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Rhipidura fuliginosa Common name: grey fantail (en); cauda-de-leque-cinzento (pt); rhipidure gris (fr); abanico gris (es); graufächerschwanz (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Rhipiduridae Range: Grey fantails are found throughout Australia and Tasmania, in New Zealand, New Guinea, the Solomon islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Size: These birds are 14-16 cm long and weigh 9 g. Habitat:…
Mirafra africanoides (Photo from Bird Forum) Common name: fawn-coloured lark (en); cotovia-cor-d’areia (pt); alouette fauve (fr); alondra leonada (es); steppenlerche (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Alaudidae Range: This African species is found in two distinct populations. The southern population is found from north-central South Africa to Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, marginally extending into Zambia…
Oreortyx pictus Common name: mountain quail (en); codorniz-da-montanha (pt); colin des montagne (fr); codorniz picta (es); bergwachtel (de) Taxonomy: Order Galliformes Family Odontophoridae Range: This species is found along the Pacific coast of North America, from Oregon to California, in the United States, and down to Baja California in Mexico. Size: Mountain quails are 26-28…
Campylorhamphus trochilirostris Common name: red-billed scythebill (en); arapaçu-beija-flor (pt); grimpar à bec rouge (fr); picoguadaña piquirrojo (es); rotrücken-sensenschnabel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Furnariidae Range: These South American birds are found from Panama and Venezuela, through Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and into western Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina. Size: This large woodcreeper is 24-28 cm…
Agelaius tricolor (Photo from Animal Photo Album) Common name: tricoloured blackbird (en); iratauá-tricolor (pt): carouge de Californie (fr); turpial capitán (es); dreifarbenstärling (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Icteridae Range: This species is found along the Pacific coast of North America, from southern Oregon to California and Nevada, in the United States, and into Baja California…
Hydrophasianus chirurgus Common name: pheasant-tailed jacana (en); jacana-rabilonga (pt); jacana à longue queue (fr); jacana colilarga(es); fasanblatthühnchen (de) Taxonomy: Order Charadriiformes Family Jacanidae Range: The pheasant-tailed jacana is found in southern and south-eastern Asia, including portions of Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Java, and the Philippines. Size: These birds are 28-31 cm long,…
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris Common name: eastern spinebill (en); melífago-oriental (pt); méliphage à bec grêle (fr); picoespina oriental (es); rotnacken-honigfresser (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Meliphagidae Range: This species is found in south-eastern Australia, east of the Great Dividing Range from Cooktown in Queensland to the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. They are also present throughout Tasmania….
Hirundo daurica Common name: red-rumped swallow (en); andorinha-dáurica (pt); hirondelle rousseline (fr); golondrina dáurica (es); rötelschwalbe (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Hirundinidae Range: This species is a common, but patchily distributed breeder in southern Europe, being found from Portugal and Spain, through France, Italy, the Balkans, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and into Turkey. They also breed…
