Wire-tailed manakin

Pipra filicauda Common name: wire-tailed manakin (en); rabo-de-arame (pt); manakin filifère (fr); saltarín uirapuru (es); fadenpira (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Pipridae Range: The wire-tailed manakin is found upriver in the western Amazon Basin, in Brazil and the neighboring countries of northern Peru, eastern Ecuador and Colombia, and in thesouthern and western portions of Venezuela….

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Greater honeyguide

Indicator indicator Common name: greater honeyguide (en); indicador-grande (pt); grand indicateur (fr); indicador grande (es); schwarzkehl-honiganzeiger (de) Taxonomy: Order Piciformes Family Indicatoridae Range: This African species is found throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal through the Sahel to Ethiopia, then south through the great lakes region and into Angola, Botswana, Mozambique and South Africa….

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Rock ptarmigan

Lagopus muta Photo by Jan Haugseth (Wikipedia) Common name: rock ptarmigan (en); lagópode-branco (pt); lagopède alpin (fr); perdiz nival (es); alpenschneehuhn (de) Taxonomy: Order Galliformes Family Tetraonidae Range: This sedentary species breeds across most of Arctic and sub-Arctic Eurasia and North America, including Greenland. There are a few isolated populations in mountainous areas of Scotland,…

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Chestnut sparrow

Passer eminibey Common name: chestnut sparrow (en); pardal-castanho (pt); moineau d’Emin (fr); gorrión castaño (es); maronensperling (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Passeridae Range: These birds are found in eastern Africa, from Darfur in southern Sudan, through Somalia, Uganda and Kenya, an into Tanzania. Size: This small sparrow is 10,5-11,5 cm long and has a wingspan…

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