Australasian bittern

Botaurus poiciloptilus Photo by Marlene Lyell (Flickr) Common name:Australasian bittern (en); abetouro-australiano (pt); butor d’Australie (fr); avetoro australiano (es); Australische rohrdommel (de)Taxonomy:Order CiconiiformesFamily ArdeidaeRange:This species is found throughout most of New Zealand, in New Caledonia and in Australia, in south-western Western Australia and from southern Queensland to Tasmania and south-eastern South Australia.Size:These birds are 66-76…

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Short-billed pipit

Anthus furcatus Photo by Roberto Maisonnave (Aves Uruguay) Common name:short-billed pipit (en); caminheiro-de-unha-curta (pt); pipit à plastron (fr); bisbita piquicorto (es); weißbauchpieper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MotacillidaeRange:This species is found in Peru, Bolivia, northern and central Argentina, Uruguay and marginally into south-eastern Brazil.Size:These birds are 14-14,5 cm long and weigh 20 g.Habitat:The short-billed pipit is found in…

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Eurasian three-toed woodpecker

Picoides tridactylus Photo by Johan Stenlund (PBase) Common name:Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (en); pica-pau-tridáctilo (pt); pic tridactyle (fr); pico tridáctilo euroasiático (es); dreizehenspecht (de)TaxonomyOrder PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is patchily distributed in central and eastern Europe, with population in Switzerland and Austria, Romania, the Ukraine and Greece, and from Scandinavia and Belarus, through most of Russia and…

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Black-throated finch

Poephila cincta Photo by Vladimír Motyčka (BioLib) Common name: black-throated finch (en); diamante-de-garganta-preta (pt); diamant à bavette (fr); diamante gorjinegro (es); gürtelgrasfunk (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EstrildidaeRange: This species is endemic to Queensland, Australia, where it is currently found on the Cape York Peninsula. In the past its range extended southwards into northern New South Wales.Size:These…

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