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Miliaria calandra Photo by Lior Kislev (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:corn bunting (en); trigueirão (pt); bruant proyer (fr); triguero (es); grauammer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EmberizidaeRange:These birds are mostly found in Europe, from Scotland and Denmark south to Portugal, Spain and Italy, and east to Poland, the Ukraine and Turkey. They are also found in the Canary…
Dendropicos namaquus Photo by José Kemp (PBase) Common name:bearded woodpecker (en); pica-pau-de-bigodes (pt); pic barbu (fr); pico barbudo (es); Namaspecht (de)Taxonomy:Order PiciformesFamily PicidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from the Central African Republic and Sudan to Senegal and south to South Africa, only being absent from the dense rainforests of the Congo basin.Size:These birds are…
Cyanerpes cyaneus (Photo from Associazione Ornitologica Europea) Common name:red-legged honeycreeper (en); saíra-beija-flor (pt); guit-guit saï (fr); mielero patirrojo (es); Türkisnaschvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:This species is found from southern Mexico to central Brazil and Bolivia. There is also a disjunct population in the Atlantic rainforest of south-eastern Brazil.Size:These birds are 12-13 cm long and weigh 14 g.Habitat:The…
Amaurornis phoenicurus Photo by M.V. Sheeram (Flickr) Common name:white-breasted waterhen (en); franga-d’água-de-peito-branco (pt); râle à poitrine blanche (fr); gallineta pechiblanca (es); weißbrust-kielralle (de)Taxonomy:Order GruiformesFamily RallidaeRange:This Asian species is found from Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, across India and southern China and as far east as Japan and as far south as southern Indonesia.Size:These birds are 28-33 cm…
