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Motacilla aguimp Photo by Ken Havard (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:African pied wagtail (en); alvéola-preta-e-branca (pt); bergeronnette pie (fr); lavandera africana (es); witwenstelze (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MotacillidaeRange:This species is found throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa, from Guinea to Ethiopia and south to South Africa, as well as along the Nile valley north to southern Egypt. They…
Chalcostigma olivaceum Photo by Steve Arlow (Neotropical Birds) Common name:olivaceous thornbill (en); colibri-oliváceo (pt); métallure olivâtre (fr); colibrí oliváceo (es); braunes glanzschwänzchen (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:This species is patchily distributed along the high Andes of southern Peru and northern Bolivia, from the Cordillera Blanca south to La Paz.Size:These birds are 12-15 cm long and weigh 6,5-9…
Catherpes mexicanus Photo by Waldemar Sikorski (Photography on the Net) Common name:canyon wren (en); carriça-dos-desfiladeiros (pt); troglodyte des canyons (fr); cucarachero barranquero (es); schluchtenzaunkönig (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TroglodytidaeRange:This species is western North America, from British Columbia to Minnesota and South Dakota and south to Mexico as far as Chiapas.Size:These birds are 11-15 cm long and have…
Malia grata Photo by Rob Hutchinson (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:malia (en); malia (pt); malia des Célèbes (fr); timalí malia (es); mooswaldtimalie (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This species indemic to the island of Sulawesi, in Indonesia, being restricted to the mountain forests located inland.Size:These birds are 28-29 cm long.Habitat:The malia is only found in primary mountain rainforests,…
Glossopsitta concinna Photo by Doug Janson (Wikipedia) Common name:musk lorikeet (en); lóri-almiscarado (pt); lori à bandeau rouge (fr); lori almizclero (es); moschuslori (de)Taxonomy:Order PsittaciformesFamily PsittacidaeRange:This species is endemic to south-eastern Australia, being found from south-eastern Queensland to Victoria and south-eastern South Australia. It also occurs in Tasmania.Size:These birds are 20-23 cm long and weigh 50-90…
Cisticola brachypterus Photo by David Beadle (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:siffling cisticola (en); fuinha-de-asa-curta (pt); cisticole à ailes courtes (fr); cistícola alicorto (es); kurzflügel-zistensänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CisticolidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia and south to Angola, Zambia and southern Mozambique. They are mostly absent from the Congo river basin.Size:These birds…
Phaenicophaeus curvirostris Photo by Lip Kee Yap (Wikipedia) Common name:chestnut-breasted malkoha (en); malcoa-de-peito-castanho (pt); malcoha rouverdin (fr); malcoha pechicastaño (es); schimmerkuckuck (de)Taxonomy:Order CuculiformesFamily CuculidaeRange:This species is found from southern Thailand and Myanmar, through peninsular Malaysia and into Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali in Indonesia, and Palawan in the Philippines.Size:These birds are 42-49 cm long and…
Leptasthenura striolata Photo by Eduardo Patrial (Flickr) Common name:striolated tit-spinetail (en); grimpeirinho (pt); synallaxe striolé (fr); tijeral brasileño (es); Isabellstreifen-meisenschlüpfer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FurnariidaeRange:This species is endemic to southern Brazil, being found from Paraná to Rio Grande do Sul.Size:These birds are 13-16 cm long and weigh 10-11 g.Habitat:The striolated tit-spinetail is mostly found in temperate forests,…
