Hispaniolan woodpecker

Melanerpes striatus Photo by Alef Castellanos (Flickr) Common name: Hispaniolan woodpecker (en); pica-pau-de-Hispaniola (pt); pic d’Hispaniola (fr); carpintero de Hispaniola (es); Haitispecht (de) Taxonomy: Order Piciformes Family Picidae Range: This species is endemic to the island of Hispaniola, in the Caribbean, being found in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Size: The Hispaniolan woodpecker is…

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Andean cock-of-the-rock

Rupicola peruvianus Photo by Garry Bakker (PBase) Common name: Andean cock-of-the-rock (en); galo-das-rochas-dos-Andes (pt); coq-de-roche péruvien (fr); gallito de las rocas (es); Andenklippenvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Cotingidae Range: This species is found in the Andean slopes of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Size: These birds are 30-32 cm long and weigh 230-250…

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Eastern whipbird

Psophodes olivaceus (Photo from Flickr) Common name: eastern whipbird (en); pássaro-chicote-oriental (pt); psophode à tête noire (fr); zordala crestada oriental (es); schwarzkopf-wippflöter (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Cinclosomatidae Range: This Australian endemic is found from northern Queensland to Victoria along the coastal band of eastern Australia. Size: The eastern whipbird in 26-30 cm long and…

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Glittering-bellied emerald

Chlorostilbon lucidus Photo by Marcos André (Wikipedia) Common name: glittering-bellied emerald (en); besourinho-de-bico-vermelho (pt); émeraude splendide (fr); esmeralda ventridorada (es); goldbauch-smaragdkolibri (de) Taxonomy: Order Apodiformes Family Trochilidae Range: This South American species is found in north-eastern Argentina, eastern and central Bolivia, eastern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Size: These hummingbirds are 8,5 cm long and weigh…

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