Graceful prinia

Prinia gracilis Photo by Rajiv Lather (Birding in India and South Asia) Common name: graceful prinia (en); fuinha-elegante (pt); prinia gracile (fr); prinia graciosa (es); streifenprinie (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Cisticolidae Range: This species is a resident breeder in north-eastern Africa and south-west Asia, from Egypt and Somalia, through the Middle East and Turkey,…

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Graceful prinia

Prinia gracilis Photo by Rajiv Lather (Birding in India and South Asia) Common name: graceful prinia (en); fuinha-elegante (pt); prinia gracile (fr); prinia graciosa (es); streifenprinie (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Cisticolidae Range: This species is a resident breeder in north-eastern Africa and south-west Asia, from Egypt and Somalia, through the Middle East and Turkey,…

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White-browed woodswallow

Artamus superciliosus Photo by Tom Tarrant (Wikipedia) Common name: white-browed woodswallow (en); andorinha-do-bosque-de-sobrolho-branco (pt); langrayen bridé (fr); artamo cejiblanco (es); weißbrauen-schwalbenstar (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Artamidae Range: This Australian species is found throughout eastern Australia ans northern Tasmania. Size: These birds are 19-21 cm long and weigh 35-40 g. Habitat: The white-browed woodswallow is…

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Violet-chested hummingbird

  Sternoclyta cyanopectus Photo by Margareta Wieser (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:violet-chested hummingbird (en); beija-flor-violeta (pt); colibri à poitrine violette (fr); colibrí pechiazul (es); veilchenbrustkolibri (de) Taxonomy:Order Apodiformes Family Trochilidae Range:This South American species is only found in northern Venezuela and adjacent Colombia, in the Cordillera de Mérida and the Cordillera de la Costa Central….

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Violet-chested hummingbird

  Sternoclyta cyanopectus Photo by Margareta Wieser (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:violet-chested hummingbird (en); beija-flor-violeta (pt); colibri à poitrine violette (fr); colibrí pechiazul (es); veilchenbrustkolibri (de) Taxonomy:Order Apodiformes Family Trochilidae Range:This South American species is only found in northern Venezuela and adjacent Colombia, in the Cordillera de Mérida and the Cordillera de la Costa Central….

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Marsh grassbird

Megalurus pryeri (Photo from Yang Niao) Common name: marsh grassbird (en); cigarrinha-do-Japão (pt); mégalure du Japon (fr); yerbera japonesa (es); riedsänger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Sylviidae Range: This Asian species breeds in the island of Honshu, Japan, in north-eastern China and possibly also in neighbouring parts of Russia and Mongolia. They winter further south…

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Marsh grassbird

Megalurus pryeri (Photo from Yang Niao) Common name: marsh grassbird (en); cigarrinha-do-Japão (pt); mégalure du Japon (fr); yerbera japonesa (es); riedsänger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Sylviidae Range: This Asian species breeds in the island of Honshu, Japan, in north-eastern China and possibly also in neighbouring parts of Russia and Mongolia. They winter further south…

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Regent honeyeater

Xanthomyza phrygia Photo by Roger Smith (Flickriver) Common name: regent honeyeater (en); melífago-regente (pt); méliphage régent (fr); mielero regente (es); warzenhonigfresser (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Meliphagidae Range: This species is endemic to south-eastern Australia, mostly being found in north-eastern Victoria, along the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range, New South Wales, and the…

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