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Alopecoenas rubescens Photo by Josep del Hoyo (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Marquesan ground-dove (en); pombo-perdiz-das-Marquesas (pt); gallicolombe des Marquises (fr); paloma-perdiz de las Marquesas (es); Marquesen-erdtaube (de)Taxonomy:Order ColumbiformesFamily ColumbidaeRange:This species is endemic to the Marquesas islands, in French Polynesia, only occurring on the uninhabited, cat-free islets of Hatuta’a and Fatu Huku.Size:These birds are 20 cm…
Montifringilla taczanowskii (Photo from Zoochat) Common name:white-rumped snowfinch (en); pardal-das-neves-de-Taczanowski (pt); niverolle de Taczanowski (fr); gorrión de Taczanowski (es); weißbürzel-erdsperling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PasseridaeRange:This species is found from Tibet, northern Nepal and extreme northern India into central and northern China as far as Inner Mongolia and Ningxia.Size:These birds are 17-17,5 cm long and weigh 30-55 g.Habitat:The…
Sicalis flaveola Photo by Claudio Marcio (Flickr) Common name:saffron finch (en); canário-da-terra-verdadeiro (pt); sicale bouton-d’or (fr); chirigüe azafranado (es); safranammer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EmberizidaeRange:This species occur in three disjunct areas in South America. The subspecies S.f. flaveola is found in Colombia, northern Venezuela and along coastal areas of the Guianas and Trinidad. S. f. valida in…
Melanoptila glabrirostris (Photo from Flickr) Common name:black catbird (en); sabiá-preto (pt); moqueur noir (fr); maullador negro (es); glanzkatzenvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MimidaeRange:This species is found on the Yucatán Peninsula, in south-eastern Mexico, northern Belize and northern Guatemala.Size:These birds are 19-20,5 cm long and weigh 32-42 g.Habitat:The black catbird is mostly found in dry scrublands and humid…
