Azure tit

Cyanistes cyanus Photo by Krzysztof Blachowiak (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:azure tit (en); chapim-de-cabeça-branca (pt); mésange azurée (fr); herrerillo azul (es); lasurmeise (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ParidaeRange:This species is found from eastern Poland and Finland, through western and southern Russia, and into Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, north-western China and Mongolia.Size:These birds are 12-13 cm long and weigh 8-10 g.Habitat:The…

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Small ground-finch

Geospiza fuliginosa Photo by Douglas Bolt (Mango Verde) Common name:small ground-finch (en); tentilhão-da-terra-pequeno (pt); géospize fuligineux (fr); pinzón terrestre pequeno (es); kleingrundfink (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily  ThraupidaeRange:These birds are endemic to the Galapagos islands, being found in the islands of the archipelago except Genovesa, Wolf and Darwin.Size:Small ground-finches are 11 cm long and weigh 14 g.Habitat:They are…

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Emperor goose

Chen canagica Photo by Reginald David (Hawaii Biological Survey) Common name:emperor goose (en); ganso-imperador (pt); oie empereur (fr); ganso emperador (es); kaisergans (de)Taxonomy:Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeRange:This species is only found around the Bering Sea, breeding both along the western coast of Alaska and along the eastern coast of extreme north-eastern Russia. They migrate south to winter…

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Streaked scrub-warbler

Scotocerca inquieta (Photo from Salidún) Common name:streaked scrub-warbler (en); fuinha-dos-espinheiros (pt); dromoïque vif-argent (fr); prinia desértica (es); wüstenprinie (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CisticolidaeRange:This species is found from northern Mauritania and Morocco, through Algeria, Lybia and Egypt, and into the Arabian Peninsula and near Asia as far east as Pakistan and Afghanistan and as far north as southern…

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