Fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo

Surniculus dicruroides Photo by Vijay Ismavel (Flickr) Common name:fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo (en); cuco-drongo-de-cauda-forcada (pt): surnicou à queue fourchue (fr); cuclillo-drongo de cola furcada (es); gabelschwanz-drongokuckuck (de)Taxonomy:Order CuculiformesFamily CuculidaeRange:This species breeds in most of India, with the exception of the north-western part of the country, and through Nepal and Bangladesh into northern Myanmar, northern Vietnam and southern…

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Brown-bellied swallow

Notiochelidon murina Photo by Leif Gabrielsen (iGoTerra) Common name:brown-bellied swallow (en); andorinha-de-barriga-castanha (pt); hirondelle à ventre brun (fr); golondrina ventriparda (es); mausschwalbe (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily HirundinidaeRange:This species is found along the Andes from western Venezuela south to central Bolivia.Size:These birds are 14 cm long and weigh about 12,5 g.Habitat:The brown-bellied swallow is mostly found in open…

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Mount Cameroon speirops

Speirops melanocephalus Photo by Morten Venaas (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Mount Cameroon speirops (en); olho-branco-dos-Camarões (pt); zostérops du Cameroun (fr); anteojitos del Camerún (es); Kamerunbrillenvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ZosteropidaeRange:This species is endemic to the slopes of Mount Cameroon, in south-western Cameroon.Size:These birds are 13 cm long and weigh 9-12,5 g.Habitat:The Mount Cameroon speirops in mostly found…

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Lesser jacana

Microparra capensis Photo by Paul Jones (Flickr) Common name:lesser jacana (en); jacana-pequena (pt); jacana nain (fr); jacana chica (es); zwergblatthühnchen (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily JacanidaeRange:This species is patchily distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, from Mali and Côte d’Ivoire east to South Sudan and Ethiopia, through Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, and into southern Angola, northern Namibia, northern Botswana, Mozambique…

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