Black tern

Chlidonias niger Photo by Jari Peltomäki (Luonto Portti) Common name:black tern (en); gaivina-preta (pt); guifette noire (fr); fumarel común (es); trauerseeschwalbe (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily SternidaeRange:This species breeds throughout most of Europe, western Asia and North America, as far north as Finland and the Northwest Territories of Canada and as far east as Kazakhstan and western Mongolia….

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Spectacled spiderhunter

Arachnothera flavigaster Photo by Henry Goh (Images of Nature) Common name:spectacled spiderhunter (en); papa-aranhas-de-lunetas (pt); arachnothère à lunettes (fr); arañero de anteojos (es); brillenspinnenjäger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:This species is found in south-east Asia, in Sumatra and Borneo, Malaysia and southern Thailand and Vietnam.Size:These birds are 21-22 cm long and weigh 38-50 g.Habitat:The spectacled spiderhunter is…

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Christmas hawk-owl

Ninox natalis Photo by Cherry Wong (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:Christmas hawk-owl (en); coruja-de-Natal (pt); ninoxe de Christmas (fr); nínox de la Navidad (es); weihnachtsinsel-buschkauz (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:This species is endemic to Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean, where it is present throughout the island.Size:These birds are 26-29 cm long and weigh 160-200 g.Habitat:The Christmas…

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Terrestrial brownbul

Phyllastrephus terrestris Photo by Alan Manson (Wikipedia) Common name:terrestrial brownbul (en); tuta-da-terra (pt); bulbul jaboteur (fr); bulbul terrestre (es); laubbülbül (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PycnonotidaeRange:This African species is found from Somalia and Kenya, through eastern Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and into southern Angola, south-eastern D.R. Congo, eastern and northern Botswana and eastern and southern South Africa.Size:These…

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