Elegant sunbird

Aethopyga duycenbodei Photo by Mark Thibault (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:elegant sunbird (en); beija-flor-elegante (pt); souimanga des Sangi (fr); suimanga elegante (es); Sangihenektarvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:At present, the elegant sunbird in endemic to the Indonesian island of Sangihe, located north of Sulawesi, but there are historical records of this species on the nearby island of…

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Chestnut-backed antbird

Myrmeciza exsul Photo by Ned Haight (Neotropical Birds) Common name:chestnut-backed antbird (en); formigueiro-de-corso-castanho (pt); alapi à dos roux (fr); hormiguero dorsicastaño (es); braunrücken-ameisenvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThamnophilidaeRange:This species is found from Guatemala south to western Colombia and Ecuador.Size:These birds are 14 cm long and weigh 24-32 g.Habitat:The chestnut-backed antbird is mostly found on the understorey of…

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Striped crake

Aenigmatolimnas marginalis Photo by John Carlyon (Zest for Birds) Common name:striped crake (en); franga d’água-estriada (pt); marouette rayée (fr); polluela culirroja (es); graukehl-sumpfhuhn (de)Taxonomy:Order GruiformesFamily Rallidae Range:This species is patchily distributed in West Africa, from Ghana to Congo and also in the area from Uganda, Kenya and eastern D.R. Congo, south through Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia…

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Daurian redstart

Phoenicurus auroreus Photo by Mathew Poll (Birds Korea) Common name:Daurian redstart (en); rabirruivo-dáurico (pt); rougequeue aurore (fr); colirrojo dáurico (es); spiegelrotschwanz (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This species breeds in south-eastern Russia, eastern Mongolia, Korea and north-eastern and central China. They migrate south or east to winter in Japan, southern China, extreme north-eastern India, Myanmar and northern Thailand,…

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