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Smicrornis brevirostris Photo by Robin Eckermann (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: weebill (en); gerígono-de-bico-curto (pt); gérygone à bec court (fr); gerigón piquicorto (es); stutzschnabel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Acanthizidae Range: The weebill is endemic to Australia, being found throughout mainland Australia with the exception of some of the most arid areas in the centre….
Pulsatrix perspicillata Common name: spectacled owl (en); murucututu (pt); chouette à lunettes (fr); lechuzón de anteojos (es); brillenkauz (de) Taxonomy: Order Strigiformes Family Strigidae Range: This species is found from southern Mexico, through Central America and large parts of northern South America under the recess of the Andes, all the way to northern Argentina. Size:…
Luscinia megarhynchos Common name: nightingale (en); rouxinol (pt); rossignol philomèle (fr); ruiseñor (es); nachtigall (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Muscicapidae Range: The nightingale breeds in northwest Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, as far east as north-west China. After the breeding season they migrate southwards to tropical parts of Africa, including western Sahara,…
Zonotrichia leucophrys Common name: white-crowned sparrow (en); escrevedeira-de-testa-branca (pt); bruant à couronne blache (fr); sabanero de corona blanca (es); dachsammer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Range: This North American species breeds from Alaska eastward across northern Canada and south along the Pacific coast and into the western mountains to northern New Mexico and southern…
Corythaeola cristata Common name: great blue turaco (en); turaco-gigante (pt); touraco géant (fr); turaco gigante (es); riesenturako (de) Taxonomy: Order Cuculiformes Family Musophagidae Range: This African species is found throughout equatorial Africa, from Guinea and Sierra Leone, to the Central African Republic, D.R. Congo, Uganda and Kenya, and south to Rwanda and Burundi. Size: The…
Pachycephala rufogularis Common name: red-lored whistler (en); sibilante-de-faces-rosadas (pt); siffleur à face rousse (fr); silbador gorjirrufo (es); rotzügel-dickkopf (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Pachycephalidae Range: The red-lored whistler is endemic to Australia, only being found in south-eastern South Australia and western Victoria. Size: These birds are 19-22 cm long and have a wingspan of 30-33…
Monticola solitarius Common name: blue rock-thrush (en); melro-azul (pt); merle bleu (fr); roquero solitario (es); blaumerle (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Turdidae Range: The blue rock-thrush is a widespread species, with breeding and non-breeding populations spanning from north-west Africa, throughout southern Europe from Portugal and Spain to Turkey, the Arabian Peninsula, northern India and the…
Hemiprocne coronata Common name: crested treeswift (en); andorinhão-arborícola-de-crista (pt); hémiprocné couronné (fr); vencejo arborícola coronado (es); kronenbaumsegler (de) Taxonomy: Order Apodiformes Family Hemiprocnidae Range: This Asian species is found from eastern India and Sri Lanka, through southern Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar, and into southern China, northern and western Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Size: These…
