Short-clawed lark

Certhilauda chuana Photo by Trevor Hardaker (Trevor and Margareth Hardaker) Common name: short-clawed lark (en); cotovia-d’unhas-curtas (pt); alouette à ongles courts (fr); alondra chuana (es); akazien-langschnabellerche (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Alaudidae Range: This African species is only found in south-eastern Botswana and north-eastern South Africa. Size: These birds are 14-17 cm long and weigh…

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Plain xenops

Xenops minutus Photo by Mike Danzenbaker (Mike Dazenbaker’s Bird Photography) Common name: plain xenops (en); bico-virado-miúdo (pt); sittine brune (fr); picolezna menudo (es); braunbauch-baumspäher (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Furnariidae Range: The plain xenops is found from southern Mexico south to western Ecuador, northeastern Argentina and central Brazil. Size: These birds are 11-12,5 cm long…

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Pacific golden plover

Pluvialis fulva (Photo from Birding in Taiwan) Common name: Pacific golden plover (en); tarambola-dourada-siberiana (pt); pluvier fauve (fr); chorlito dorado siberiano (es); Sibirische goldregenpfeifer (de) Taxonomy: Order Charadriiformes Family Charadriidae Range: These birds breed in the Arctic, both in northern and north-eastern Russia and in western Alaska. They migrate south to winter along the coasts…

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Brown treecreeper

Climacteris picumnus (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name: brown treecreeper (en); trepadeira-austral-castanha (pt); échelet brun (fr); corretroncos pardo (es); braunbaumrutscher (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Climacteridae Range: This Australian species is found across eastern Australia, from northern Queensland south to Victoria and eastern South Australia. Size: This large treecreeper is 16-18 cm long and weighs 26-33…

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