Crescent honeyeater

Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus Photo by J.J. Harrison (Wikipedia) Common name:crescent honeyeater (en); melífago-d’asa-dourada (pt); méliphage à croissants (fr); mielero alifuego (es); goldflügel-honigfresser (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MeliphagidaeRange:This species is found in endemic to south-eastern Australia, being found from north-eastern New South Wales to south-eastern South Australia, and in Tasmania and islands in the Bass Strait.Size:These birds are 14-17…

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Eurasian sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus Photo by Tomi Muukkonen (Vogelwarte) Common name:Eurasian sparrowhawk (en); gavião-da-Europa (pt); épervier d’Europe (fr); gavilán común (es); sperber (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This species breeds throughout most of Eurasia, from western Europe to eastern Russia and south to Japan, Korea and central China. They also breed in Morocco, Tunisia, northern Algeria and the Canary Islands….

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Littoral rock-thrush

Monticola imerinus Photo by Frank Vassen (Flickr) Common name:littoral rock-thrush (en); melro-das-rochas-do-litoral (pt); monticole du littoral (fr); roquero litoral (es); dünenrötel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TurdidadeRange:This species is endemic to southern Madagascar, being found in coastal areas from Tulear to Tolanaro.Size:These birds are 16 cm long.Habitat:The littoral rock-thrush is mostly found in dry, sandy, coastal scrublands, such…

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Chestnut woodpecker

Celeus elegans Photo by Maxime Dechelle (GEPOG) Common name:chestnut woodpecker (en); pica-pau-chocolate (pt); pic mordoré (fr); carpintero elegante (es); fahlkopfspech (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is found in northern South America, east of the Andes, from eastern Colombia and eastern Venezuela, through the Guyanas and Trinidad, and into Maranhão e north-eastern Brazil, and south to northern…

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Spangled cotinga

Cotinga cayana Photo by Greg Hume (Wikipedia) Common name:spangled cotinga (en); cotinga-pintada (pt); cotinga de Cayenne (fr); cotinga celeste (es); türkisblaue kotinga (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CotingidaeRange:This species is found in northern South America, east of the Andes, from eastern Colombia and south eastern Venezuela south to Mato Grosso in central Brazil, and to central Bolivia.Size:These birds…

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Knob-billed fruit-dove

Ptilinopus insolitus Photo by Laurens Steijn (Dutch Birding) Common name:knob-billed fruit-dove (en); pombo-da-fruta-de-capacete (pt); ptilope casqué (fr); tilopo insólito (es); knopffruchttaube (de)Taxonomy:Order ColumbiformesFamily ColumbidaeRange:This species is endemic to the Bismarck archipelago of eastern Papua-New Guinea.Size:These birds are 22-24 cm long and weigh 115-145 g.Habitat:The knob-billed fruit-dove is found in forests habitat, including both dry and…

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Hudson's canastero

Asthenes hudsoni Photo by Juan Maria Raggio (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Hudson’s canastero (en); joão-platino (pt); synallaxe de Hudson (fr); canastero pampeano (es); nördlicher flügelspiegelcanastero (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FurnariidaeRange:This species is found in south-western Uruguay and in eastern Argentina from Santa Fe to southern Buenos Aires. Also marginally into Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil.Size:These…

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Vinous-throated parrotbill

Paradoxornis webbianus (Photo from Natural Island, Yea! Taiwan) Common name:vinous-throated parrotbill (en); bico-de-papagaio-de-Webb (pt); paradoxornis de Webb (fr); picoloro de Webb (es); braunkopf-papageischnabel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ParadoxornithidaeRange:This species is found in throughout eastern China, and into Korea and extreme south-eastern Russia, as well as Taiwan. It has also been introduced in Italy, where feral populations are…

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