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Tigrisoma lineatum Photo by Alejandro Tabini (Birding Peru) Common name: rufescent tiger-heron (en); socó-boi (pt); onoré rayé (fr); hocó colorado (es); marmorreiher (de) Taxonomy: Order Ciconiiformes Family Ardeidae Range: These birds are found from southern Guatemala down to Ecuador, Brazil, northern Uruguay and north-eastern Argentina. Size: They are 66-76 cm long and weigh 800-900 g….
Arenaria interpres (Photo from Purple “O” Purple) Common name: ruddy turnstone (en); rola-do-mar (pt); tournepierre à collier (fr); vuelvepiedras común (es); steinwälzer (de) Taxonomy: Order Charadriiformes Family Scolopacidae Range: Ruddy turnstones breed in the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere, from Alaska, through the Canadian Arctic and Greenland, and into Scandinavia and northern Russia. They…
Bubalornis niger Photo by Ian White (Flickr) Common name: red-billed buffalo-weaver (en); tecelão-de-bico-vermelho (pt); alecto à bec rouge (fr); bufalero piquirrojo (es); büffelweber (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Ploceidae Range: This African species occurs in two separate areas in sub-Saharan Africa. One population extends from Somalia and Ethiopia through to Tanzania and the other from…
Daphoenositta chrysoptera Photo by Julian Robinson (Oz Animals) Common name: varied sitella (en); trepadeira-austral-variável (pt); néositte variée (fr); neosita variable (es); spiegelkleiber (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Neosittidae Range: The varied sitella is widespread in mainland Australia and also found in Papua-New Guinea. Size: These birds are 10-14 cm long and weigh 13 g. Habitat:…
Coccyzus americanus (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name: yellow-billed cuckoo (en); papa-lagarta-de-asa-vermelha (pt); coulicoi à bec jaune (fr); cuclillo piquigualdo (es); gelbschnabelkuckuck (de) Taxonomy: Order Cuculiformes Family Cuculidae Range: These birds are found breeding throughout most of the United States, in south-eastern Canada, northern Mexico and the Greater Antilles. They migrate south to winter in South…
Athene brama Photo by Lip Kee (Flickr) Common name: spotted owlet (en); mocho-de-Brama (pt); chevêche brame (fr); mochuelo Brahmán (es); Brahmakauz (de) Taxonomy: Order Strigiformes Family Strigidae Range: This Asian species is found from eastern Iran and Afghanistan, throughout Pakistan and India and into Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam. Size: These birds are 19-21…
Onychognathus morio Photo by Doug Butcher (Birdlife Trogon’s Bird Club) Common name: red-winged starling (en); estorninho-d’asa vermelha (pt); rufipenne morio (fr); estornino de alas rojas africano (es); rotschwingenstar (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Sturnidae Range: This African species is patchily distributed from Ethiopia through Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi and into northern Mozambique and Zimbabwe, eastern…
Gymnomyza aubryana Photo Frédéric Desmoulins (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: crow honeyeater (en); melífago-preto (pt); méliphage toulou (fr); mielero cuervo (es); rotgesicht-honigfresser (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Meliphagidae Range: This species is endemic to the island of New Caledonia, in the Pacific Ocean. It is now restricted to small populations scattered mostly in the southern…
