White-throated flowerpecker

Dicaeum vincens Photo by John Thompson (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:white-throated flowerpecker (en); pica-flores-do-Ceilão (pt); dicée de Ceylan (fr); picaflores cingalés (es); Sri Lanka-blomsterpikker (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily DicaeidaeRange:This species is endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is confined to the wet zone in the south-western part of the island.Size:These birds are 10 cm long and weigh…

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Southern carmine bee-eater

Merops nubicoides Photo by Mike Rolfe (Pixdaus) Common name:southern carmine bee-eater (en); abelharuco-róseo-do-sul (pt); guêpier carmin (fr); abejaruco carmesí del sur (es); karminspint (de)Taxonomy:Order CoraciiformesFamily MeropidaeRange:This species is found breeding from southern Angola, through Zambia, Zimbabwe and northern Botswana, and into south-western Mozambique. Outside the breeding season they range as far south as north-eastern South…

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Ribbon-tailed astrapia

Astrapia mayeri Photo by Mark Harper (Wikipedia) Common name:ribbon-tailed astrapia (en); ave-do-paraíso-de-fitas (pt); paradisier à rubans (fr); ave del paraíso cola de moños (es); schmalschwanz-paradieselster (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ParadisaeidaeRange:This species is endemic to the central mountains of Papua-New Guinea, from the Strickland River to Mt Hagen and Mt Giluwe.Size:These birds are 32 cm long, but the…

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