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Pinarornis plumosus Photo by Adam Riley (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:boulder chat (en); chasco-das-rochas (pt); rochassier des éboulis (fr); zorzal roquero (es); steindroßling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This species is found in eastern Botswana, Zimbabwe, marginally into western Mozambique and north to south-eastern Zambia and southern Malawi.Size:These birds are 23-27 cm long and weigh around 65 g.Habitat:The…
Melophus lathami Photo by Sharad Agrawal (India Nature Watch) Common name:crested bunting (en); escrevedeira-de-poupa (pt); bruant huppé (fr); escribano crestado (es); haubenammer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EmberizidaeRange:This species is found from southern China, northern Vietnam, northern Laos and north-western Thailand, west to Nepal, central and north-western India, and northern Pakistan.Size:These birds are 16 cm long and weigh…
Glaucidium gnoma Photo by Anne Elliott (Flickr) Common name:northern pygmy-owl (en); coruja-anã-nortenha (pt); chevêchette naine (fr); mochuelo gnomo (es); gnomenkauz (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:This species is found in western North America, from south-eastern Alaska, British Columbia and Alberta south to Utah and southern California.Size:These bird are 17-19 cm long and weigh 60-75 g.Habitat:The northern pygmy-owl is…
Iole indica (Photo from Canopy) Common name:yellow-browed bulbul (en); tuta-de-sobrolho-dourado (pt); bulbul à sourcils d’or (fr); bulbul cejiamarillo (es); goldbrauenbülbül (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PycnonotidaeRange:This species is found along the south-western coast of India, from Maharashtra to Kerala, and also further east in Andhra Pradesh, and in Sri Lanka.Size:These birds are 20 cm long and weigh 27-34…
Dicrurus waldenii Photo by Roger le Guen (Flickr) Common name:Mayotte drongo (en); drongo-de-Mayotte (pt); drongo de Mayotte (fr); drongo de la Mayotte (es); Mayottedrongo (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily DicruridaeRange:This species is endemic to the island of Mayotte in the Comoro island group, noth of Madagascar. There it occurs sparsely and locally, especially in the northern and western…
Nettapus pulchellus Photo by Tony Ashton (Tyto Tony) Common name:green pygmy-goose (en); ganso-anão-australiano (pt); anserelle élégante (fr); gansito-australiano (es); Australische zwergente (de) Taxonomy:Order AnseriformesFamily Anatidae Range:This species is found in northern and eastern Australia and in southern New Guinea. Also in the Lesser Sundas, Moluccas and Sulawesi, but possibly only outside the breeding season.Size:These birds…
Illadopsis puveli Photo by Krzysztof Blachowiak (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Puvel’s illadopsis (en); falso-tordo-de-Cacine (pt); akalat de Puvel (fr); tordina de Puvel (es); großfuß-buschdrossling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This African species is patchily distributed, with two disjunct subspecies. I.p. puveli is found is West Africa, from Senegal to Togo, while I.p. strenuipes occurs in a few patches…
Psittacula eupatria Photo by Michael Schmolz (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Alexandrine parakeet (en); piriquito-de-Alexandre (pt); perruche alexandre (fr); cotorra alejandrina (es); Alexandersittich (de)Taxonomy:Order PsittaciformesFamily PsittacidaeRange:This species is found from Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, through India and Nepal and into Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, southern Laos, Cambodia and southern Vietnam.Size:These birds are 50-62 cm long and weigh…
