White-crowned sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys Common name: white-crowned sparrow (en); escrevedeira-de-testa-branca (pt); bruant à couronne blache (fr); sabanero de corona blanca (es); dachsammer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Range: This North American species breeds from Alaska eastward across northern Canada and south along the Pacific coast and into the western mountains to northern New Mexico and southern…

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Great blue turaco

Corythaeola cristata Common name: great blue turaco (en); turaco-gigante (pt); touraco géant (fr); turaco gigante (es); riesenturako (de) Taxonomy: Order Cuculiformes Family Musophagidae Range: This African species is found throughout equatorial Africa, from Guinea and Sierra Leone, to the Central African Republic, D.R. Congo, Uganda and Kenya, and south to Rwanda and Burundi. Size: The…

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Red-lored whistler

Pachycephala rufogularis Common name: red-lored whistler (en); sibilante-de-faces-rosadas (pt); siffleur à face rousse (fr); silbador gorjirrufo (es); rotzügel-dickkopf (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Pachycephalidae Range: The red-lored whistler is endemic to Australia, only being found in south-eastern South Australia and western Victoria. Size: These birds are 19-22 cm long and have a wingspan of 30-33…

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Blue rock-thrush

Monticola solitarius Common name: blue rock-thrush (en); melro-azul (pt); merle bleu (fr); roquero solitario (es); blaumerle (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Turdidae Range: The blue rock-thrush is a widespread species, with breeding and non-breeding populations spanning from north-west Africa, throughout southern Europe from Portugal and Spain to Turkey, the Arabian Peninsula, northern India and the…

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