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Philemon corniculatus Photo by David McKay (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:noisy friarbird (en); frade-gritador (pt); polochion criard (fr); filemón gritón (es); lärmlederkopf (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MeliphagidaeRange:This species is found in eastern Australia, from north-eastern Queensland to Victoria, and also in southern New Guinea.Size:These birds are 31-36 cm long and weigh about 120 g.Habitat:The noisy friarbird is…
Mycteria ibis Photo by Arthur Morris (Birds as Art) Common name:yellow-billed stork (en); cegonha-de-bico-amarelo (pt); tantale ibis (fr); tántalo africano (es); nimmersatt (de)Taxonomy:Order CiconiiformesFamily CiconiidaeRange:This species is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania and Mali to Sudan and Ethiopia and south to Namibia, Botswana and eastern South Africa. It is also found in north-western…
Geotrygon caniceps (Photo from Bird Forum) Common name:grey-headed quail-dove (en); juriti-de-cabeça-cinzenta (pt); colombe de Gundlach (fr); camao (es); Gundlachtaube (de)Taxonomy:Order ColumbiformesFamily ColumbidaeRange:This species is found in Cuba and the Dominican Republic. In Cuba it may still occur in patches throughout the country, but mainly on the Zapata Peninsula and Sierra del Rosario. In the Dominican…
Hemipus picatus Photo by Mapalagama Premasiri (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:bar-winged flycatcher-shrike (en); largarteiro-de-asa-listada (pt); échenilleur gobemouche (fr); oruguero alibarrado (es); elsterraupenschmätzer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CampephagidaeRange:This species is found from India and Nepal to southern China, and through Indochina into the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo.Size:These birds are 15 cm long and weigh 9-10 g.Habitat:The…
Psephotus haematonotus Photo by Duncan McCaskill (Wikipedia) Common name:red-rumped parrot (en); piriquito-de-uropígio-vermelho (pt); perruche à croupion rouge (fr); perico dorsirrojo (es); singsittich (de)Taxonomy:Order PsittaciformesFamily PsittacidaeRange:This species is found in south-eastern Australia, in southern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and eastern South Australia.Size:These birds are 26-28 cm long and weigh 55-85 g.Habitat:The red-rumped parrot is mostly…
Chlorophonia cyanea Photo by Dario Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name:blue-naped chlorophonia (en); gaturamo-bandeira (en); organiste à nuque bleue (fr); tangará bonito (es); grünorganist (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:This South American species has a highly disjunct distribution, with three main areas of occurrence. One population is found in southern Venezuela, south-western Guyana and marginally into northern Brazil. A second…
Camarhynchus psittacula Photo by Ruben Heleno (Charles Darwin Foundation) Common name:large tree-finch (en); tentilhão-de-Darwin-papagaio (pt); géospize psittacin (fr); pinzón de Darwin lorito (es); papageischnabel-Darwinfink (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EmberizidaeRange:This species is endemic to the Galapagos Islands, being found in Isabela, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Fernandina, Santiago, Floreana, Marchena, Pinta and Rábida. It is extinct on Pinzón.Size:These birds…
Celeus brachyurus Photo by P.J. Vasanthan (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:rufous woodpecker (en); pica-pau-castanho (pt); pic brun (fr); carpintero rufo (es); rötelspecht (de) Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is found in south-eastern Asia, from India and Nepal to south-eastern China and south to the Indonesian islands of Java, Sumatra and Borneo.Size:These birds are 21-25 cm long…
