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Capito niger Photo by João Quental (Flickr) Common name: black-spotted barbet (en); capitão-de-bigode-carijó (pt); cabézon tacheté (fr); capitán turero (es); tupfenbartvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Piciformes Family Capitonidae Range: This South American species is found from western Colombia, through Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and east to northern Brazil. Size: These birds are 18-19 cm…
Ptyonoprogne rupestris Photo by Ahmet Karatash (Trek Nature) Common name: Eurasian crag martin (en); andorinha-das-rochas (pt); hirondelle de rochers (fr); avión roquero (es); felsenschwalbe (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Hirundinidae Range: This species is found from the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco, along the Mediterranean coasts, and through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan all the way…
Epthianura tricolor (Photo from Animal Picture Archive) Common name: crimson chat (en); eptianuro-escarlate (pt); epthianure tricolore (fr); eptianuro tricolor (es); scharlachtrugschmätzer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Epthianuridae Range: This species is endemic to Australia, being found throughout the inland, western, and southern coasts of Australia, and occasionally in south-eastern and eastern Australia. Size: The crimson chat…
Ceryle alcyon (Photo from The Nevis Biodiversity Project) Common name: belted kingfisher (en); guarda-rios-americano (pt); martin-pêcheur d’Amerique (fr); martín gigante norteamericano (es); gürtelfischer (de) Taxonomy: Order Coraciiformes Family Alcedinidae Range: This species is found breeding throughout North America. The northern population migrate south to winter in the southernmost United States, in Mexico, Central America and…
Certhilauda chuana Photo by Trevor Hardaker (Trevor and Margareth Hardaker) Common name: short-clawed lark (en); cotovia-d’unhas-curtas (pt); alouette à ongles courts (fr); alondra chuana (es); akazien-langschnabellerche (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Alaudidae Range: This African species is only found in south-eastern Botswana and north-eastern South Africa. Size: These birds are 14-17 cm long and weigh…
Xenops minutus Photo by Mike Danzenbaker (Mike Dazenbaker’s Bird Photography) Common name: plain xenops (en); bico-virado-miúdo (pt); sittine brune (fr); picolezna menudo (es); braunbauch-baumspäher (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Furnariidae Range: The plain xenops is found from southern Mexico south to western Ecuador, northeastern Argentina and central Brazil. Size: These birds are 11-12,5 cm long…
Pluvialis fulva (Photo from Birding in Taiwan) Common name: Pacific golden plover (en); tarambola-dourada-siberiana (pt); pluvier fauve (fr); chorlito dorado siberiano (es); Sibirische goldregenpfeifer (de) Taxonomy: Order Charadriiformes Family Charadriidae Range: These birds breed in the Arctic, both in northern and north-eastern Russia and in western Alaska. They migrate south to winter along the coasts…
Climacteris picumnus (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name: brown treecreeper (en); trepadeira-austral-castanha (pt); échelet brun (fr); corretroncos pardo (es); braunbaumrutscher (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Climacteridae Range: This Australian species is found across eastern Australia, from northern Queensland south to Victoria and eastern South Australia. Size: This large treecreeper is 16-18 cm long and weighs 26-33…
