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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