Bangladesh and India. Then south,…

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