Yellow-rumped cacique

Cacicus cela Photo by Dave Nunez (Flickr) Common name:yellow-rumped cacique (en); xexéu (pt); cassique cul-jaune (fr); cacique lomiamarilo (es); gelbrücken-stirnvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily IcteridaeRange:These birds are found in northern South America, from Bolivia and south-eastern Brazil to Venezuela, Colombia and Panama.Size:The males are 27-29 cm long, while the smaller females are 23-25 cm long. The males weigh 100-115…

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Himalayan snowcock

Tetraogallus himalayensis Photo by Rémy Lecolazet (Oiseaux) Common name:Himalayan snowcock (en); galo-das-neves-dos-Himalaias (pt); tétraogalle de l’Himalaya (fr); perdigallo himalayo (es); Himalayakönigshuhn (de)Taxonomy:Order GalliformesFamily PhasianidaeRange:This species is found across the Himalayas, from eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, through northern India and Nepal and north into western China and eastern Kazakhstan.Size:These birds are 54-74 cm long and have a…

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Greater blue-eared glossy-starling

Lamprotornis chalybaeus Photo by Loot Eksteen (Trek Nature) Common name:greater blue-eared glossy-starling (en); estorninho-metálico-grande-d’orelha-azul (pt); choucador à oreillons bleus (fr); estornino orejiazul (es); grünschwanz-glanzstar (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SturnidaeRange:This species is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, from southern Mauritania and Senegal to Ethiopia and south through eastern Africa to north-eastern South Africa and Angola. They are absent from the…

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Bananal antbird

Cercomacra ferdinandi Photo by Ciro Albano (NE Brazil Birding) Common name:bananal antbird (en); chororó-de-Goiás (pt); grisin de bananal (fr); hormiguero de bananal (es); bananalameisenfänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThamnophilidaeRange:This species is endemic to the wetlands of the central Araguaia and Tocantins rivers in central Brazil, between Goiás and Maranhão.Size:These birds are 15-18 cm long and weigh 13-18,5 g.Habitat:The bananal…

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