Bearded vulture

Gypaetus barbatus Photo by Dan Logen (The Guardian) Common name:bearded vulture (en); quebra-ossos (pt); gypaète barbu (fr); quebrantahuesos (es); bartgeier (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily Accipitridae Range:This species is patchily distributed in southern Europe, from northern Spain to Austria, in Morocco and northern Algeria, from Greece, through Turkey and the Middle East and into Mongolia and China, in…

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Northern cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name:northern cardinal (en); cardeal (pt); cardinal rouge (fr); cardenal rojo (es); rotkardinal (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CardinalidaeRange:This species is found throughout the eastern United States, as far west as Nebraska, eastern Colorado and Texas, also marginally into south-eastern Canada, in southern New Mexico and Arizona, and through Mexico down to northern…

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Stitchbird

Notiomystis cincta Photo by Damian Davalos (Flickr) Common name:stitchbird (en); melífago-hihi (pt); méliphage hihi (fr); hihi (es); hihi (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MeliphagidaeRange:Once common throughout the North Island of New Zealand and in several offshore islands, the stitchbird in now only found naturally in Little Barrier Island, with small translocated populations also on the islands of Kapiti…

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Eared quetzal

Euptilotis neoxenus Photo by Steven Whitebread (Flickr) Common name:eared quetzal (en); quetzal-orelhudo (pt); quetzal oreillard (fr); trogón silbador (es); haarbüscheltrogon (de)Taxonomy:Order TrogoniformesFamily TrogonidaeRange:This species is endemic to Mexico, being found in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range and the adjacent Pacific slope.Size:These birds are 32-35,5 cm long and weigh 100-150 g.Habitat:The eared quetzal is found…

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