Verdin

Auriparus flaviceps Common name: verdin (en); chapim-de-face-dourada (pt); auripare verdin (fr); pájaro-moscón baloncito (es); goldköpfchen (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Remizidae Range: This species is found in the souht-west of the United States, from Colorado and California to Texas, and in northern Mexico from Baja California to the Gulf of Mexico. They are especially common…

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Brown dipper

Cinclus pallasii Common name: brown dipper (en); melto-d’água-castanho (pt); cincle de Pallas (fr); mirlo-acuático pardo (es); flusswasseramsel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Cinclidae Range: The brown dipper is found in the mountains of southern and central Asia, from Afghanistan and Kazakhstan to Tibet, Nepal, northern India, northern Burma and northern Vietnam. Another disjunct population is…

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Greater sooty owl

Tyto tenebricosa Common name: greater sooty owl (en); coruja-sombria (pt); effraie ombrée (fr); lechuza tenebroza (es); rußeule (de) Taxonomy: Order Strigiformes Family Tytonidae Range: This species is found in the mountain rainforests of New Guinea, in the mountains of south-eastern Australia, and in Flinders Island, off the northern coast of Tasmania. Size: In the greater…

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Aquatic warbler

Acrocephalus paludicola Common name: aquatic warbler (en); felosa-aquática (pt); phragmite aquatique (fr); carricerín cejudo (es); seggenrohrsänger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Sylviidae Range: This species breeds across a highly fragmented range at less than 50 regular breeding sites in eastern Europe and near Asia, from eastern germany, through Hungary, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and into…

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