Black redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros Photo by Henrique Pires (Flickr) Common name: black redstart (en); rabirruivo-preto (pt); rougequeue noir (fr); colirrojo tizón (es); hausrotschwanz (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Muscicapidae Range: This species is widespread in southern and central Europe, Asia and northern Africa, being found from Great Britain, southern Sweden and southern Russia, south to Morocco and…

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Little swift

Apus affinis Photo by Trevor Hardaker (Biodiversity Explorer) Common name: little swift (en); andorinhão-pequeno (pt); martinet des maisons (fr); vencejo moro (es); haussegler (de) Taxonomy: Order Apodiformes Family Apodidae Range: This species is found throughout most of sub-Saharian Africa, in north-west Africa and in scattered population across de Middle East, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India….

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Rufous scrub-bird

Atrichornis rufescens (Photo from Animal Picture Archive) Common name: rufous scrub-bird (en); pássaro-do-mato-ruivo (pt); atrichorne roux (fr); matorralero rojizo (es); rostbauch-dickichtvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Atrichornithidae Range: The rufous scrub-bird is endemic to eastern Australia, occurring in isolated populations in New South Wales and Queensland along the Gibraltar and Border Ranges, Barrington Tops, Hastings…

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Suiriri flycatcher

Suiriri suiriri Photo by Tadeusz Stawarczyk (Internet Bird Collection)  Common name: suiriri flycatcher (en); suiriri-cinzento (pt); tyranneau suiriri (fr); fiofío suirirí (es); graunscheitel-olivtyrann (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Tyrannidae Range: This South American species is found in south-western Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina. Size: These birds are 15-16 cm long and weigh 14-15…

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Black-throated wattle-eye

Platysteira peltata Photo by Guy Upfold (Tropical Birding) Common name: black-throated wattle-eye (en); olho-carunculado-de-garganta-preta (pt); pririt à gorge noire (fr); ojicarunculado de garganta negra (es); schwarzkehl-lappenschnäpper (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Platysteiridae Range: This African species occurs from Angola to Kenya and has scattered populations across Zimbabwe, Mozambique and into eastern South Africa. Size: The…

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Pesquet's parrot

Psittrichas fulgidus Photo by Doug Janson (Wikipedia) Common name: Pesquet’s parrot (en); papagaio-de-Pesquet (pt); psittrichas de Pesquet (fr); loro aguileño (es); borstenkopf (de) Taxonomy: Order Psittaciformes Family Psittacidae Range: This species is patchily distributed across New Guinea, both in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Size: These birds are 46 cm long and weigh 600-800 g….

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White-necked rockfowl

Picathartes gymnocephalus Photo by M.J. Andersen (Flickriver) Common name: white-necked rockfowl (en); picatartes-da-Guiné (pt); picatharte de Guinée (fr); picatartes cuelliblanco (es); gelbkopf-felshüpfer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Picathartidae Range: This species is found in the tropical forests of western Africa, in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Size: These birds are 38-41 cm…

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Hooded merganser

Lophodytes cucullatus Photo by Bill Horn (Birds of Oklahoma) Common name: hooded merganser (en); merganso-capuchinho (pt); harle couronné (fr); serreta capuchona (es); kappensäger (de) Taxonomy: Order Anseriformes Family Anatidae Range: This North American species breeds across mots of the eastern United States, in the north-western united States and across most of southern Canada. Some populations…

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