Carolina wren

Thryothorus ludovicianus (Photo from Free Desktop Backgrounds) Common name:Carolina wren (en); carriça-da-Carolina (pt); troglodyte de Caroline (fr); ratona carolinense (es); Carolinazaunkönig (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TroglodytidaeRange:These birds are found throughout the eastern United States, in southern Ontario, Canada, in north-eastern Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.Size:The Carolina wren is 12-14 cm long and weigh 18-22 g.Habitat:These birds are mostly…

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Eurasian blackbird

Turdus merula Photo by Bojan Bencic (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Eurasian blackbird (en); melro-preto (pt); merle noir (fr); mirlo común (es); amsel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TurdidaeRange:This species is found breeding in northern Africa, throughout Europe and into southern Asia to India and southern China. The northern and eastern populations migrate south to winter in north-eastern Africa, the…

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Malabar parakeet

Psittacula columboides Photo by Bishan Monnappa (India Nature Watch) Common name:Malabar parakeet (en); piriquito-de-colar-de-Malabar (pt); perruche de Malabar (fr); cotorra de Malabar (es); taubensittich (de)Taxonomy:Order PasittaciformesFamily PsittacidaeRange:This species is endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India.Size:The Malabar parakeet is 36-38 cm long and weighs around 90 g.Habitat:These birds are found in upland evergreen rainforests, moist…

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Reed parrotbill

Paradoxornis heudei Photo by Coke Smith (Coke & Som Smith Photography) Common name:reed parrotbill (en); bico-de-papagaio-do-Yangtzé (pt); paradoxornis du Yangtsé (fr); picoloro del Yangtsé (es); Jangtsepapageimeise (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ParadoxornithidaeRange:This Asian species occurs in two separate areas, one in north-eastern China, and across the border into Mongolia and Russia, and another in south-eastern China, along the Yangtze river.Size:These…

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