Noisy friarbird

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…

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Yellow-billed stork

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…

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Grey-headed quail-dove

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…

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Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike

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…

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