Hooded pitta

Pitta sordida Photo by Chris Li (Flickr) Common name:hooded pitta (en); pita-de-capuz (pt); brève à capuchon (fr); pita encapuchada (es); kappenpitta (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PittidaeRange:This Asian species is found from southern China and northern India, throughout Indochina and into Indonesia and Papua-New Guinea. The population in mainland Asia migrate south to winter along the southern…

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Northern white-faced owl

Ptilopsis leucotis (Photo from Blogodisea) Common name:northern white-faced owl (en); mocho-de-faces-brancas-nortenho (pt); petit-duc à face blanche du nord (fr); autillo cariblanco norteño (es); nordbüscheleule (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:This African species is found along the Sahel belt, south of the Sahara desert, from Senegal, Guinea and Sierra Leone in the west to Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia in…

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Velvety black-tyrant

Knipolegus nigerrimus Photo by Dario Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name:velvety black-tyrant (en); maria-preta-de-garganta-vermelha (pt); ada noir (fr); viudita aterciopelada (es); kurzschopf-dunkeltyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Tyrannidae Range:This species is endemic to Brazil, being found in the eastern and south-eastern parts of the country in the states of Pernambuco and Bahia, and from Minas Gerais south to Rio Grande…

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Mountain wagtail

Motacilla clara Photo by Morten Nilsen (Global Twitcher) Common name:mountain wagtail (en); alvéola-rabilonga (pt); bergeronnette à longe queue (fr); lavandera clara (es); langschwanzstelze (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MotacillidaeRange:This species is found is isolated patches in sub-Saharan Africa, namely in Ethiopia, from southern Nigeria to Gabon, and from Kenya, Uganda, through southern D.R. Congo and Tanzania and…

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