Crested treeswift

Hemiprocne coronata Common name: crested treeswift (en); andorinhão-arborícola-de-crista (pt); hémiprocné couronné (fr); vencejo arborícola coronado (es); kronenbaumsegler (de) Taxonomy: Order Apodiformes Family Hemiprocnidae Range: This Asian species is found from eastern India and Sri Lanka, through southern Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar, and into southern China, northern and western Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Size: These…

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Variable antshrike

Thamnophilus caerulescens Common name: variable antshrike (en); choca-da-mata (pt); batara bleuâtre (fr); batará variable (es); südlicher-tropfenameisenwürger Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Thamnophilidae Range: This South American species is found widely in eastern and southern Brazil, with disjunct populations in Ceará, Pernambuco and Alagoas. From southern Brazil, its range extends through Uruguay, Paraguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, and…

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Malachite sunbird

Nectarinia famosa Common name: malachite sunbird (en); beija-flor-verde (pt); souïmanga malachite (fr); suimanga malaquita (es); malachitnektarvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Nectarinidae Range: This African species has a discontinuous distribution across East Africa, with a separate and larger popuation in southern Africa where they occur in most of South Africa, southern Namibia, and along the…

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Fork-tailed storm-petrel

Oceanodroma furcata Common name: fork-tailed storm-petrel (en); paínho-de-cauda-furcada (pt); océanite à queue fourchue (fr); paíño rabihorcado (es); gabelschwanz-wellenläufer (de) Taxonomy: Order Procellariiformes Family Hydrobatidae Range: This species is found in the northern Pacific, breeding on the Aleutian islands off Alaska, and on islands along the coasts of British Columbia in Canada and the Pacific Northwest…

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