Red-faced cisticola

Cisticola erythrops (Photo from Internet Bird Collection) Common name:red-faced cisticola (en); fuinha-de-faces-vermelhas (pt); cisticole à face rousse (fr); buitrón de cara roja (es); rotgesicht-cistensänger (de) Taxonomy: Order PasseriformesFamily CisticolidaeRange:This species is patchily distributed across sub-Saharan Africa, from Mauritania, across west and central Africa into Ethiopia and south to Angola in western Africa and south to…

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White-lined tanager

Tachyphonus rufus Photo by Louis des Tombe (Birds of Suriname) Common name:white-lined tanager (en); pipira-preta (pt); tangara à galons blancs (fr); frutero chocolatero (es); schwarztangare (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Thraupidae Range:This species is found from Costa Rica, through Colombia, Venezuela and the Guyanas and south to Peru, eastern Brazil and northern Argentina. They are also found in…

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Oriental white-eye

Zosterops palpebrosus Photo by Rajiv Lather (Birding in India and South Asia) Common name:oriental white-eye (en); olho-branco-oriental (pt); zostérops oriental (fr); anteojitos oriental (es); Ganges-brillenvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ZosteropidaeRange:This species is found in southern Asia, from Pakistan and India to southern China and south to southern Indonesia.Size:These birds are 8-11 cm long and weigh 8-10 g….

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Least seedsnipe

Thinocorus rumicivorus Photo by Rob Nagtegaal (PBase) Common name:least seedsnipe (en); agachadeira-mirim (pt); thinocore de Patagonie (fr); agachona chica (es); zwerghöhenläufer (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily ThinocoridaeRange:This species is found breeding along the pacific coast of South America, from Ecuador to central Chile, and in southern Chile and Argentina down to Tierra del Fuego. Some birds migrate north…

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