White-crowned sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys Common name: white-crowned sparrow (en); escrevedeira-de-testa-branca (pt); bruant à couronne blache (fr); sabanero de corona blanca (es); dachsammer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Range: This North American species breeds from Alaska eastward across northern Canada and south along the Pacific coast and into the western mountains to northern New Mexico and southern…

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Great blue turaco

Corythaeola cristata Common name: great blue turaco (en); turaco-gigante (pt); touraco géant (fr); turaco gigante (es); riesenturako (de) Taxonomy: Order Cuculiformes Family Musophagidae Range: This African species is found throughout equatorial Africa, from Guinea and Sierra Leone, to the Central African Republic, D.R. Congo, Uganda and Kenya, and south to Rwanda and Burundi. Size: The…

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Red-lored whistler

Pachycephala rufogularis Common name: red-lored whistler (en); sibilante-de-faces-rosadas (pt); siffleur à face rousse (fr); silbador gorjirrufo (es); rotzügel-dickkopf (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Pachycephalidae Range: The red-lored whistler is endemic to Australia, only being found in south-eastern South Australia and western Victoria. Size: These birds are 19-22 cm long and have a wingspan of 30-33…

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Blue rock-thrush

Monticola solitarius Common name: blue rock-thrush (en); melro-azul (pt); merle bleu (fr); roquero solitario (es); blaumerle (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Turdidae Range: The blue rock-thrush is a widespread species, with breeding and non-breeding populations spanning from north-west Africa, throughout southern Europe from Portugal and Spain to Turkey, the Arabian Peninsula, northern India and the…

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Crested treeswift

Hemiprocne coronata Common name: crested treeswift (en); andorinhão-arborícola-de-crista (pt); hémiprocné couronné (fr); vencejo arborícola coronado (es); kronenbaumsegler (de) Taxonomy: Order Apodiformes Family Hemiprocnidae Range: This Asian species is found from eastern India and Sri Lanka, through southern Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar, and into southern China, northern and western Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Size: These…

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Variable antshrike

Thamnophilus caerulescens Common name: variable antshrike (en); choca-da-mata (pt); batara bleuâtre (fr); batará variable (es); südlicher-tropfenameisenwürger Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Thamnophilidae Range: This South American species is found widely in eastern and southern Brazil, with disjunct populations in Ceará, Pernambuco and Alagoas. From southern Brazil, its range extends through Uruguay, Paraguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, and…

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Malachite sunbird

Nectarinia famosa Common name: malachite sunbird (en); beija-flor-verde (pt); souïmanga malachite (fr); suimanga malaquita (es); malachitnektarvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Nectarinidae Range: This African species has a discontinuous distribution across East Africa, with a separate and larger popuation in southern Africa where they occur in most of South Africa, southern Namibia, and along the…

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Fork-tailed storm-petrel

Oceanodroma furcata Common name: fork-tailed storm-petrel (en); paínho-de-cauda-furcada (pt); océanite à queue fourchue (fr); paíño rabihorcado (es); gabelschwanz-wellenläufer (de) Taxonomy: Order Procellariiformes Family Hydrobatidae Range: This species is found in the northern Pacific, breeding on the Aleutian islands off Alaska, and on islands along the coasts of British Columbia in Canada and the Pacific Northwest…

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