White-browed coucal

Centropus superciliosus Photo by Eric van Poppel (Internet Bird Colletion) Common name:white-browed coucal (en); cucal-de-sobrancelhas-brancas (pt); coucal à sourcils blancs (fr); cucal cejiblanco (es); tiputip (de)Taxonomy:Order CuculiformesFamily CuculidaeRange:This species is found from the south-western Arabian Peninsula, through south-eastern Sudan, Erithrea and Ethiopia, across East Africa, through southern D.R. Congo into Angola, and through eastern Zimbabwe…

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Raso lark

Alauda razae Photo by Paul Donald (Surfbirds) Common name:Raso lark (en); calhandra-do-Raso (pt); alouette de Razo (fr); alondra de Raso (es); Rasolerche (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily AlaudidaeRange:This species is endemic to the Raso islet in the Cape Verde Archipelago, between the islands of Santa Luzia and São Nicolau.Size:These birds are 12-13 cm long and weigh 18-28 g.Habitat:The…

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Hook-billed jite

Chondrohierax uncinatus (Photo from Wiki Aves de Colombia) Common name:hook-billed kite (en); caracoleiro (pt); milan bec-en-croc (fr); milano picogarfio (es); langschnabelweih (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This species is found from Mexico, and marginally in southern Texas, south to northern Argentina, Paraguay and south-eastern Brazil. They are also found in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago, and…

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Black-winged petrel

Pterodroma nigripennis Photo by Nigel Voaden (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:black-winged petrel (en); freira-d’asa-preta (pt); pétrel à ailes noires (fr); petrel alinegro (es); schwarzflügel-sturmvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order ProcellariiformesFamily ProcellariidaeRange:This species breeds in the south-western Pacific, from Lord Howe Island, Australia, and eastern Australia in the west, New Caledonia in the north, the Chatham Islands, New Zealand in…

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