White helmetshrike

Prionops plumatus Photo by Ruslou Koorts (Flickr) Common name: white helmetshrike (en); atacador-de-poupa-branca (pt); bagadais casqué (fr); prionopo crestiblanco (es); brillenwürger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Prionopidae Range: This African species is widespread across much of sub-Saharan Africa, being absent only from parts of Somalia and the lowland forests of west-central Africa. Size: These birds…

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Pigeon guillemot

Cepphus columba Photo by Glenn Bartley (Glenn Bartley Nature Photography) Common name: pigeon guillemot (en); airo-d’asa-branca-do-Pacífico (pt); guillemot colombin (fr); arao colombino (es); taubenteiste (de) Taxonomy: Order Charadriiformes Family Alcidae Range: The pigeon guillemot is found in the North Pacific, breeding in Russia from the Kuril islands and the Kamchatkan Peninsula to the eastern tip…

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Pigeon guillemot

Cepphus columba Photo by Glenn Bartley (Glenn Bartley Nature Photography) Common name: pigeon guillemot (en); airo-d’asa-branca-do-Pacífico (pt); guillemot colombin (fr); arao colombino (es); taubenteiste (de) Taxonomy: Order Charadriiformes Family Alcidae Range: The pigeon guillemot is found in the North Pacific, breeding in Russia from the Kuril islands and the Kamchatkan Peninsula to the eastern tip…

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Savanna sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensis Photo by Simon Barrette (Wikipedia) Common name: savanna sparrow (en); tico-tico-dos-prados (pt); bruant des prés (fr); gorrión sabanero (es); grasammer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Range: This North American species breeds across the northern half of North America, throughout Canada, the northern United States, and along the Pacific coast down to California….

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