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Zoothera dauma (Photo from Passeriformes-Turdidae) Common name: scaly thrush (en); tordo-dourado (pt); grive dama (fr); zorzal dorado (es); erddrossel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Turdidae Range: This Asian species breeds across Siberia and the Himalayas, wintering in northern India and Bangladesh, Myanmar, southern China and southern Japan. There are also some resident populations in south-west…
Megarynchus pitangua Photo by Steve Garvie (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: boat-billed flycatcher (en); neinei (pt); tyran pitangua (fr); bienteveo pitanguá (es); starkschnabel-maskentyrann (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Tyrannidae Range: This species is found from Mexico south to Bolivia, southern Brazil and Argentina, and also in the Caribbean island of Trinidad. Size: This large tyrant…
Coturnix delegorguei (Photo from Flickr) Common name: harlequin quail (en); codorniz-arlequim (pt); caille arlequin (fr); codorniz arlequín (es); harlekinwachtel (de) Taxonomy: Order Galliformes Family Phasianidae Range: This African species is found from the Ivory Coast to Kenya and Uganda, and south to South Africa, being absent from the Congo basin and Namibia. They are also…
Calcarius ornatus Photo by Robert Royse (Robert Royse’s Bird Photography) Common name: chestnut-collared longspur (en); escrevedeira-de-peito-preto (pt); pectrophane à ventre noir (fr); arnoldo ventinegro (es); rothalsammer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Range: This species breeds in the prairies of the northern Great Plains in Canada and the United States. They migrate south to winter…
Cephalopterus penduliger (Photo from Flickr) Common name: long-wattled umbrellabird (en); anambé-papudo (pt); coracine casquée (fr); paragüero corbatudo (es); langlappen-schirmvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Cotingidae Range: This South American species is only found in the Pacific slopes and adjacent lowlands of south-west Colombia and western Ecuador. Size: These birds are 38-51 cm long and have…
Threskiornis melanocephalus Photo by J.M. Garg (Wikipedia) Common name: black-headed ibis (en); ibis-de-cabeça-preta (pt); ibis à tête noire (fr); ibis cabecinegro (es); schwarzkopfibis (de) Taxonomy: Order Ciconiiformes Family Threskiornithidae Range: This Asian species is found from Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, through Bangladesh and Myanmar down to Indonesia, and along the Philippines and China all…
Piranga ludoviciana Photo by Juan Carlos Marín (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: western tanager (en); saíra-ocidental (pt); tangara à tête rouge (fr); tángara capucha roja (es); kieferntangare (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Thraupidae Range: This species breeds across western North America, from Alaska down to the southern United States. They migrate south to winter in…
Tringa nebularia Photo by Rajiv Lather (Birding in India and South Asia) Common name: common greenshank (en); perna-verde-comum (pt); chevalier aboyeur (fr); archibebe claro (es); grünschenkel (de) Taxonomy: Order Charadriiformes Family Scolopacidae Range: These birds breed from from Scotland and Scandinavia, eatwards along the tundra and taiga areas of Siberia all the way to Kamchatka….
