White-rumped snowfinch

Montifringilla taczanowskii (Photo from Zoochat) Common name:white-rumped snowfinch (en); pardal-das-neves-de-Taczanowski (pt); niverolle de Taczanowski (fr); gorrión de Taczanowski (es); weißbürzel-erdsperling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PasseridaeRange:This species is found from Tibet, northern Nepal and extreme northern India into central and northern China as far as Inner Mongolia and Ningxia.Size:These birds are 17-17,5 cm long and weigh 30-55 g.Habitat:The…

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Long-whiskered owlet-nightjar

Aegotheles crinifrons Photo by Ong Kiem Sian (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:long-whiskered owlet-nightjar (en); noitibó-coruja-das-Molucas (pt); égothèle des Moluques (fr); egotelo moluqueño (es); Molukkenschwalm (de)Taxonomy:Order CaprimulgiformesFamily AegothelidaeRange:This species is endemic to the Mollucas Islands, in Indonesia, being found in North Maluku, Halmahera, Kasiruta and Bacan.Size:These birds are 27-31 cm long and weigh 105-170 g.Habitat:These birds…

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White-backed woodpecker

Dendrocopos leucotos (Photo from Pticyrus) Common name:white-backed woodpecker (en); pica-pau-de-dorso-branco (pt); pic à dos blanc (fr); pico dorsiblanco (es); weißrückenspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is found from southern Scandinavia and eastern Europe, through southern Russia, northern Kazakhstan and northern Mongolia, and into north-eastern China, Korea and Japan. There are also isolated populations in southern China…

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Savanna sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensis Photo by Simon Barrette (Wikipedia) Common name: savanna sparrow (en); tico-tico-dos-prados (pt); bruant des prés (fr); gorrión sabanero (es); grasammer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Range: This North American species breeds across the northern half of North America, throughout Canada, the northern United States, and along the Pacific coast down to California….

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Graceful prinia

Prinia gracilis Photo by Rajiv Lather (Birding in India and South Asia) Common name: graceful prinia (en); fuinha-elegante (pt); prinia gracile (fr); prinia graciosa (es); streifenprinie (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Cisticolidae Range: This species is a resident breeder in north-eastern Africa and south-west Asia, from Egypt and Somalia, through the Middle East and Turkey,…

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Yellow-billed grosbeak

Eophona migratoria Photo by Tim Edelsten (Birds Korea) Common name:yellow-billed grosbeak (en); bico-grossudo-chinês (pt); gros-bec migrateur (fr); pepitero de cola negra (es); weißhand-Kernbeißer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeRange:These birds breed in south-eastern Russia, Korea, Mongolia and eastern China, and migrate south to winter in southern China and Taiwan, in Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand.Size:The yellow-billed grosbeak is 16-18 cm…

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Giống chó Saint Bernard

Ban đầu, giống chó Saint Bernard được sử dụng để bảo vệ khu đất của Nhà tế bần Saint Bernard của Thụy Sĩ cũng như để giúp tìm và cứu những du khách bị mất và bị thương. Ngày nay, Saint Bernard tận hưởng những tiện nghi của cuộc sống gia đình ở nhiều ngôi…

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