Red-tailed black-cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus banksii Photo by Peter Strauss (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:red-tailed black-cockatoo (en);cacatua-negra-de-cauda-vermelha (pt); cacatoès banksien (fr); cacatúa colirroja (es); Banks-rabenkakadu (de)Taxonomy:Order PsittaciformesFamily CacatuidaeRange:This species is endemic to Australia. They are found in northern Australia from northern Western Australia to northern New South Wales, in south-western Victoria and south-eastern South Australia, and in south-western Western…

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Cape rock-thrush

Monticola rupestris Photo by Derek Keats (Wikipedia) Common name:Cape rock-thrush (en); melro-das-rochas-do-Cabo (pt); monticole rocar (fr); roquero de El Cabo (es); klippenrötel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TurdidaeRange:This species is found in southern and eastern South Africa, including Lesotho and Swaziland, and marginally into south-eastern Botswana and south-western Mozambique.Size:These birds are 21-22 cm long and weigh 60-64 g.Habitat:The…

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African scops-owl

Otus senegalensis Photo by Ruslou Koorts (Flickr) Common name:African scops-owl (en); mocho-d’orelhas-africano (pt); petit-duc africain (fr); autillo africano (es); Afrika-zwergohreule (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania east to Eritrea and south to Namibia, Botswana, and northern and eastern South Africa. They are absent from the tropical forests of the…

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Black-capped white-eye

Zosterops atricapilla Photo by Lip Kee Yap (Wikipedia) Common name:black-capped white-eye (en); olho-branco-de-barrete-preto (pt); zostérops à calotte noire (fr); anteojitos capirotado (es); schwarzstirn-brillenvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Zosteropidae Range:This species is found along the mountains of western Sumatra and in central and north-eastern Borneo, both in Indonesia and Malaysia.Size:These birds are 9,5-10 cm long and weigh 8,5-11…

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Rufous-backed Inca-finch

Incaspiza personata Photo by Jacques Erard (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:rufous-backed Inca-finch (en); escrevedeira-inca-de-dorso-ruivo (pt); chipiu costumé (fr); semillero inca de lomo rufo (es); schwarzstirnammer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EmberizidaeRange:This species is endemic to north-western Peru, being found from southern Cajamarca south to western Huanaco.Size:These birds are 16,5-18 cm long and weigh 30-33 g.Habitat:The rufous-backed Inca-finch is…

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Common poorwill

Phalaenoptilus nuttallii Photo by Don Doolittle (Debi Shearwater’s Journeys) Common name:common poorwill (en); noitibó-de-Nuttall (pt); engoulevent de Nuttall (fr); chotacabras pachacua (es); winternachtschwalbe (de)Taxonomy:Order CaprimulgidaeFamily CaprimulgidaeRange:This species is found in western North America, from southern British Columbia and southern Saskatchewan in Canada, across the western United States and into north-western Mexico as far south as…

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Rail-babbler

Eupetes macrocerus (Photo from Astronomy to Zoology) Common name:rail-babbler (en); tordo-de-cauda-comprida (pt); eupète à longue queue (fr); zordala colilarga (es); rallenflöter (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CinclosomatidaeRange:This species has two disjunct subspecies, E.m. macrocerus is found in southern Thailand, peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra, while E.m. borneensis is only found in the island of Borneo.Size:These birds are 28-30 cm…

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Olive woodpecker

Dendropicos griseocephalus Photo by Graham Searll (Bird Photos) Common name:olive woodpecker (en); pica-pau-de-cabeça-cinzenta (pt); pic olive (fr); pito oliváceo (es); goldrückenspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species occurs in two disjunct areas in Africa. They are found from Angola, east through southern D.R. Congo and Zambia, and into Tanzania and southern Uganda. Also from southern Mozambique and…

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