Tiger shrike

Lanius tigrinus (Photo from Hunan Forestry) Common name:tiger shrike (en); picanço-tigre (pt); pie-grièche tigrine (fr); alcaudón tigre (es); tigerwürger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily LaniidaeRange:This species breeds in eastern China from Guizhou, Hunan and Zhejiang north to Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang, in Korea, in the Japanese islands of Honshu and Kyushu and marginally in extreme south-eastern Russia. They…

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Minding Manners and Trying Out Some Tricks

In This Chapter Setting up places for your dog to relax Working on bathroom skills Redirecting barking, chewing, and jumping tendencies Doing tricks that show happiness and affection Playing games together I have a confession to make: When people first meet my dogs, they never say, “Wow! What phenomenally well-trained dogs!” What they do notice…

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Northern white-faced owl

Ptilopsis leucotis (Photo from Blogodisea) Common name:northern white-faced owl (en); mocho-de-faces-brancas-nortenho (pt); petit-duc à face blanche du nord (fr); autillo cariblanco norteño (es); nordbüscheleule (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:This African species is found along the Sahel belt, south of the Sahara desert, from Senegal, Guinea and Sierra Leone in the west to Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia in…

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Satin flycatcher

Myiagra cyanoleuca Photo by Lindsay Hansch (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: satin flycatcher (en); monarca-acetinado (pt); monarque satiné (fr); monarca satinado (es); seidenmyiagra (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Monarchidae Range: The satin flycatcher is found breeding in eastern Australia, down to Tasmania, and in New Zealand. They migrate north to winter in northern Australia, Papua…

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