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Arenaria interpres (Photo from Purple “O” Purple) Common name: ruddy turnstone (en); rola-do-mar (pt); tournepierre à collier (fr); vuelvepiedras común (es); steinwälzer (de) Taxonomy: Order Charadriiformes Family Scolopacidae Range: Ruddy turnstones breed in the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere, from Alaska, through the Canadian Arctic and Greenland, and into Scandinavia and northern Russia. They…
Bubalornis niger Photo by Ian White (Flickr) Common name: red-billed buffalo-weaver (en); tecelão-de-bico-vermelho (pt); alecto à bec rouge (fr); bufalero piquirrojo (es); büffelweber (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Ploceidae Range: This African species occurs in two separate areas in sub-Saharan Africa. One population extends from Somalia and Ethiopia through to Tanzania and the other from…
Daphoenositta chrysoptera Photo by Julian Robinson (Oz Animals) Common name: varied sitella (en); trepadeira-austral-variável (pt); néositte variée (fr); neosita variable (es); spiegelkleiber (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Neosittidae Range: The varied sitella is widespread in mainland Australia and also found in Papua-New Guinea. Size: These birds are 10-14 cm long and weigh 13 g. Habitat:…
Coccyzus americanus (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name: yellow-billed cuckoo (en); papa-lagarta-de-asa-vermelha (pt); coulicoi à bec jaune (fr); cuclillo piquigualdo (es); gelbschnabelkuckuck (de) Taxonomy: Order Cuculiformes Family Cuculidae Range: These birds are found breeding throughout most of the United States, in south-eastern Canada, northern Mexico and the Greater Antilles. They migrate south to winter in South…
