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Caprimulgus indicus (Photo from Living into the Wild) Common name: jungle nightjar (en); noitibó-da-selva (pt); engoulevent indien (fr); chotacabras de jungla (es); dschungelnachtschwalbe (de) Taxonomy: Order Caprimulgiformes Family Caprimulgidae Range: This Asia species is found from India and Pakistan, throughout south-east Asia, and into China, Japan and eastern Russia. Size: The jungle nightjar is 21-29…
Philesturnus carunculatus Photo by Paddy Ryan (Ryan Photographic) Common name: saddleback (en); tieque (pt); créadion rounoir (fr); tieke (es); sattelvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Callaeidae Range: The saddleback is endemic to New Zealand, and was once widespread over the North and South Islands, and some offshore islands, but by the early 1900s, was extinct…
Saxicoloides fulicatus Photo by J.M. Garg (Wikipedia) Common name: Indian robin (en); pisco-da-India (pt); pseudotraquet indien (fr); tarabilla terrestre (es); strauchschmätzer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Muscicapidae Range: This Asian species is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal,Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Size: These birds are 12-14 cm long and weigh 16-17 g. Habitat: These birds…
Megascops asio Photo by Wolfgang Wander (Wikipedia) Common name: eastern screech owl (en); mocho-americano-oriental (pt); petit-duc maculé (fr); autillo yanqui (es); ost-kreischeule (de) Taxonomy: Order Strigiformes Family Strigidae Range: This species is found through the eastern United States, also marginally across the border into southern Canada and south to north-east Mexico. Size: The eastern screech…
