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Grallaria varia Photo by Dario Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name: variegated antpitta (en); tovacuçu-malhado (pt); grallaire roi (fr); tororoí pintado (es); große bartameisenpitta (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Formicariidae Range: This South American species is found in Argentina, Brazil, the Guyanas, Paraguay, Suriname, eastern Venezuela and Peru. Size: These birds are 21 cm long and weigh…
Podica senegalensis Photo by Ian Fulton (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: African finfoot (en); pés-de-barbatana (pt); grébifoulque d’Afrique (fr); avesol africano (es); binsenralle (de) Taxonomy: Order Gruiformes Family Heliornithidae Range: This species is found across much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to western Ethiopia and south through D.R. Congo, Angola, Zimbabwe, central Mozambique and into…
Sylvia atricapilla Photo by Andy Bright (Mango Verde) Common name: blackcap (en); toutinegra-de-barrete-preto (pt); fauvette à tête noire (fr); curruca capirotada (es); mönchsgrasmücke (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Sylviidae Range: These birds are found breeding from western Europe to south-western Siberia, and south to the Mediterranean, Turkey and south-western Russia. It also occurs on islands…
Pitta nympha (Photo from Best Bird Photos) Common name: fairy pitta (en); pita-ninfa (pt); brève migratice (fr); pita ninfa (es); nymphenpitta (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Pittidae Range: This Asian species breeds in Japan, South Korea, south-eastern China and Taiwan and migrates south to winter in Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia. Size: Faity pittas are 16-19,5…
Chelidoptera tenebrosa Photo by Tomas Grim (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: swallow-tailed puffbird (en); urubuzinho (pt); barbacou à croupion blanc (fr); buco golondrina (es); schwalbenfaulvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Galbuliformes Family Bucconidae Range: This South American species is found in most of Brazil and throughout the Amazon basin stretching into Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, the Guyanas, Suriname,…
Ducula aenea Photo by Sydhir Shivaram (The Jungle Book) Common name: green imperial-pigeon (en); pombo-imperial verde(pt); carpophage pauline (fr); dúcula verde (es); bronzefruchttaube (de) Taxonomy: Order Columbiformes Family Columbidae Range: This species is found in southern Asia, from India, through Bangladesh and Indochina, and into Indonesia and the Philippines. Size: The green imperial-pigeon is 38-45…
Meleagris gallopavo (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name: wild turkey (en); perú-selvagem (pt); dindon sauvage (fr); pavo salvaje (es); truthuhn (de) Taxonomy: Order Galliformes Family Meleagrididae Range: The wild turkey originates from the eastern United States, southern Canada, and Mexico, but currently occurs throughout most of North America. They have also been introduced to Hawaii, New…
Zosterops lateralis Photo by J.J. Harrison (Wikipedia) Common name: silvereye (en); olho-branco-de-dorso-cinzento (pt); zostérops à dos gris (fr); ojiblanco de lomo gris (es); graumantel-brillenvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Zosteropidae Range: These birds are found in eastern and southern Australia, in New Zealand, and in the south-west Pacific islands of Lord Howe, New Caledonia, Loyalty…
