Northern parula

Parula americana Common name: northern parula (en); mariquita-azul (pt); paruline à collier (fr); parula norteña (es); meisenwaldsänger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Parulidae Range: This species breeds in south-east Canada and across the westerbn half of the United States. They winter further south, in Florida, southern Mexico and the Caribbean. Size: This small songbird is…

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Northern pintail

Anas acuta Common name: northern pintail (en); arrabio (pt); canard pilet (fr); pato rabudo (es); spießente (de) Taxonomy: Order Anseriformes Family Anatidae Range: This cosmopolitan species breeds from Alaska and the central Canadian Arctic across Greenland, Iceland and Scandinavia to Kamchatka, in Russia, and south to the western and central United States, the United Kingdom,…

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King bird-of-paradise

Cicinnurus regius Common name: king bird-of-paradise (en); ave-do-paraíso-real (pt); paradisier royal (fr); ave-del-paraíso real (es); königs-paradiesvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Paradisaeidae Range: This species in found throughout lowland Papua-New Guinea and in the surrounding islands of Aru, Missol, Salawati, and Yapen. Size: The king bird-of-paradise is 16-19 cm long, but males reach 31 cm…

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Greater roadrunner

Geococcyx californianus Common name: greater roadrunner (en); papa-léguas (pt); grand géocoucou (fr); correcaminos (es); wegekuckuck (de) Taxonomy: Order Cuculiformes Family Cuculidae Range: The greater roadrunner is found in the south-east of the United States, from Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas to California, and in northern Mexico. Size: These bird are 52-56 cm long and have a…

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