Southern carmine bee-eater

Merops nubicoides Photo by Mike Rolfe (Pixdaus) Common name:southern carmine bee-eater (en); abelharuco-róseo-do-sul (pt); guêpier carmin (fr); abejaruco carmesí del sur (es); karminspint (de)Taxonomy:Order CoraciiformesFamily MeropidaeRange:This species is found breeding from southern Angola, through Zambia, Zimbabwe and northern Botswana, and into south-western Mozambique. Outside the breeding season they range as far south as north-eastern South…

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Great spotted cuckoo

Clamator glandarius Photo by Stephen Daly (Andalucian Guides) Common name: great spotted cuckoo (en); cuco-rabilongo (pt); coucou geai (fr); críalo europeo (es); häherkuckuck (de) Taxonomy: Order Cuculiformes Family Cuculidae Range: These birds are found from southern Europe and the Middle East to Iran, and throughout Mediterranean Africa down to Senegal, Sudan and Somalia and further…

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African finfoot

Podica senegalensis Photo by Ian Fulton (Internet Bird Collection) Common name: African finfoot (en); pés-de-barbatana (pt); grébifoulque d’Afrique (fr); avesol africano (es); binsenralle (de) Taxonomy: Order Gruiformes Family Heliornithidae Range: This species is found across much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to western Ethiopia and south through D.R. Congo, Angola, Zimbabwe, central Mozambique and into…

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