Long-wattled umbrellabird

Cephalopterus penduliger (Photo from Flickr) Common name: long-wattled umbrellabird (en); anambé-papudo (pt); coracine casquée (fr); paragüero corbatudo (es); langlappen-schirmvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Cotingidae Range: This South American species is only found in the Pacific slopes and adjacent lowlands of south-west Colombia and western Ecuador. Size: These birds are 38-51 cm long and have…

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Black-headed ibis

Threskiornis melanocephalus Photo by J.M. Garg (Wikipedia) Common name: black-headed ibis (en); ibis-de-cabeça-preta (pt); ibis à tête noire (fr); ibis cabecinegro (es); schwarzkopfibis (de) Taxonomy: Order Ciconiiformes Family Threskiornithidae Range: This Asian species is found from Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, through Bangladesh and Myanmar down to Indonesia, and along the Philippines and China all…

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Western tanager

Piranga ludoviciana Photo by Juan Carlos Marín (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: western tanager (en); saíra-ocidental (pt); tangara à tête rouge (fr); tángara capucha roja (es); kieferntangare (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Thraupidae Range: This species breeds across western North America, from Alaska down to the southern United States. They migrate south to winter in…

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Common greenshank

Tringa nebularia Photo by Rajiv Lather (Birding in India and South Asia) Common name: common greenshank (en); perna-verde-comum (pt); chevalier aboyeur (fr); archibebe claro (es); grünschenkel (de) Taxonomy: Order Charadriiformes Family Scolopacidae Range: These birds breed from from Scotland and Scandinavia, eatwards along the tundra and taiga areas of Siberia all the way to Kamchatka….

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