White-winged duck

Cairina scutulata Photo by Dick Daniels (Carolina Birds) Common name:white-winged duck (en); pato-de-asas-brancas (pt); canard à ailes blanches (fr); pato de jungla (es); Malaienente (de)Taxonomy:Order AnseriformesFamily AnatidaeRange:This species is patchily distributed through south-east Asia, from Bangladesh, extreme north-eastern India and Myanmar, through Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, and into Malaysia and the Indonesian island of…

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Kentucky warbler

Oporornis formosa Photo by Brian Small (Larkwire) Common name:Kentucky warbler (en); mariquita-do-Kentucky (pt); paruline du Kentucky (fr); chipe cachetinegro (es); Kentuckywaldsänger (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ParulidaeRange:This species breeds in the eastern United States, from Wisconsin to New York and south to north-eastern Texas to northern Florida. They migrate south to winter in the Caribbean and from…

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Tufted tit-tyrant

Anairetes parulus Photo by José Cañas (Flickr) Common name:tufted tit-tyrant (en); papa-moscas-de-crista (pt); taurillon mésange (fr); cachudito (es); meisentachurityrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Tyrannidae Range:This species is found along the Andes mountain chain, from southern Colombia to northern Argentina, and also in the lowland areas of central and southern Argentina and Chile.Size:These birds are 9,5-11 cm long…

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Asian koel

Eudynamys scolopaceus (Photo from Top Yaps) Common name:Asian koel (en); cuco-koel (pt); coucou koël (fr); koel común (es); koel (de)Taxonomy:Order CuculiformesFamily CuculidaeRange:This species is found in south-eastern Asia, from southern Pakistan, through India, Bangladesh and Indochina, and into southern and eastern China, Indonesia and the Philippines.Size:These large cuckoos are 39-46 cm long and weigh 190-330…

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