Red-bellied parrot

Poicephalus rufiventris Common name: red-bellied parrot (en); papagaio-de-ventre-vermelho (pt); perroquet à ventre rouge (fr); lorito ventrirrojo (es); rotbauchpapagei (de) Taxonomy: Order Psittaciformes Family Psittacidae Range: This African parrot is found in the savannas of eastern Africa, in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania. Size: This small parrot is 22-23 cm long and weighs 130-170 g. Habitat:…

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Yellow-browed bunting

Emberiza chrysophrys Common name: yellow-browed bunting (en); escrevedeira-de-sobrolho-amarelo (pt); bruant à sourcils jaune (fr); escribano de cejas amarillas (es); gelbbrauenammer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Range: This Asian species breeds in eastern and southern Siberia and winters in central and southern China. Size: The yellow-browed bunting is 13-14 cm long and has a wingspan…

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Yellow warbler

Dendroica petechia Common name: yellow warbler (en); mariquita-amarela (pt); paruline jaune (fr); canario del manglar (es); gold-waldsänger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Parulidae Range: These birds breed throughout much of North America, including Alaska, northern Canada, and the northern 2/3 of the United States. They migrate south to winter in southern California, southern Florida, and…

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Eurasian nightjar

Caprimulgus europaeus Common name: Eurasian nightjat (en); noitibó-da-Europa (pt); engoulevent d’Europe (fr); chotacabras gris (es); ziegenmelker (de) Taxonomy: Order Caprimulgiformes Family Caprimulgidae Range: These birds breed throughout Europe, with the exception of Iceland, northern Scotland and northern Scandinavia. Then, through Turkey, southern Russia and the Caucasus, into Iraq and Iran, and all the way to…

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Red-whiskered bulbul

Pycnonotus jocosus Common name: red-whiskered bulbul (en); tuta-de-faces-vermelhas (pt); bulbul orphée (fr); bulbul orfeo (es); rotohrbülbül (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Pycnonotidae Range: These birds are native to south-east Asia, from Pakistan and India to China. They have been introduced to several countries including Australia, the United States and several Asian nations outside their native…

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Great kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus Common name: great kiskadee (en); bem-te-vi (pt); tyran quiquivi (fr); bienteveo (es); schwefeltyrann (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Tyrannidae Range: These birds are found from the southern-most United States, in Texas and Louisiana, through Central America and across South America down to Uruguay and central Argentina. They are also found in Trinidad and…

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White ibis

Eudocimus albus Common name: white ibis (en); ibis-branco (pt); ibis blanc (fr); ibis blanco (es); schneesichler (de) Taxonomy: Order Ciconiiformes Family Threskiornithidae Range: The white ibis breeds from the United States, along the coastal region of Virginia, south and west to Louisiana, including inland South Carolina through Florida, and along the entire coast of Mexico,…

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Pin-tailed whydah

Vidua macroura Common name: pin-tailed whydah (en); viuvinha (pt); veuve dominicaine (fr); viuda colicinta (es); dominikanerwitwe (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Viduidae Range: These birds occur across sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia and south to southern Africa, where they are common across Zimbabwe, South Africa, patches of Mozambique and northern and eastern Botswana, while…

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