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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Rail-babbler

Eupetes macrocerus (Photo from Astronomy to Zoology) Common name:rail-babbler (en); tordo-de-cauda-comprida (pt); eupète à longue queue (fr); zordala colilarga (es); rallenflöter (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CinclosomatidaeRange:This species has two disjunct subspecies, E.m. macrocerus is found in southern Thailand, peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra, while E.m. borneensis is only found in the island of Borneo.Size:These birds are 28-30 cm…

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Ruddy turnstone

Arenaria interpres (Photo from Purple “O” Purple) Common name: ruddy turnstone (en); rola-do-mar (pt); tournepierre à collier (fr); vuelvepiedras común (es); steinwälzer (de) Taxonomy: Order Charadriiformes Family Scolopacidae Range: Ruddy turnstones breed in the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere, from Alaska, through the Canadian Arctic and Greenland, and into Scandinavia and northern Russia. They…

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