Red-cheeked parrot

Geoffroyus geoffroyi Photo by Mehd Halaouate (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:red-cheeked parrot (en); papagaio-de-faces-vermelhas (pt); perruche de Geoffroy (fr); lorito carirrojo (es); rotkopfpapagei (de)Taxonomy:Order PsittaciformesFamily PsittacidaeRange:This species is found in New Guinea and in other islands of eastern Indonesia including the Moluccas, the Lesser Sundas and Timor. There is also a population in the Cape…

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Cinereous ground-tyrant

Muscisaxicola cinereus Photo by Cristian Pinto (ArgentAvis) Common name:cinereous ground-tyrant (en); gaúcha-cinza (pt); dormilon cendré (fr); dormilona cenicienta (es); graubraun-grundtyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This species is found along the Andes mountain range, from southern Peru down to central Chile and western Argentina as far south as Chillán.Size:These birds are 15-17 cm long and weigh about 20…

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Ultramarine flycatcher

Ficedula superciliaris Photo by Michael Gillam (Flickr) Common name:ultramarine flycatcher (en); papa-moscas-azul-ultramarino (pt); gobemouche ultramarin (fr); papamoscas ultramarino (es); brauenschnäpper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This species breeds from eastern Afghanistan, through the Himalayas mountain range and into southern China. They migrate south to winter in southern China, Myanmar, northern Thailand and central and north-eastern India.Size:These birds are…

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Pheasant coucal

Centropus phasianinus Photo by James Niland (Flickr) Common name:pheasant coucal (en); cucal-faisão (pt); coucal faisan (fr); cucal faisán (es); fasanspornkuckuck (de)Taxonomy:Order CuculiformesFamily CuculidaeRange:This species is found in northern and eastern Australia, as far south as Sidney, and also in the lowlands of Papua New-Guinea and in the island of Timor both in Timor Leste and…

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