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Nectarinia maquiquensis Photo by Guillaume Emaresi (Flickr) Common name: Mariqua sunbird (en); beija-flor-de-Marico (pt); souïmanga de Mariqua (fr); suimanga del Marico (es); bindennektarvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily NectariniidaeRange:This species occupies two separate areas in sub-Saharan Africa. One population occurs from Eritrea to Tanzania while the other extends from Angola and south-western Zambia to northern South Africa.Size:This species is…
Leipoa ocellata Photo by Edward Smith (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:malleefowl (en); faisão-australiano (pt); léipoa ocellé (fr); talégalo leipoa (es); thermometerhuhn (de)Taxonomy:Order GalliformesFamily MegapodiidaeRange:The mallefowl is endemic to Australia. It was formerly widespread throughout the country, but is now restricted to the southern half of the country, where it is patchly distributed from Western Australia…
Sporophila caerulescens Photo by Dario Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name:double-collared seedeater (en); coleirinho (pt); sporophile à col double (fr); corbatita común (es); schmuckpfäffchen (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EmberizidaeRange:This South American species is found in the throughout the southern half of Brazil and in Bolivia, Peru, northern Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.Size:These birds are 10 cm long and weigh around 10…
Vidua chalybeata Photo by Rob Nagtegaal (PBase) Common name:village indigobird (en); viúva-azul (pt); combassou du Sénégal (fr); viuda de la villa (es); rotfuß-Atlaswitwe (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ViduidaeRange:This African species is found from Senegal to Ethiopia, and south through Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi and into Mozambique, eastern Botswana and north-eastern South Africa.Size:These birds are 11-12 cm long and weigh 12-13…
