Common tody-flycatcher

Todirostrum cinereum Common name: common tody-flycatcher (en); ferreirinho-relógio (pt); todirostre familier (fr); titirijí común (es); graugelb-todityrann (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Tyrannidae Range: These birds are found from southern Mexico to north-western Peru, eastern Bolivia and southern Brazil. Size: This tinny tyrant flycatcher is 9,5-11 cm long and weighs 6,5-7 g. Habitat: The common tody-flycatcher…

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Bulwer's petrel

Bulweria bulwerii Photo by Martin Lofgren (Wild Bird Gallery) Common name:Bulwer’s petrel (en); alma-negra (pt); pétrel de Bulwer (fr); petrel de Bulwer (es); Bulwersturmvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order ProcellariiformesFamily ProcellariidaeRange:The Bulwer’s petrel is a pantropical species, being found in the tropical and sub-tropical areas of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. Breeding sites include the eastern Atlantic from…

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Andean cock-of-the-rock

Rupicola peruvianus Photo by Garry Bakker (PBase) Common name: Andean cock-of-the-rock (en); galo-das-rochas-dos-Andes (pt); coq-de-roche péruvien (fr); gallito de las rocas (es); Andenklippenvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Cotingidae Range: This species is found in the Andean slopes of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Size: These birds are 30-32 cm long and weigh 230-250…

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Antarctic petrel

Thalassoica antarctica Photo by François Guerraz (Wikipedia) Common name:Antarctic petrel (en); pintado-antárctico (pt); pétrel antarctique (fr); petrél antártico (es); Antarktiksturmvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order ProcellariiformesFamily ProcellariidaeRange:This species breeds along the coasts of Antarctica, as well as in nearby islands. They forage over the Southern Ocean, as far north as Tierra del Fuego and sometimes near southern New Zealand…

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Northern pintail

Anas acuta Common name: northern pintail (en); arrabio (pt); canard pilet (fr); pato rabudo (es); spießente (de) Taxonomy: Order Anseriformes Family Anatidae Range: This cosmopolitan species breeds from Alaska and the central Canadian Arctic across Greenland, Iceland and Scandinavia to Kamchatka, in Russia, and south to the western and central United States, the United Kingdom,…

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