Variegated antpitta

Grallaria varia Photo by Dario Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name: variegated antpitta (en); tovacuçu-malhado (pt); grallaire roi (fr); tororoí pintado (es); große bartameisenpitta (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Formicariidae Range: This South American species is found in Argentina, Brazil, the Guyanas, Paraguay, Suriname, eastern Venezuela and Peru. Size: These birds are 21 cm long and weigh…

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African finfoot

Podica senegalensis Photo by Ian Fulton (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: African finfoot (en); pés-de-barbatana (pt); grébifoulque d’Afrique (fr); avesol africano (es); binsenralle (de) Taxonomy: Order Gruiformes Family Heliornithidae Range: This species is found across much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to western Ethiopia and south through D.R. Congo, Angola, Zimbabwe, central Mozambique and into…

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Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla Photo by Andy Bright (Mango Verde) Common name: blackcap (en); toutinegra-de-barrete-preto (pt); fauvette à tête noire (fr); curruca capirotada (es); mönchsgrasmücke (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Sylviidae Range: These birds are found breeding from western Europe to south-western Siberia, and south to the Mediterranean, Turkey and south-western Russia. It also occurs on islands…

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Fairy pitta

Pitta nympha (Photo from Best Bird Photos) Common name: fairy pitta (en); pita-ninfa (pt); brève migratice (fr); pita ninfa (es); nymphenpitta (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Pittidae Range: This Asian species breeds in Japan, South Korea, south-eastern China and Taiwan and migrates south to winter in Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia. Size: Faity pittas are 16-19,5…

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