White-bearded manakin

Manacus manacus Photo by Dário Sanches (Flickrhivemind) Common name:white-bearded manakin (en); rendeira (pt); manakin casse-noisette (fr); saltarín barbiblanco (es); weißbrustpipra (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PipridaeRange:This South American species is found from Colombia, Venezuela and the Guyanas, through Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, and into Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina.Size:These birds are 10-11 cm long and weigh 16,5-18 g.Habitat:These birds are…

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White-faced whistling-duck

Dendrocygna viduata Photo by Cláudio Timm (Flickr) Common name:white-faced whistling-duck (en); irerê (pt); dendrocygne veuf (fr); suirirí cariblanco (es); witwenpfeifgans (de)Taxonomy:Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeRange:This species is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, including Madagascar, and also in South America, east of the Andes, from northern Venezuela and Colombia down to northern Argentina. Size:These birds are 38-48 cm long…

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Shikra

Accipiter badius Photo by Jaysukh Parekh (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:shikra (en); gavião-chicra (pt); épervier shikra (fr); gavilán chikra (es); schikrasperber (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This species is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa and through the Arabian Peninsula into southern Asia as far as Azerbaijan, Iran, southern Kazakhstan, north-western Pakistan and through the Himalayas into India, southern China…

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