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Calandrella brachydactyla Photo by Lior Kislev (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:greater short-toed lark (en); calhandrinha-comum (pt); alouette calandrelle (fr); terrera común (es); kurzzehenlerche (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily AlaudidaeRange:This species is found in southern Europe, from Portugal to Greece, and in northern Africa from Morocco to Egypt and south to the Sahel belt. It is also found along…
Cercotrichas paena Photo by Ian White (Flickr) Common name:Kalahari scrub-robin (en); rouxinol-do-mato-do-Kalahari (pt); agrobate du Kalahari (fr); alzacola del Kalahari (es); Kalahariheckensänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This African species is found from south-western Angola, through Namibia and Botswana and into northern South Africa and Zimbabwe.Size:These birds are 14-16 cm long and weigh 20 g.Habitat:The Kalahari scrub-robin is mostly found…
Colinus cristatus Photo by Karla León (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:crested bobwhite (en); uru-do-campo (pt); colin huppé (fr); codorniz crestada (es); haubenwachtel (de)Taxonomy:Order GalliformesFamily OdontophoridaeRange:This species is found from Costa Rica to western Colombia and northern Brazil. They are also found on the island of Aruba in the Netherlands Antilles.Size:These birds are 18-24 cm long and weigh…
Quelea quelea (Photo from Purple “O” Purple) Common name:red-billed quelea (en); quelea-de-bico-vermelho (pt); travailleur à bec rouge (fr); quelea común (es); blutschnabelweber (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily PloceidaeRange:This species is found across much of sub-Saharan Africa, only being absent from the lowland forests of West Africa, and the most arid areas of southern Namibia, south-western Botswana and the…
