Common iora

Aegithina tiphia Photo by Johnny Wee (Flickr) Common name: common iora (en); iora-d’asa-escura (pt); petit iora (fr); iora común (es); schwarzflügel-aegithina (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Aegithinidae Range: This Asian species is found across the Indian sub-continent and Sri Lanka, in south-western China and through south-east Asia down to Indonesia. Size: This small iora is…

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Chestnut-bellied hummingbird

Amazilia castaneiventris (Photo from Flickr) Common name: chestnut-bellied hummingbird (en); beija-flor-de-ventre-castanho (pt); ariane à ventre roux (fr); amazilia ventricastaña (es); braunbauchamazilie (de) Taxonomy: Order Apodiformes Family Trochilidae Range: This species is endemic to Colombia, and it appears to be restricted to the dryer parts of the Magdalena Valley, Colombia, with a core known range in…

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Bewick's wren

Thryomanes bewickii Photo from Minette Layne (Wikipedia) Common name: Bewick’s wren (en); carriça-de-Bewick (pt); troglodyte de Bewick (fr); ratona tepetatero (es); buschzaunkönig (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Troglodytidae Range: This species is mostly found in western North America, breeding locally from southern British Columbia, Nebraska, southern Ontario, and southwestern Pennsylvania south to Mexico, Arkansas and…

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Red bishop

Euplectes orix Photo by Louis Arrivet (Oiseaux) Common name: red bishop (en); bispo-de-testa-preta (pt); euplecte ignicolore (fr); obispo rojo (es); oryxweber (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Ploceidae Range: This African species occurs from Tanzania through Zambia and Angola and into southern Africa. Size: The red bishop is 11-13 cm long and weighs 17-30 g. Habitat:…

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Jungle nightjar

Caprimulgus indicus (Photo from Living into the Wild) Common name: jungle nightjar (en); noitibó-da-selva (pt); engoulevent indien (fr); chotacabras de jungla (es); dschungelnachtschwalbe (de) Taxonomy: Order Caprimulgiformes Family Caprimulgidae Range: This Asia species is found from India and Pakistan, throughout south-east Asia, and into China, Japan and eastern Russia. Size: The jungle nightjar is 21-29…

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Saddleback

Philesturnus carunculatus Photo by Paddy Ryan (Ryan Photographic) Common name: saddleback (en); tieque (pt); créadion rounoir (fr); tieke (es); sattelvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Callaeidae Range: The saddleback is endemic to New Zealand, and was once widespread over the North and South Islands, and some offshore islands, but by the early 1900s, was extinct…

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Indian robin

Saxicoloides fulicatus Photo by J.M. Garg (Wikipedia) Common name: Indian robin (en); pisco-da-India (pt); pseudotraquet indien (fr); tarabilla terrestre (es); strauchschmätzer (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Muscicapidae Range: This Asian species is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal,Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Size: These birds are 12-14 cm long and weigh 16-17 g. Habitat: These birds…

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Eastern screech owl

Megascops asio Photo by Wolfgang Wander (Wikipedia) Common name: eastern screech owl (en); mocho-americano-oriental (pt); petit-duc maculé (fr); autillo yanqui (es); ost-kreischeule (de) Taxonomy: Order Strigiformes Family Strigidae Range: This species is found through the eastern United States, also marginally across the border into southern Canada and south to north-east Mexico. Size: The eastern screech…

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