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Zoothera spiloptera Photo by Mapalagama Premasiri (Oriental Bird Images) Common name: spot-winged thrush (en); tordo-do-Ceilão (pt); grive à ailes tachetées (fr); zorzal de alas moteadas (es); Ceylondrossel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Turdidae Range: This species is endemic to Sri Lanka. Size: They are 21-23 cm long and weigh 70 g. Habitat: Spot-winged thrushes are…
Fulica alai Photo by Caleb Slemmons (Forestry Images) Common name: Hawaian coot (en); galeirão-do-Hawai (pt); foulque des Hawaï (fr); focha hawaiana (es); Hawaiibläßhuhn (de) Taxonomy: Order Gruiformes Family Rallidae Range: This species is endemic to the Hawaiian islands, where it is found on all the main islands except Kaho’olawe. Size: The Hawaian coot is 33-41…
Archilochus alexandri (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name: black-chinned hummingbird (en); beija-flor-de-garganta-preta (pt); colibri à gorge noire (fr); colibrí gorginegro (es); schwarzkinnkolibri (de) Taxonomy: Order Apodiformes Family Trochilidae Range: The black-chinned hummingbird regularly occurs throughout western North America, from as far north as British Columbia south to northern Mexico, and from coastal California to central Texas….
Hirundo abyssinica Photo by Jack Versloot (Wikipedia) Common name: lesser striped swallow (en); andorinha-estriada-pequena (pt); hirondelle striée (fr); golondrina abisinia (es); maidschwalbe (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Hirundinidae Range: This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa from Sierra Leone and southern Sudan south into eastern South Africa. Size: These birds are 15-19 cm long and…
Patagioenas flavirostris Photo by Michael Woodruff (Wikipedia) Common name: red-billed-pigeon (en); pombo-de-bico-vermelho (pt); pigeon à bec rouge (fr); paloma piquirroja (es); rotschnabeltaube (de) Taxonomy: Order Columbiformes Family Columbidae Range: The red-billed pigeon is found from southern Texas, United States, and north-western Mexico south to Costa Rica. Size: This species is 33-36 cm long and has…
Alauda arvensis Photo by Lewis Thomson (LT Images) Common name: skylark (en); laverca (pt); alouette des champs (fr); alondra común (es); feldlerche (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Alaudidae Range: The skylark breeds across Europe and the temperate zone of Asia as far east as Japan and the Kamchatka peninsula of Russia. The western populations are…
Vanellus coronatus Photo by Vincent Ceccarelli (Oiseaux) Common name: crowned lapwing (en); abibe-coroado (pt); vanneau couronné (fr); avefría coronada (es); kronenkiebitz (de) Taxonomy: Order Charadriiformes Family Charadriidae Range: This African species is found from the Red Sea coats of Somalia down to southern and south-western Africa. Size: This large plover is 30-31 cm long and…
Struthidea cinerea Photo by Steve Happ (Steve Happ Photography) Common name: apostlebird (en); apóstolo (pt); apôtre gris (fr); corvino apóstol (es); gimpelhäher (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Corcoracidae Range: This species is found across inland eastern Australia, from northern Victoria and eastern South Australia, north through New South Wales and central-western Queensland to the Gulf…
