Visayan hornbill

Penelopides panini Photo by Lorenzo Vinciguerra (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Visayan hornbill (en); calau-de-Visayan (pt); calao tarictic (fr); cálao chico de Panay (es); Visayan-tariktikhornvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order CoraciiformesFamily BucerotidaeRange:This species is endemic to the Philippines, where it is found in Panay, including the offshore islands of Sicogon and Pan de Azucar, Guimaras, Negros, Masbate and Ticao.Size:These small…

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Black-billed shrike-tyrant

Agriornis montanus Photo by Diego Ferrer (Los Que Se Van) Common name:black-billed shrike-tyrant (en); gaúcho-de-bico-preto (pt); gaucho à bec noir (fr); gaucho serrano (es); schwarzschnabel-hakentyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This species is found along the Andes, from southern Colombia south to central Chile and southern Argentina, and also in other highland areas of central and southern Argentina.Size:These…

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Yellow-rumped flowerpecker

Prionochilus xanthopygius Photo by James Eaton (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:yellow-rumped flowerpecker (en); pica-flores-de-uropígio-amarelo (pt); dicée à croupion jaune (fr); picaflores culigualdo (es); gelbbürzel-mistelfresser (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily DicaeidaeRange:This species is only found in northern Borneo and in North Natuna island in the Riau Islands.Size:These birds are 9 cm long and weigh 6,5-8,5 g.Habitat:The yellow-rumped flowerpecker is…

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Ivory gull

Pagophila eburnea (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name:ivory gull (en); gaivota-marfim (pt); mouette blanche (fr); gaviota marfileña (es); elfenbeinmöwe (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily LaridaeRange:This species has a circumpolar distribution in the high-Arctic, being found as far south as the Bearing Strait, Alaska and northern Canada, northern Iceland, northern Scandinavia and northern Russia.Size:These birds are 40-48 cm long and…

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Black antbird

Cercomacra serva Photo by Anselmo d’Affonseca (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:black antbird (en); chororó-preto (pt); grisin noir (fr); hormiguero negro (es); südlicher trauerameisenfänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThamnophilidaeRange:This species is found from southern Colombia and eastern Ecuador, through eastern Peru and into north-western Bolivia and extreme western Brazil.Size:These birds are 13,5-14,5 cm long and weigh 15-17 g.Habitat:The…

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Three-striped warbler

Basileuterus tristriatus Photo by R.S. Scanlon (Mango Verde) Common name:three-striped warbler (en); pula-pula-de-cabeça-listada (pt); paruline triligne (fr); reinita cabecilistada (es); dreistreifen-waldsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ParulidaeRange:This species is found in Costa Rica, Panama and northern Colombia and Venezuela, and along the Andes from western Colombia down to central Bolivia.Size:These birds are 13 cm long and weigh 10-13…

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Coscoroba swan

Coscoroba coscoroba Photo by Cláudio Timm (Flickr) Common name:coscoroba swan (en); capororoca (pt); coscoroba blanc (fr); cisne coscoroba (es); coscorobaschwan (de)Taxonomy:Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeRange:This species breeds throughout most of Argentina, south-eastern Chile and in the Falklands. The more southern population from Argentina and Chile migrate north to winter along the central coast of Chile, and in…

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Karoo prinia

Prinia maculosa Photo by Martin Flack (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Karoo prinia (en); fuinha-malhada (pt); prinia du Karoo (fr); prinia del Karoo (es); fleckenprinie (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CisticolidaeRange:This species is found in South Africa, as far north as Lesotho and Bloemfontein, and into Namibia.Size:These birds are 12-15 cm long and weigh 7-11 g.Habitat:The Karoo prinia is…

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