Southern screamer

Chauna torquata Photo by Cláudio Timm (Wikipedia) Common name: southern screamer (en); tachã (pt); kamichi à collier (fr); chajá (es); halsband-wehrvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Anseriformes Family Anhimidae Range: This South American species is found in south-eastern Peru, northern Bolivia,Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina. Size: Southern screamers are 83-95 cm long and have a…

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Strong-billed honeyeater

Melithreptus validirostris Photo by Geoff Walker (Bushpea) Common name: strong-billed honeyeater (en); melífago-de-bico-grosso (pt); méliphage à bec fort (fr); mielero picudo (es); starkschnabel-honigschmecker (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Meliphagidae Range: The strong-billed honeyeater is endemic to Tasmania. Size: These birds are 15-17,5 cm long and weigh 25 g. Habitat: The Strong-billed Honeyeater is mostly found…

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Grey-hooded flycatcher

Mionectes rufiventris Photo by Dário Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name: grey-hooded flycatcher (en); abre-asa-de-cabeça-cinza (pt); pipromorphe à ventre roux (fr); mosquero ladrillito (es); graukopf-pipratyrann (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Tyrannidae Range: This South American species is found in south-eastern Brazil, Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina. Size: These birds are 13 cm long and weigh 13-14 g. Habitat:…

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Takahe

Porphyrio hochstetteri (Photo from Of Trees, Birds and Other Things) Common name: takahe (en); takahe (pt); talève takahe (fr); takahe (es); Südinseltakahe (de) Taxonomy: Order Gruiformes Family Rallidae Range: The takahe is endemic to New Zealand, only being found on the Murchison Mountains of South Island. Conservation efforts have lead to the translocation of populations…

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