Birds

White-whiskered spinetail

Synallaxis candei Photo by Martin Reid (Martin Reid Birds, Bugs and Beyond…) Common name:white-whiskered spinetail (en); joão-teneném-de-bigodes (pt); synallaxe à moustaches (fr); pijuí barbiblanco (es); weißbart-dickichtschlüpfer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FurnariidaeRange:This species is found in north-eastern Colombia and north-western Venezuela.Size:These birds are 15-17 cm long and weigh 14-16 g.Habitat:The white-whiskered spinetail is mostly found in dry, deciduous…

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African cuckoo-hawk

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Aviceda cuculoides (Photo from Planet of Birds) Common name:African cuckoo-hawk (en); falcão-cuco-africano (pt); baza coucou (fr); baza africano (es); kuckucksweih (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal east to Ethiopia and south to Angola, northern Botswana, Mozambique and eastern South Africa.Size:These birds are 38-43 cm long and have a wingspan of…

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White-tailed crested-flycatcher

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Elminia albonotata Photo by André Wiertz (Oiseaux) Common name:white-tailed crested-flycatcher (en); papa-moscas-de-cauda-branca (pt); elminie à queue frangée (fr); elminia coliblanca (es); berghaubenschnäpper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MonarchidaeRange:This species is found in East Africa, from Kenya, Uganda and eastern D.R. Congo south to eastern Zimbabwe and central Mozambique.Size:These birds are 13-15 cm long and weigh about 5-11 g.Habitat:The…

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Speckle-chested piculet

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Picumnus steidachneri Photo by Gerard Gorman (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:speckle-chested piculet (en); pica-pau-anão-malhado (pt); picumne perlé (fr); carpinterito perlado (es); perlenbrust-zwergspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is endemic to Peru, only being found in the central Huallaga valley and very locally in the Utcubamba valley in the Andes of north-western San Martín, in the north…

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Tamarugo conebill

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Conirostrum tamarugense Photo by Gonzalo Gonzalez (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:tamarugo conebill (en); figuinha-do-tamarugo (pt); conirostre des tamarugos (fr); comesebo de los tamarugales (es); rotstirn-spitzschnabel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:This species is only found breeding in a few locations within Pampa del Tamarugal, in northern Chile. They migrate north to winter other parts of northern Chile and…

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Yellow-bellied tyrannulet

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Ornithion semiflavum Photo by Nick Athanas (Antpitta) Common name:yellow-bellied tyrannulet (en); poiaeiro-de-barriga-amarela (pt); tyranneau à ventre jaune (fr); mosquerito ventriamarillo (es); gelbbauch-kleintyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This species is found from southern Mexico to western Panama.Size:These birds are 8 cm long and weigh 7-8 g.Habitat:The yellow-bellied is mostly found in moist tropical forests, also using forest edges,…

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Racket-tailed coquette

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Discosura longicaudus Photo by Robson Czaban (Beija-flores) Common name:racket-tailed coquette (en); bandeirinha (pt); coquette à raquettes (fr); rabudito de raquetas (es); diskuselfe (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:This South American species is found in two disjunct areas, one from southern Venezuela and the Guyanas south to the Amazon river, and another along the coast of eastern Brazil, from…

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White-tailed shrike

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Lanioturdus torquatus Photo by Paul Bourdin (A Birder in the Philippines) Common name:white-tailed shrike (en); picanço-palrador (pt); lanielle à queue blanche (fr); laniotordo (es); drosselwürger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PlatysteiridaeRange:This African species is found in south-western Angola and in north-western and central Namibia.Size:These birds are 14-15 cm long and weigh 25-45 g.Habitat:The white-tailed shrike is mostly found…

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