Bokmakierie

Telophorus zeylonus Photo by Ian White (Flickr) Common name:bokmakierie (en); boquemaquire (pt); gladiateur bacbakiri (fr); bubú silbón (es); bokmakiri (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily  MalaconotidaeRange:This African species is found in south-western Angola, Namibia, southern Botswana and throughout South Africa.Size:These birds are 22-23 cm long and weigh around 70 g. Habitat:The bokmakierie is mostly, found in open scrublands…

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Half-collared kingfisher

Alcedo semitorquata Photo by Warwick Tarboton (Warwick Tarboton) Common name:half-collared kingfisher (en); guarda-rios-de-colar (pt); martin-pêcheur à demi-collier (fr); martín pescador cobalto (es); kobalteisvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order CoraciiformesFamily Alcedinidae Range:This species is patchily distributed in East Africa, from Ethiopia to South Africa, and also through Zambia and southern D.R. Congo into Angola.Size:These birds are 18 cm long and…

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Prairie warbler

Dendroica discolor Photo by William Hull (Mango Verde) Common name:prairie warbler (en); mariquita-da-pradaria (pt); paruline des prés (fr); chipe galán (es); rostscheitel-waldsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ParulidaeRange:This species is found breeding in southern Ontario, Canada, and across the eastern United States from Maine to Michigan and Iowa, and south to the Gulf coast from eastern Texas to…

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