Birds

Sooty-capped bush-tanager

Chlorospingus pileatus (Photo from Flickr) Common name:sooty-capped bush-tanager (en); saíra-do-mato-de-sobrolho-branco (pt); chlorospin à sourcils brisés (fr); frutero copetón (es); weißbrauen-buschtangare (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:This species is found in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama.Size:These birds are 13,5-14 cm long and weigh 16-24 g.Habitat:The sooty-capped bush-tanager is mostly found in mossy, moist and wet mountain…

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Long-billed wren-babbler

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Rimator malacoptilus Photo by Christoph Moning (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:long-billed wren-babbler (en); zaragateiro-pequeno-de-bico-comprido (pt); turdinule à long bec (fr); ratina picuda (es); Assamzwergsäbler (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This species is found in extreme north-eastern India, and in adjacent parts of northern Myanmar, Bhutan, and north-western Yunnan in southern China.Size:These birds are 11-12 cm long and weigh…

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Fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo

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Surniculus dicruroides Photo by Vijay Ismavel (Flickr) Common name:fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo (en); cuco-drongo-de-cauda-forcada (pt): surnicou à queue fourchue (fr); cuclillo-drongo de cola furcada (es); gabelschwanz-drongokuckuck (de)Taxonomy:Order CuculiformesFamily CuculidaeRange:This species breeds in most of India, with the exception of the north-western part of the country, and through Nepal and Bangladesh into northern Myanmar, northern Vietnam and southern…

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Brown-bellied swallow

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Notiochelidon murina Photo by Leif Gabrielsen (iGoTerra) Common name:brown-bellied swallow (en); andorinha-de-barriga-castanha (pt); hirondelle à ventre brun (fr); golondrina ventriparda (es); mausschwalbe (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily HirundinidaeRange:This species is found along the Andes from western Venezuela south to central Bolivia.Size:These birds are 14 cm long and weigh about 12,5 g.Habitat:The brown-bellied swallow is mostly found in open…

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Mount Cameroon speirops

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Speirops melanocephalus Photo by Morten Venaas (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Mount Cameroon speirops (en); olho-branco-dos-Camarões (pt); zostérops du Cameroun (fr); anteojitos del Camerún (es); Kamerunbrillenvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ZosteropidaeRange:This species is endemic to the slopes of Mount Cameroon, in south-western Cameroon.Size:These birds are 13 cm long and weigh 9-12,5 g.Habitat:The Mount Cameroon speirops in mostly found…

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Lesser jacana

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Microparra capensis Photo by Paul Jones (Flickr) Common name:lesser jacana (en); jacana-pequena (pt); jacana nain (fr); jacana chica (es); zwergblatthühnchen (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily JacanidaeRange:This species is patchily distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, from Mali and Côte d’Ivoire east to South Sudan and Ethiopia, through Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, and into southern Angola, northern Namibia, northern Botswana, Mozambique…

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Cricket longtail

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Spiloptila clamans Photo by Patrick Bergier (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:cricket longtail (en); fuinha-de-cauda-branca (pt); prinia à front écailleux (fr); prinia charlatana (es); schuppenkopfprinie (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CisticolidaeRange:This species is found along a narrow belt in the Sahel, immediately south of the Sahara desert, from southern Mauritania and northern Senegal, through central Mali, southern Niger, northern Nigeria,…

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Red-headed trogon

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Harpactes erythrocephalus Photo by Jainy Kuriakose (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:red-headed trogon (en); republicano-de-cabeça-vermelha (pt); trogon à tête rouge (fr); trogón cabecirrojo (es); rotkopftrogon (de)Taxonomy:Order TrogoniformesFamily TrogonidaeRange:This species is found in south-eastern Asia, from northern India and Nepal east to southern China, and south through Indochina into Malaysia and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra.Size:These birds…

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