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Cathartes aura Photo by Luis Leal (Trek Nature) Common name:turkey vulture (en); urubu-de-cabeça-vermelha (pt); urubu à tête rouge (fr); aura gallipavo (es); truthahngeier (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily CathartidaeRange:This species is found in most of the Americas, from southern Canada down to Tierra del Fuego, including the northern Caribbean islands down to Puerto Rico. The populations in Canada…
Cormobates leucophaea (Photo from Flickr) Common name:white-throated treecreeper (en); trepadeira-austral-de-garganta-branca (pt); échelet leucophée (fr); corretroncos gorjiblanco (es); weißkehl-baumrutscher (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ClimacteridaeRange:This species is endemic to eastern Australia, being found from north-eastern Queensland south to Victoria, and west into south-eastern South Australia.Size:These birds are 13-17 cm long and have a wingspan of 19-26 cm. They weigh…
Zoonavena grandidieri Photo by Markus Lagerqvist (PBase) Common name:Madagascar spinetail (en); rabo-espinhoso-de-Madagáscar (pt); martinet de Grandidier (fr); vencejo malgache (es); Madagaskarflagermussejler (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily ApodidaeRange:This species has two disjunct subspecies. Z.g. grandidieri is found throughout Madagascar, while Z.g. mariae is only found on the island of Grand Comoro, in the Comoro Islands.Size:These birds are 12 cm…
Alopecoenas rubescens Photo by Josep del Hoyo (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Marquesan ground-dove (en); pombo-perdiz-das-Marquesas (pt); gallicolombe des Marquises (fr); paloma-perdiz de las Marquesas (es); Marquesen-erdtaube (de)Taxonomy:Order ColumbiformesFamily ColumbidaeRange:This species is endemic to the Marquesas islands, in French Polynesia, only occurring on the uninhabited, cat-free islets of Hatuta’a and Fatu Huku.Size:These birds are 20 cm…
