Bat hawk

Macheiramphus alcinus Photo by Gary Albert (Wikipedia) Common name: bat hawk (en); milhafre-morcegueiro (pt); milan des chauves-souris (fr); milano murcielaguero (es); fledermausaar (de) Taxonomy: Order Falconiformes Family Accipitridae Range: This species is found throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia and south through the D.R. Congo, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola down to South…

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White-banded tanager

Neothraupis fasciata (Photo from Tropical Birding) Common name: white-banded tanager (en); cigarra-do-campo (pt); tangara unifascié (fr); frutero de banda blanca (es); flügelbindentangare (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Thraupidae Range: This South American species is found in eastern Bolivia, north-eastern Paraguay and in southern and eastern Brazil from southern Maranhão and Piauí south to Minas Gerais…

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Chestnut bunting

Emberiza rutila Photo by Tim Edelsten (Birds Korea) Common name: chestnut bunting (en); escrevedeira-ferrugínea (pt); bruant roux (fr); semillerito castaño (es); rötelammer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Range: The chestnut bunting is found in eastern Asia, breeding in Siberia, northern Mongolia and north-eastern China, and migrating south to winter in in southern China, Indochina…

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Cardinal woodpecker

Dendropicos fuscescens (Photo from Internet Bird Collection) Common name: cardinal woodpecker (en); pica-pau-cardeal (pt); pic cardinal (fr); pito cardenal (es); kardinalspecht (de) Taxonomy: Order Piciformes Family Picidae Range: This African species is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, excluding dense equatorial lowland forest, all the way to South Africa. Size: Cardinal woodpeckers are 14-15 cm long and…

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