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Pogoniulus chrysoconus Photo by Ian White (Flickr) Common name:yellow-fronted tinkerbird (en); barbadinho-de-testa-amarela (pt); barbion à front jaune (fr); barbudito frentigualdo (es); gelbstirn-bartvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily CapitonidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to southern Sudan and Ethiopia and south to northern Namibia and north-eastern South Africa. They are mostly absent from the Congo river…
Casuarius bennetti (Photo from Zoo Institutes) Common name:dwarf cassowary (en); casuar-pequeno (pt); casoar de Bennett (fr); casuario menor (es); Bennettkasuar (de) Taxonomy:Order StruthioniformesFamily CasuariidaeRange:These birds are endemic to the island of New Guinea, both in Indonesia and Papua-New Ginea. They are also present in the surrounding small islands of New Britain, Ceram and Japen. Size:The…
Ortygospiza atricollis Photo by Steve Garvie (Wikipedia) Common name:quailfinch (en); bico-de-lacre-codorniz (pt); astrild-caille à face noir (fr); pinzón codorniz (es); wachtelastrild (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EstrildidaeRange:This species is patchily distributed across sub-Saharan Africa, from Mauritania to Ethiopia and south to South Africa.Size:These birds are 9-10 cm long and weigh around 11 g.Habitat:The quailfinch is found in short,…
Cuculus canorus Photo by Chris Romeiks (Vogelart) Common name:common cuckoo (en); cuco-canoro (pt); coucou gris (fr); cuco común (es); kuckuck (de) Taxonomy:Order CuculiformesFamily CuculidaeRange: This species is found breeding throughout Europe, with the exception of Iceland, and in most of northern and central Asia as far east as Japan and as far south as Iran,…
