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Sylvia subcaerulea Photo by Marco Valentini (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:rufous-vented warbler (en); toutinegra-dos-bosques (pt); fauvette grignette (fr); curruca sureña (es); meisengrasmücke (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Sylviidae Range:This African species is found from southern Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe to South Africa.Size:These birds are 14-15 cm long and weigh 16 g.Habitat:The rufous-vented warbler is mostly found in…
Geositta poeciloptera Photo by Bertrando Campos (Go Up 7) Common name:campo miner (en); andarilho (pt); géositte des campos (fr); minero brasileño (es); camposerdhacker (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FurnariidaeRange:This species is found in southern Brazil, from Mato Grosso, Goiás and Minas Gerais south to São Paulo, and marginally into north-eastern Bolivia and possibly northern Paraguay.Size:These birds are 11-12,5…
Nyctea scandiaca Photo by Franck Renard (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:snowy owl (en); coruja-das-neves (pt); harfang des neiges (fr); búho nival (es); schnee-eule (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:This species breeds in the northernmost areas of Scandinavia, Russia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland. They migrate south to winter as far south as the northern United States, Iceland, the Baltic…
Mirafra africana Photo by Tarique Sani (Flickr) Common name:rufous-naped lark (en); cotovia-de-nuca-vermelha (en); alouette à nuque rousse (fr); alondra nuquirrufa (es); rotnackenlerche (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily AlaudidaeRange:This African species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from Niger and Nigeria to Ethiopia and south to Namibia, Botswana and eastern South Africa.Size:These birds are 15-18 cm long and weigh 40-55…
Cacomantis flabelliformis (Photo from Tom Clark – Beyond the Pale) Common name:fan-tailed cuckoo (en); cuco-de-cauda-em-leque (pt); coucou à éventail (fr); cuco flabeliforme (es); fächerschwanzkuckuck (de)Taxonomy:Order CuculiformesFamily CuculidaeRange:This species is found in southern and eastern Australia, New Guinea, Fiji, New Caledonia, the Salomon Islands and Vanuatu.Size:These birds are 24-28 cm long and weigh about 50-60 g.Habitat:The…
Pygochelidon cyanoleuca Photo by Dario Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name:blue-and-white swallow (en); andorinha-pequena-de-casa (pt); hirondelle bleu et blanc (fr); golondrina barranquera (es); schwarzsteißschwalbe (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily HirundinidaeRange:This species is found throughout most of South America, being found from southern Costa Rica down to Tierra del Fuego, but mostly absent from the Amazon river basin. The southernmost populations…
Cercotrichas galactotes Photo by Yoram Shpirer (Oiseaux) Common name:rufous-tailed scrub-robin (en); rouxinol-do-mato (pt); agrobate roux (fr); alzacola (es); heckensänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This species breeds in southern Europe, in the southern Iberian Peninsula, and from the Balkans to Turkey, also in North Africa from Morocco to Egypt, and in western Asia, through the Middle East and…
Phaetornis malaris Photo by Maxime Dechelle (GEPOG) Common name:great-billed hermit (en); besourão-de-bico-grande (pt); ermite à long bec (fr); ermitaño piquigrande (es); langschnabeleremit (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:This species occurs in three disjunct populations. One is found in Suriname, French Guyana and marginally into Amapá in northern Brazil. A second one is found from from southern Colombia and…
