Sedge warbler

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Photo by Rinus Motmans (Flickr) Common name:sedge warbler (en); felosa-dos-juncos (pt); phragmite des joncs (fr); carricerín común (es); schilfrohrsänger (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Sylviidae Range:This species breeds throughout most of Europe and western Asia, as far south as northern Spain, northern Italy, Turkey and Kazakhstan, and as far east as central Siberia. They migrate…

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Wing-barred seedeater

Sporophila americana Photo by Michel Giraud-Audine (Flickr) Common name:wing-barred seedeater (en); coleiro-do-norte (pt); sporophile à ailes blanches (fr); espiguero chocoano (es); wechselpfäffchen (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:These birds are found in northern South America and Central America, from northern Brazil and Peru to southern Mexico.Size:The wing-barred seedeater is 11-12 m long and weighs 12-13 g.Habitat:They are mostly…

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Horus swift

Apus horus Photo by Mikael Nord (Praktejder) Common name:horus swift (en); andorinhão-horus (pt); martinet horus (fr); vencejo horus (es); horussegler (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily Apodidae Range:This species is patchily distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, with population in Nigeria, Chad, Sudan and Ethiopia, and through East Africa into their main stronghold in Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa. There are…

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Pacific-slope flycatcher

Empidonax difficilis Photo by Anay Tarnekar (Flickr) Common name:Pacific-slope flycatcher (en); papa-moscas-do-Pacífico (pt); moucherolle côtier (fr); mosquero del Pacífico (es); feuchtwald-schnäppertyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This species breeds along the Pacific coast of North America, from south-eastern Alaska down to Baja California. They migrate south to winter in southern and western Mexico.Size:These birds are 14-17 cm long…

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