Hawfinch

Coccothraustes coccothraustes Photo by Eduardo Balogh (Trek Nature) Common name:hawfinch (en); bico-grossudo (pt); gros-bec casse-noyaux (fr); picogordo común (es); kernbeißer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeRange:This species is found throughout most of Europe, from the Iberian Peninsula north to Britain and southern Scandinavia and east into Turkey and Russia, along the Caucasus and southern Russia into northern Kazakhstan,…

Xem thêm

Sacred kingfisher

Todiramphus sanctus Photo by Chris Wynne (Flickr) Common name:sacred kingfisher (en); guarda-rios-sagrado (pt); martin-chasseur sacré (fr); alción sagrado (es); götzenliest (de)Taxonomy:Order CoraciiformesFamily AlcedinidaeRange:This species breeds throughout most of mainland Australia, as well as in New Zealand and in western Melanesia as fas east as Fiji. The populations in southern Australia migrate north to winter in…

Xem thêm

Seychelles magpie-robin

Copsychus sechellarum Photo by Philip Perry (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Seychelles magpie-robin (en); pisco-das-Seychelles (pt); shama de Seychelles (fr); shama de Seychelles (es); Seychellendajal (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This species is endemic to the Seychelles archipelago and was originally present in at least 8 islands, but by the 1960s it became restricted to the island of Frégate….

Xem thêm

Thick-billed white-eye

Heleia crassirostris Photo by Oleg Chernyshov (Flickr) Common name:thick-billed white-eye (en); olho-branco-de-bico-grosso (pt); zostérops à bec fort (fr); anteojitos picogordo (es); nacktaugen-brillenvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ZosteropidaeRange:This species is endemic to Indonesia, only being found in the islands of Flores and Sumbawa.Size:These birds are 13-13,5 cm long.Habitat:The thick-billed white-eye is mostly found in lowland rainforests, but also…

Xem thêm

Buff-banded rail

Gallirallus philippensis Photo by Toby Hudson (Wikipedia) Common name:buff-banded rail (en); frango-d’água-de-colar (pt); râle tiklin (fr); rascón filipino (es); bindenralle (de)Taxonomy:Order GruiformesFamily RallidaeRange:This species is found from the Philippines and eastern Indonesia, through New Guinea and into Melanesia and western Polynesia as far east as Samoa and the island of Niue. Also in eastern and…

Xem thêm

Crimson sunbird

Aethopyga siparaja (Photo from Internet Bird Collection) Common name:crimson sunbird (en); beija-flor-carmesim (pt); souïmanga siparaja (fr); suimanga siparaja (es); karmesinnektarvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Nectariniidae Range:This species is found in south-western India, and from northern India and Nepal east to southern China and through Indochina south to Indonesia. They are also found in several islands in the…

Xem thêm

Knysna woodpecker

Campethera notata Photo by Trevor Hardaker (Trevor and Margaret Hardaker) Common name:Knysna woodpecker (en); pica-pau-de-Knysna (pt); pic tigré (fr); pito de Knysna (es); Knysnaspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is endemic to South Africa, occurring around the coast of the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and small parts of KwaZulu-Natal.Size:These birds are 22 cm long and weigh…

Xem thêm

Black-and-gold cotinga

Tijuca atra Photo by Luiz Ribenboim (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:black-and-gold cotinga (en); saudade (pt); cotinga noir (fr); cotinga negro (es); goldflügelkotinga (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CotingidaeRange:This species is endemic to south-eastern Brazil, occuring in Rio de Janeiro, extreme eastern São Paulo and adjacent areas of southern Minas Gerais.Size:These birds are 24-27,5 cm long.Habitat:The black-and-gold cotinga is…

Xem thêm