White-whiskered spinetail

Synallaxis candei Photo by Martin Reid (Martin Reid Birds, Bugs and Beyond…) Common name:white-whiskered spinetail (en); joão-teneném-de-bigodes (pt); synallaxe à moustaches (fr); pijuí barbiblanco (es); weißbart-dickichtschlüpfer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FurnariidaeRange:This species is found in north-eastern Colombia and north-western Venezuela.Size:These birds are 15-17 cm long and weigh 14-16 g.Habitat:The white-whiskered spinetail is mostly found in dry, deciduous…

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African cuckoo-hawk

Aviceda cuculoides (Photo from Planet of Birds) Common name:African cuckoo-hawk (en); falcão-cuco-africano (pt); baza coucou (fr); baza africano (es); kuckucksweih (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal east to Ethiopia and south to Angola, northern Botswana, Mozambique and eastern South Africa.Size:These birds are 38-43 cm long and have a wingspan of…

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White-tailed crested-flycatcher

Elminia albonotata Photo by André Wiertz (Oiseaux) Common name:white-tailed crested-flycatcher (en); papa-moscas-de-cauda-branca (pt); elminie à queue frangée (fr); elminia coliblanca (es); berghaubenschnäpper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MonarchidaeRange:This species is found in East Africa, from Kenya, Uganda and eastern D.R. Congo south to eastern Zimbabwe and central Mozambique.Size:These birds are 13-15 cm long and weigh about 5-11 g.Habitat:The…

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Speckle-chested piculet

Picumnus steidachneri Photo by Gerard Gorman (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:speckle-chested piculet (en); pica-pau-anão-malhado (pt); picumne perlé (fr); carpinterito perlado (es); perlenbrust-zwergspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is endemic to Peru, only being found in the central Huallaga valley and very locally in the Utcubamba valley in the Andes of north-western San Martín, in the north…

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