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Capito niger Photo by João Quental (Flickr) Common name: black-spotted barbet (en); capitão-de-bigode-carijó (pt); cabézon tacheté (fr); capitán turero (es); tupfenbartvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Piciformes Family Capitonidae Range: This South American species is found from western Colombia, through Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and east to northern Brazil. Size: These birds are 18-19 cm…
Ptyonoprogne rupestris Photo by Ahmet Karatash (Trek Nature) Common name: Eurasian crag martin (en); andorinha-das-rochas (pt); hirondelle de rochers (fr); avión roquero (es); felsenschwalbe (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Hirundinidae Range: This species is found from the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco, along the Mediterranean coasts, and through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan all the way…
Epthianura tricolor (Photo from Animal Picture Archive) Common name: crimson chat (en); eptianuro-escarlate (pt); epthianure tricolore (fr); eptianuro tricolor (es); scharlachtrugschmätzer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Epthianuridae Range: This species is endemic to Australia, being found throughout the inland, western, and southern coasts of Australia, and occasionally in south-eastern and eastern Australia. Size: The crimson chat…
Ceryle alcyon (Photo from The Nevis Biodiversity Project) Common name: belted kingfisher (en); guarda-rios-americano (pt); martin-pêcheur d’Amerique (fr); martín gigante norteamericano (es); gürtelfischer (de) Taxonomy: Order Coraciiformes Family Alcedinidae Range: This species is found breeding throughout North America. The northern population migrate south to winter in the southernmost United States, in Mexico, Central America and…
