Wandering albatross

Diomedea exulans Common name:wandering albatross (en); albatroz-errante (pt); albatros hurleur (fr); albatros viajero (es); wanderalbatros (de)Taxonomy:Order ProcellariiformesFamily DiomedeidaeRange:This species breeds in small, remote islands of the southern oceans, namely South Georgia, Prince Edward Islands, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands and Macquarie Island. They wander over most of the southern oceans, as far south as the northernmost…

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Pesquet's parrot

Psittrichas fulgidus Photo by Doug Janson (Wikipedia) Common name: Pesquet’s parrot (en); papagaio-de-Pesquet (pt); psittrichas de Pesquet (fr); loro aguileño (es); borstenkopf (de) Taxonomy: Order Psittaciformes Family Psittacidae Range: This species is patchily distributed across New Guinea, both in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Size: These birds are 46 cm long and weigh 600-800 g….

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Bran-coloured flycatcher

Myiophobus fasciatus Photo by Dario Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name:bran-coloured flycatcher (en); filipe (pt); moucherolle fascié (fr); mosquero estriado (es); rostschnäppertyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This species is found in South America, from northern Colombia and Venezuela south to northern Chile and north-eastern Argentina, but is mostly absent from the Amazon river basin. It is also found in…

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