Wallcreeper

Thicodroma muraria Common name: wallcreeper (en); trepadeira-dos-muros (pt); tichodrome échelette (fr); treparriscos (es);mauerläufer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Thicodromadidae Range: These birds are found from south-west Europe, along southern France, Italy and the Balkans, and into eastern Europe and Turkey. Then, they occur in the Caucasus and northern Iran, along northern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan and…

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Black-backed fruit-dove

Ptilinopus cinctus Common name: black-backed fruit-dove (en); pombo-da-fruta-de-dorso-negro (pt); ptilope à ceinture (fr); tilopo dorsinegro (es); weißkopf-flaumfußtaube (de) Taxonomy: Order Columbiformes Family Columbidae Range: This species is found in Indonesia, in Bali, Lombik, Sumbawa, Flores, Pantar and Alor, in East Timor and in western Australia. Size: This large pigeon is 38–44 cm long and weighs…

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Riverside wren

Cantorchilus semibadius Common name: riverside wren (en); carriça-ribeirinha (pt); troglodyte des ruisseaux (fr); cucarachero ribereño (es); uferzaunkönig (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Troglodytidae Range: This American species in only found in Panama and southern Costa Rica. Size: The riverside wren in 13-14 cm long and a wingspan of 26-30 cm. They weigh 18-22 g. Habitat:…

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Northern parula

Parula americana Common name: northern parula (en); mariquita-azul (pt); paruline à collier (fr); parula norteña (es); meisenwaldsänger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Parulidae Range: This species breeds in south-east Canada and across the westerbn half of the United States. They winter further south, in Florida, southern Mexico and the Caribbean. Size: This small songbird is…

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Northern pintail

Anas acuta Common name: northern pintail (en); arrabio (pt); canard pilet (fr); pato rabudo (es); spießente (de) Taxonomy: Order Anseriformes Family Anatidae Range: This cosmopolitan species breeds from Alaska and the central Canadian Arctic across Greenland, Iceland and Scandinavia to Kamchatka, in Russia, and south to the western and central United States, the United Kingdom,…

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King bird-of-paradise

Cicinnurus regius Common name: king bird-of-paradise (en); ave-do-paraíso-real (pt); paradisier royal (fr); ave-del-paraíso real (es); königs-paradiesvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Paradisaeidae Range: This species in found throughout lowland Papua-New Guinea and in the surrounding islands of Aru, Missol, Salawati, and Yapen. Size: The king bird-of-paradise is 16-19 cm long, but males reach 31 cm…

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Greater roadrunner

Geococcyx californianus Common name: greater roadrunner (en); papa-léguas (pt); grand géocoucou (fr); correcaminos (es); wegekuckuck (de) Taxonomy: Order Cuculiformes Family Cuculidae Range: The greater roadrunner is found in the south-east of the United States, from Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas to California, and in northern Mexico. Size: These bird are 52-56 cm long and have a…

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Seychelles paradise-flycatcher

Terpsiphone corvina Common name: Seychelles paradise-flycatcher (en); monarca-das-Seychelles (pt); tchitrec des Seychelles (fr); monarca-colilargo de las Seychelles (es); Seychellen-paradiesschnäpper (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Monarchidae Range: This species is endemic to the Seychelles archipelago, being mostly found in La Digue, but also in Marianne, Praslin and Félicité. Size: The males are considerably longer than females…

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