White-breasted cuckooshrike

Coracina pectoralis Photo by Warwick Tarboton (Warwik Tarboton) Common name: white-breasted cuckooshrike (en); lagarteiro-cinzento-e-branco (pt); échenilleur à ventre blanc (fr); oruguero de pecho blanco (es); weißbrust-raupenfänger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Campephagidae Range: This species is patchily distributed across sub-Saharan Africa, occurring along the Sahel belt, from West to East Africa. It also has a…

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Southern screamer

Chauna torquata Photo by Cláudio Timm (Wikipedia) Common name: southern screamer (en); tachã (pt); kamichi à collier (fr); chajá (es); halsband-wehrvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Anseriformes Family Anhimidae Range: This South American species is found in south-eastern Peru, northern Bolivia,Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina. Size: Southern screamers are 83-95 cm long and have a…

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Strong-billed honeyeater

Melithreptus validirostris Photo by Geoff Walker (Bushpea) Common name: strong-billed honeyeater (en); melífago-de-bico-grosso (pt); méliphage à bec fort (fr); mielero picudo (es); starkschnabel-honigschmecker (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Meliphagidae Range: The strong-billed honeyeater is endemic to Tasmania. Size: These birds are 15-17,5 cm long and weigh 25 g. Habitat: The Strong-billed Honeyeater is mostly found…

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Grey-hooded flycatcher

Mionectes rufiventris Photo by Dário Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name: grey-hooded flycatcher (en); abre-asa-de-cabeça-cinza (pt); pipromorphe à ventre roux (fr); mosquero ladrillito (es); graukopf-pipratyrann (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Tyrannidae Range: This South American species is found in south-eastern Brazil, Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina. Size: These birds are 13 cm long and weigh 13-14 g. Habitat:…

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Takahe

Porphyrio hochstetteri (Photo from Of Trees, Birds and Other Things) Common name: takahe (en); takahe (pt); talève takahe (fr); takahe (es); Südinseltakahe (de) Taxonomy: Order Gruiformes Family Rallidae Range: The takahe is endemic to New Zealand, only being found on the Murchison Mountains of South Island. Conservation efforts have lead to the translocation of populations…

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Dartford warbler

Sylvia undata Photo by Alberto Maia (Flickr) Common name: Dartford warbler (en); felosa-do-mato (pt); fauvette pitchou (fr); curruca rabilarga (es); Provencegrasmücke (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Sylviidae Range: This species has a patchy distribution restricted to southern and western Europe and north-west Africa, being found in Portugal, Spain, Andorra, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Algeria, Tunisia…

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Black-naped monarch

Hypothymis azurea Photo by Eric Soo (Nature in Singapore) Common name: black-naped monarch (en); monarca-azul (pt); tchitrec azuré (fr); monarca nuquinegro (es); schwarzgenickschnäpper (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Monarchidae Range: This Asian species is found from India and Sri Lanka in the west, across southern Asia to southern China and Indonesia, and the island groups…

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White-whiskered puffbird

Malacoptila panamensis Photo by Nick Athanas (Antpitta) Common name: white-whiskered puffbird (en); barbudo-de-loro-branco (pt); tamatia de Lafresnaye (fr); buco barbón (es); weißzügel-faulvogel (de) Taxonomy: Order Galbuliformes Family Bucconidae Range: The white-whiskered puffbird is found from southern Mexico down to Colombia and western Ecuador. Size: These birds are 17-19 cm long and weigh 40-45 g. Habitat:…

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