Brown-eared bulbul

Ixos amaurotis Photo by peter de Haas (Bird Forum) Common name: brown-eared bulbul (en); tuta-de-faces-castanhas (pt); bulbul à oreillons bruns (fr); bulbul de orejas castañas (es); orpheusbülbül (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Pycnonotidae Range: This Asian species is found from the Russian Far East, through north-eastern China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, and south to…

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Rufous hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus Photo by Nan Moore (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: rufous hummingbird (en); beija-flor-ruivo (pt); colibri roux (fr); colibrí rufo (es); rotrücken-zimtelfe (de) Taxonomy: Order Apodiformes Family Trochilidae Range: This North American species breeds in southern Alaska, along the pacific coast of Canada and in the north-western United States. They migrate south along the…

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Tahiti monarch

Pomarea nigra (Photo from Birdlife) Common name: Tahiti monarch (en); monarca-do-Taiti (pt); monarque de Tahiti (fr); monarca de Tahiti (es); Tahitimonarch (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Monarchidae Range: This species is endemic to the island of Tahiti, in French Polynesia. Even within the island it is restricted to just 4 lowland valleys. Size: The Tahiti…

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Yellow-tailed oriole

Icterus mesomelas Photo by Bill Lynch (Neotropical Birds) Common name: yellow-tailed oriole (en); corrupião-de-cauda-amarela (pt); oriole à queue jaune (fr); turpial de cola amarilla (es); gelbschwanztrupial (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Icteridae Range: These birds are found from southern Mexico down to western Peru and north-western Venezuela. Size: Yellow-tailed orioles are 20-24 cm long and…

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Egyptian plover

Pluvianus aegyptius Photo by Terje Kolaas (Naturspesialisten) Common name: Egyptian plover (en); ave-do-crocodilo (pt); pluvian fluviatile (fr); pluvial (es); krokodilwächter (de) Taxonomy: Order Charadriiformes Family Glareolidae Range: This African species is found from Mauritania and southern Sudan, down to Uganda and Angola. The Egyptian plover also occurred in Egypt in the past, but became extinct…

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Olive-sided flycatcher

Contopus cooperi Photo by Mark Chappell (Arkive) Common name: olive-sided flycatcher (en); piui-boreal (pt); moucherolle à côtés olive (fr); pibí boreal (es); olivflanken-schnäppertyrann (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Tyrannidae Range: These birds breed across Canada, Alaska and the north-eastern United States, and also along the western United States down to California. they migrate south to…

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Arrow-marked babbler

Turdoides jardineii Photo by Jirí Sevcík (Encyclopedia of Life) Common name: arrow-marked babbler (en); zaragateiro-castanho (pt); cratérope fléché (fr); turdoide de Jardine (es); braundrossling (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Timaliidae Range: This African species occurs from Uganda, through Angola, Tanzania, northern Mozambique and Zambia, and into South Africa. Size: These birds are 21-25 cm long…

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Greater ani

Crotophaga major Photo by Cláudio Timm (Encyclopedia of Life) Common name: greater ani (en); anu-coroca (pt); ani des palétuviers (fr); garrapatero (es); riesenani (de) Taxonomy: Order Cuculiformes Family Cuculidae Range: These birds are found from Panama and Trinidad, across much of tropical South America east of the Andes and down to northern Argentina. Size: Greater…

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