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Vestiaria coccinea Common name: iiwi (en); iiwi (pt); iiwi rouge (fr); i-iwi (es); iiwi (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Drepanididae Range: This Hawaiian species was originally found on all the main islands in the Hawaiian Archipelago, but is now extinc on Lana’i and only relict populations remain in Moloka’i and O’ahu. It is still widespread…
Columba fasciata Common name: band-tailed pigeon (en); pombo-de-cauda-barreada (pt); pigeon à queue barrée (fr); paloma torcaza (es); schuppenhalstaube (de) Taxonomy: Order Columbiformes Family Columbidae Range: This American species is found breeding for British Columbia, in Canada, trough the western parts of the United States, always west of the Rocky mountains, into Central America, and through…
Turdoides bicolor Common name: southern pied-babbler (en); zaragateiro-meridional (pt); cratérope bicolore (fr); turdoide bicolor (es); elsterdroßling (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Timaliidae Range: This African species is only found in northern Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and northern South Africa. Size: Southern pied-babblers are 23-26 cm long and weigh 75-95 g. Habitat: They are found in arid…
Heliangelus regalis Photo by Nick Athanas (Antpitta) Common name: royal sunangel (en); beija-flor-real (pt); héliange royal (fr); colibrí real (es); blaue sonnennymphe (de) Taxonomy: Order Apodiformes Family Trochilidae Range: This species is only found in northern Peru, in Cordillera Azul, Cordillera de Colán and Cordillera del Cóndor. Size: They are 11-12 cm long and weigh…
Menura novaehollandia Common name: superb lyrebird (en); pássaro-lira-soberbo (pt); Mérure superbe (fr); ave-lira soberbia (es); graurücken-leierschwanz (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Menuridae Range: These birds are native of south-eastern Australia, being found from southern Victoria to south-eastern Queensland. They were introduced to southern Tasmania. Size: The superb lyrebird is 80-100 cm long and weighs 975…
Oenanthe hispanica Common name: black-eared wheatear (en); chasco-ruivo (pt); traquet oreillard (fr); collalba rubia (es); mittelmeer-steinschmätzer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Muscicapidae Range: The black-eared wheatear breeds in southern Europe, North Africa, and through the Arabian Peninsula and Middle East into Asia, as far east as the Caspian Sea, southwest Kazakhstan and Iran. They migrate…
Falco amurensis Common name: Amur falcon (en); falcão-de-Amur (pt); falcon de l’Amour (fr); cernícalo del Amur (es); Amurfalke (de) Taxonomy: Order Falconiformes Family Falconidae Range: This species breeds in south-eastern Siberia, northern China and North Korea and has an extremely long migration, wintering in southern Africa in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique and north-eastern South Africa….
Berlepschia rikeri Common name: point-tailed palmcreeper (en); limpa-folha-do-buriti (pt); anabate des palmiers (fr); palmero (es); palmsteiger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Furnariidae Range: This South American species is found from southern Venezuela and the Guyanas, into Amazonian and eastern Brazil down to Mato Grosso and Goiás, and through south-eastern Colombia, eastern Peru and north-eastern Bolivia….
