Scarlet-chested sunbird

Chalcomitra senegalensis Photo by Mike Pope (World-Birds) Common name:scarlet-chested sunbird (en); beija-flor-de-peito-escarlate (pt); souïmanga à poitrine rouge (fr); suimanga pechiescarlata (es); rotbrust-glanzköpfchen (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania and Guinea to Ethiopia and south to northern Namibia and north-eastern South Africa. The scarlet-chested sunbird is absent from the Congo river basin…

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Himalayan bulbul

Pycnonotus leucogenys Photo by Jerome Boisard (Flickr) Common name:Himalayan bulbul (en); tuta-de-faces-brancas (pt); bulbul à joues blanches (fr); bulbul de mejillas blancas (es); weißohrbülbül (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PycnonotidaeRange:This species is found along the southern foothills of the Himalayas, in Bhutan, Nepal, northern India, northern Pakistan and marginally into Afghanistan and Tajikistan.Size:These birds are 18-20 cm long and have…

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Short-toed snake-eagle

Circaetus gallicus Photo by Denis Haltebourg (Nunda Foto) Common name:short-toed snake-eagle (en); águia-cobreira (pt); circaète Jean-le-Blanc (fr); águila culebrera (es); schlangenadler (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This species is found  breeding from the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco in the west, through southern and central Europe as far north as the Baltic and through Turkey and southern Russia, into the…

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White-headed buffalo-weaver

Dinemellia dinemelli (Photo from Scientific Library) Common name:white-headed buffalo-weaver (en); tecelão-de-cabeça-branca (pt); alecto à tête blanche (fr); bufalero cabeciblanco (es); starweber (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PloceidaeRange:This species is found in East Africa, from South Sudan and Ethiopia, through Kenya and Somalia and down to central Tanzania.Size:These birds are 17-19 cm long and weigh 57-85 g.Habitat:The white-headed buffalo-weaver is mostly…

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