Crested goshawk

Accipiter trivirgatus (Photo from Internet Bird Collection) Common name: crested goshawk (en); açor-de-crista (pt); autour huppé (fr); azor moñudo (es); schopfhabicht (de) Taxonomy: Order Falconiformes Family Accipitridae Range: This Asian species is found from Nepal and Buthan, east through southern China all the way to Hong Kong. It is found through out the Malay Peninsula,…

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Alagoas antwren

Myrmotherula snowi Common name: Alagoas antwren (en); choquinha-de-Alagoas (pt); myrmidon de Snow (fr); hormiguerito de Alagoas (es); nördlicher einfarbameisenschlüpfer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Thamnophilidae Range: This South American species is endemic to the Atlantic forest of south-eastern Brazil, being found in the states of Alagoas and Pernambuco. Size: This small passerine is 9-10 cm…

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White-rumped munia

Lonchura striata Common name: white-rumped munia (en); bico-de-chumbo-de-peito-branco (pt); capucin domino (fr); isabela (es); spitzscwanz-bronzemännchen (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Estrildidae Range: This species is found in the tropical areas of continental Asia, from India and Sri Lanka, through Nepal and Bangladesh and into Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and southern China. They have been naturalized…

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Piping plover

Charadrius melodus Common name: piping ploer (en); batuíra-melodiosa (pt); pluvier siffleur (fr); playero melódico (es); gelbfuß-regenpfeifer (de) Taxonomy: Order Charadriiformes Family Charadriidae Range: The piping plover breeds in the central prairies of the United States and Canada and along the north-east coast of the United States. They winter in the south and south-east coast of…

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