Green pygmy-goose

Nettapus pulchellus Photo by Tony Ashton (Tyto Tony) Common name:green pygmy-goose (en); ganso-anão-australiano (pt); anserelle élégante (fr); gansito-australiano (es); Australische zwergente (de) Taxonomy:Order AnseriformesFamily Anatidae Range:This species is found in northern and eastern Australia and in southern New Guinea. Also in the Lesser Sundas, Moluccas and Sulawesi, but possibly only outside the breeding season.Size:These birds…

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Puvel's illadopsis

Illadopsis puveli Photo by Krzysztof Blachowiak (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Puvel’s illadopsis (en); falso-tordo-de-Cacine (pt); akalat de Puvel (fr); tordina de Puvel (es); großfuß-buschdrossling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This African species is patchily distributed, with two disjunct subspecies. I.p. puveli is found is West Africa, from Senegal to Togo, while I.p. strenuipes occurs in a few patches…

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Alexandrine parakeet

Psittacula eupatria Photo by Michael Schmolz (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Alexandrine parakeet (en); piriquito-de-Alexandre (pt); perruche alexandre (fr); cotorra alejandrina (es); Alexandersittich (de)Taxonomy:Order PsittaciformesFamily PsittacidaeRange:This species is found from Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, through India and Nepal and into Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, southern Laos, Cambodia and southern Vietnam.Size:These birds are 50-62 cm long and weigh…

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