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Mohoua albicilla Photo by Rosie Perera (Flickr) Common name:whitehead (en); cabeça-branca (pt); mohoua à tête blanche (fr); mohoua cabeciblanco (es); weißköpfchen (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Pachycephalidae Range:This species is endemic to New Zealand, only being found in North Island and several offshore islands surrounding it, including Little Barrier Island, Great Barrier Island and Kapiti Island.Size:These birds are…
Semnornis frantzii Photo by Lou Hegedus (Mango Verde) Common name:prong-billed barbet (en); capitão-de-Frantzius (pt); cabézon de Frantzius (fr); cabezón cocora (es); azteken-bartvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily CapitonidaeRange:This species is only found in Costa Rica and western Panama.Size:These birds are 17 cm long and weigh 60-70 g.Habitat:The prong-billed barbet is found in cool, moist tropical forests with abundant…
Struthio camelus Photo by Stig Nygaard (Wikipedia) Common name:ostrich (en); avestruz (pt); autruche d’Afrique (fr); avestruz (es); Afrikanische strauß (de)Taxonomy:Order StruthioniformesFamily StruthionidaeRange:This species is presently restricted to Africa, occurring in two separate areas. One area spans from Mauritania and Mali to Sudan and south along East Africa to Tanzania. The other area encompasses Angola, Namibia,…
Acridotheres cristatellus (Photo from Lananhbirds Club) Common name:crested myna (en); mainá-de-crista (pt); martin huppé (fr); mainá china (es); haubenmaina (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SturnidaeRange:This species originates from southern China, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, but has been introduced to several parts of the world including Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Portugal, Argentina, British Columbia in Canada and Florida…
