Black redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros Photo by Henrique Pires (Flickr) Common name: black redstart (en); rabirruivo-preto (pt); rougequeue noir (fr); colirrojo tizón (es); hausrotschwanz (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Muscicapidae Range: This species is widespread in southern and central Europe, Asia and northern Africa, being found from Great Britain, southern Sweden and southern Russia, south to Morocco and…

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Little swift

Apus affinis Photo by Trevor Hardaker (Biodiversity Explorer) Common name: little swift (en); andorinhão-pequeno (pt); martinet des maisons (fr); vencejo moro (es); haussegler (de) Taxonomy: Order Apodiformes Family Apodidae Range: This species is found throughout most of sub-Saharian Africa, in north-west Africa and in scattered population across de Middle East, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India….

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Rufous scrub-bird

Atrichornis rufescens (Photo from Animal Picture Archive) Common name: rufous scrub-bird (en); pássaro-do-mato-ruivo (pt); atrichorne roux (fr); matorralero rojizo (es); rostbauch-dickichtvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Atrichornithidae Range: The rufous scrub-bird is endemic to eastern Australia, occurring in isolated populations in New South Wales and Queensland along the Gibraltar and Border Ranges, Barrington Tops, Hastings…

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Suiriri flycatcher

Suiriri suiriri Photo by Tadeusz Stawarczyk (Internet Bird Collection)  Common name: suiriri flycatcher (en); suiriri-cinzento (pt); tyranneau suiriri (fr); fiofío suirirí (es); graunscheitel-olivtyrann (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Tyrannidae Range: This South American species is found in south-western Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina. Size: These birds are 15-16 cm long and weigh 14-15…

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