Grey-headed negrofinch

Nigrita canicapillus Photo by David Beadle (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:grey-headed negrofinch (en); negrinha-de-cabeça-cinzenta (pt); nigrette à calotte grise (fr); negrita canosa (es); graunackenschwärzling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EstrildidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from Guinea eastwards to southern Nigeria and Cameroon, east to Uganda and Kenya and southwards into northern Tanzania, D.R. Congo and northern…

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Gambel's quail

Callipepla gambelii Photo by John Mosesso (Wikipedia) Common name:Gambel’s quail (en); colim-de-elmo (pt); colin de Gambel (fr); colín de Gambel (es); helmwachtel (de)Taxonomy:Order GalliformesFamily OdontophoridaeRange:This species is found in the western United States and north-western Mexico, from southern Nevada and Utah, through Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas, and into Sonora and Sinaloa along the…

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Long-tailed rosefinch

Uragus sibiricus Photo by M. Nishimura (Wikipedia) Common name:long-tailed rosefinch (en); peito-rosado-rabilongo (pt); roselin à longue queue (fr); camachuelo colilargo (es); meisengimpel (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Fringillidae Range:This species breeds in two separate regions of Asia, one from southern Siberia southwards into northern Mongolia and eastwards into south-eastern Russia and northern Japan, the other region is…

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Whiskered auklet

Aethia pygmaea (Photo from Astronomy to Zoology) Common name:whiskered auklet (en); mérgulo-de-bigode (pt); starique pygmée (fr); mérgulo bigotudo (es); bartalk (de) Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily Alcidae Range:This species is found in the northern Pacific, with colonies in the north-eastern Sea of Okhotsk and the Commander Islands, south to the Kuril islands, and throughout the eastern Aleutians as…

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