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Megalaima lineata (Photo from Flickr) Common name:lineated barbet (en); barbudo-riscado (pt); barbu rayé (fr); barbudo listado (es); streifenbartvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily CapitonidaeRange:This species is found from northern-eastern India and Nepal, through Bangladesh and Myanmar and into Vietnam, Thailand, northern Malaysia and marginally into southern China.Size:These birds are 28-29 cm long and weigh 75-100 g.Habitat:The lineated barbet…
Psalidoprocne pristoptera Photo by Per Holmen (Per’s Birding Pages) Common name:blue saw-wing (en); andorinha-preta (pt); hirondelle hérissée (fr); golondrina negra (es); erz-schwalbe (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily HirundinidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from Nigeria to Ethiopia and south to Angola, Zambia, northern Zimbabwe, Mozambique and eastern South Africa.Size:These birds are 12-15 cm long and weigh 10-13…
Pycnonotus leucotis Photo by Carmelo López (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:white-eared bulbul (en); tuta-de-orelha-branca (pt); bulbul à oreillons blancs (fr); bulbul orejiblanco (es); weißohrbülbül (de)Taxonomy: Order PasseriformesFamily PycnonotidaeRange:This species is found from Iraq and eastern Saudi Arabia, through southern Iran and into southern Afghanistan, Pakistan and north-western India.Size:These birds are 18 cm long and weigh…
Xenus cinereus Photo by Christodoulos Makris (Trek Nature) Common name:Terek sandpiper (en); maçarico-sovela (pt); chevalier bargette (fr); andarríos del Terek (es); Terekwasserläufer (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily ScolopacidaeRange:This species breeds from Finland to north-eastern Siberia, as far east as the Kolyma river. They migrate south to winter along the coasts of eastern Africa, southern Asia and Australia.Size:These birds…
