Australian swiftlet

Aerodramus terraereginae Photo by Ian Montgomery (Birdway) Common name: Australian swiftlet (en); andorinhão-australiano (pt); salangane d’Australie (fr); salangana australiana (es); Südseesalangane (de) Taxonomy: Order Apodiformes Family Apodidae Range: This species is endemic to Queensland, in north-eastern Australia, being found in the mainland and in a number of offshore islands in that region.. Size: This small…

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Australian swiftlet

Aerodramus terraereginae Photo by Ian Montgomery (Birdway) Common name: Australian swiftlet (en); andorinhão-australiano (pt); salangane d’Australie (fr); salangana australiana (es); Südseesalangane (de) Taxonomy: Order Apodiformes Family Apodidae Range: This species is endemic to Queensland, in north-eastern Australia, being found in the mainland and in a number of offshore islands in that region.. Size: This small…

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Pale rosefinch

Carpodacus synoicus Photo by Avi Meir (Flickr) Common name: pale rosefinch (en); peito-rosado-do-Sinai (pt); roselin du Sinaï (fr); carpodaco del Sinai (es); einödgimpel (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Fringillidae Range: This Asian species has a patchy distribution in the Middle East, in Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and into adjacent areas of Egypt. A separate…

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African dusky flycatcher

Muscicapa adusta Photo by Robert Wienand (Flickr) Common name: African dusky flycatcher (en); papa-moscas-sombrio (pt); gobemouche sombre (fr); papamoscas oscuro (es); dunkelschnäpper (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Muscicapidae Range: This African species has an isolated population in Cameroon, but the bulk of its distribution lies from Ethiopia, through Kenya and Tanzania, to Zambia, southern DR…

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Pacific marsh harrier

Circus approximans Photo by Wayne Butterworth (Wikipedia) Common name: Pacific marsh harrier (en); tartaranhão-dos-paúis-do-Pacífico (pt); busard de Gould (fr); aguilucho lagunero del Pacífico (es); sumpfweihe (de) Taxonomy: Order Falconiformes Family Accipitridae Range: This species is widespread in Australasia and the South Pacific, being found in much of Australia (except the arid regions), New Zealand, Fiji,…

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Barred antshrike

Thamnophilus doliatus Photo by Nick Athanas (Antpitta) Common name: barred antshrike (en); choca-barrada (pt); batara rayé (fr); batará barrado (es); binden-ameisenwürger (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Thamnophilidae Range: This American species is found from Tamaulipas, Mexico, through Central America and Trinidad and Tobago, and a large part of South America east of the Andes as…

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Red-rumped waxbill

Estrilda charmosyna Photo by Kristian Svensson (Global Twitcher) Common name: red-rumped waxbill (en); bico-de-lacre-de-peito-rosado (pt); astrild des fées (fr); estrilda de vientre rosado (es); feenastrild (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Estrildidae Range: This African species is found from southern Sudan and Ethiopia to north eastern Uganda, south-eastern Kenya and the interior of Tanzania. Size: The…

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Chilean tinamou

Nothoprocta perdicaria Photo by Rodrigo Tapia (Neotropical Birds) Common name: Chilean tinamou (en); tinamú-do-Chile (pt); tinamou perdix (fr); perdiz chilena (es); Chilesteißhuhn (de) Taxonomy: Order Tinamiformes Family Tinamidae Range: This South American species is mostly found in Chile, from the southern parts of Atacama to Ñuble. It may also be present in adjacent parts of…

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