Christmas shearwater

Puffinus nativitatis Photo by Duncan Wright (Wikipedia) Common name:Christmas shearwater (en); pardela-de-Natal (pt); puffin de la Nativité (fr); pardela de la Navidad (es); weihnachts-sturmtaucher (de)Taxonomy:Order ProcellariiformesFamily ProcellariidaeRange:This species breeds in remote islands in the central Pacific, from the Hawaiian Islands, south to Phoenix Island and Kiritimati Island in Kiribati, and east to the Marquesas Islands,…

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Pileated parrot

Pionopsitta pileata (Photo from Instituto Rã-bugio) Common name:pileated parrot (en); cuiú-cuiú (pt); caïque mitré (fr); lorito carirrojo (es); scharlachkopfpapagei (de)Taxonomy:Order PsittaciformesFamily PsittacidaeRange:This species is found in south-eastern Brazil, along the coast from south-eastern Bahia to Paraná, west to southern Paraguay and south to Rio Grande do Sul and extreme north-western Argentina.Size:These birds are 22 cm…

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Slaty bristlefront

Merulaxis ater Photo by Don Robertson (Creagrus) Common name:slaty bristlefront (en); entufado (pt); mérulaxe noir (fr); macuquiño negro (es); südlicher stirnhaubentapaculo (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily RhinocryptidaeRange:This species is endemic to south-eastern Brazil, being found along the coast from south-eastern Bahia to northern Santa Catarina.Size:These birds are 17-18,5 cm long and weigh 33-37 g.Habitat:The slaty bristlefront is mostly…

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Australasian pipit

Anthus novaeseelandiae Photo by David Cook (Flickr) Common name:Australasian pipit (en); petinha-austral (pt); pipit austral (fr); bisbita austral (es); Australspornpieper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MotacillidaeRange:This species is found throughout most of Australia, including Tasmania, in eastern Papua-New Guinea, throughout mainland New Zealand and also in the offshore archipelagos of Chatham, Aukland and Antipodes.Size:These birds are 16-19 cm…

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Silky-tailed nightjar

Antrostomus sericocaudatus Photo by Edson Endrigo (Birds Iporanga) Common name:silky-tailed nightjar (en); bacurau-rabo-de-seda (pt); engoulevent à queue de soie (fr); chotacabras coladeseda (es); seidennachtschwalbe (de)Taxonomy:Order CaprimulgiformesFamily CaprimulgidaeRange:This species has two disjunct subspecies. A.s. sericocaudatus is found in south-eastern Brazil, south-eastern Paraguay and extreme north-western Argentina. A.s. mengeli is found in eastern Peru and north-western Bolivia,…

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Montezuma oropendola

Psarocolius montezuma (Photo from Ecos del Bosque) Common name:Montezuma oropendola (en); japu-de-Montezuma (pt); cassique de Montezuma (fr); cacique de Moctezuma (es); Montezumastirnvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily IcteridaeRange:This species is found from southern Mexico south to western Panama, mainly on the lowlands bordering the Carribean Sea.Size:This species is sexually dimorphic. Males are 46-51 cm long and weigh about…

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Greater swamp-warbler

Acrocephalus rufescens (Photo from Internet Bird Collection) Common name:greater swamp-warbler (en); rouxinol-grande-dos-pântanos (pt); rousserolle des cannes (fr); carricero rufo (es); papyrusrohrsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This species is patchily distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, with four disjunct subspecies. The subspecies A.r. sengalensis is found in Senegal and Gambia, A.r. rufescens is found from Ghana to the northern Central…

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Saffron toucanet

Pteroglossus bailloni Photo by Celi de Medeiros (Flickr) Common name:saffron toucanet (en); araçari-banana (pt); toucan de Baillon (fr); tucán banana (es); goldtukan (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily RamphastidaeRange:This species is found in south-eastern Brazil, from southern Bahia, through eastern Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and into São Paulo, Paraná and northern Rio Grande do Sul, and also…

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