Birds

Golden-bellied starfrontlet

Coeligena bonapartei Photo by Alberto Schu (Digital Photography Review) Common name:golden-bellied starfrontlet (en); beija-flor-de-barriga-dourada (pt); inca de Bonaparte (fr); inca ventridorado (es); goldbauchmusketier (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:This species is found in northern Colombia and western Venezuela, along the Andes and in Sierra de Perija.Size:These birds are 11-14 cm long and weigh 6-7 g.Habitat:The golden-bellied starfrontlet is…

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Bali starling

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Leucopsar rothschildi (Photo from Forum Iranvij) Common name:Bali starling (en); estorninho-de-Bali (pt); étourneau de Rothschild (fr); estornino de Bali (es); Balistar (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SturnidaeRange:This species is endemic to the Indonesian island of Bali, where it is now confined to the West Bali National Park. There is also an introduced population in the nearby Nusa Penida…

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Jamaican blackbird

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Nesopsar nigerrimus Photo by Jaremy Gatten (Flickr) Common name:Jamaican blackbird (en); iratauá-da-Jamaica (pt); carouge de Jamaïque (fr); turpial de Jamaica (es); bromelienstärling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily IcteridaeRange:This species is endemic to Jamaica, being found in Cockpit Country, the central hills the Blue and John Crow Mountains.Size:These birds are 18 cm long and weigh about 40 g. Habitat:The…

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Killdeer

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Charadrius vociferus Common name: killdeer (en); borrelho-de-coleira-dupla (pt); pluvier kildir (fr); chorlitejo colirrojo (es); keilschwanz-regenpfeifer (de) Taxonomy: Order Charadriiformes Family Charadriidae Range: This American species is found from Canada as far north as the Northwest Territories, south to northern Colombia and north-western Venezuela and also along the Pacific coasts of Ecuador and Peru. They are…

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White monjita

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Xolmis irupero Photo by Cláudio Timm (Wikipedia) Common name:white monjita (en); noivinha-branca (pt); pépoaza irupéro (fr); monjita blanca (es); weißnonnentyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This species is found in eastern Brazil, from Ceará to Espírito Santo, and from Mato Grosso do Sul and Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil, to Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia and northern Argentina.Size:These birds are…

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Red-headed weaver

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Anaplectes rubriceps Photo by Ian White (Flickr) Common name:red-headed weaver (en); tecelão-de-cabeça-vermelha (pt); anaplecte écarlate (fr); tejedor cabecirrojo (es); scharlachweber (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PloceidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan African, being found along the Sahel belt from Senegal to Sudan, and from Ethiopia south to north-eastern South Africa and west to Angola and northern Namibia.Size:These birds…

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Helmeted curassow

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Pauxi pauxi Photo by Greg Hume (World Bird Info) Common name:helmeted curassow (en); mutum-de-capacete (pt); hocco à pierre (fr); paují de yelmo (es); helmhokko (de)Taxonomy:Order GalliformesFamily CracidaeRange:This species is found in western Venezuela and northern Colombia. The subspecies P. p. pauxi is found from the Cordillera de la Costa west to the Cordillera de Mérida,…

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Caatinga antwren

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Herpsilochmus sellowi Photo by Stephen Jones (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:caatinga antwren (en); chorozinho-da-caatinga (pt); grisin de Sellow (fr); tiluchí de caatinga (es); caatingaameisenfänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThamnophilidaeRange:This species in endemic to Brazil, being found in the interior north-eastern part of the country from Maranhão and Ceará to Minas Gerais.Size:These birds are 12 cm long and…

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