Cream_coloured courser

The cream-colored courser is a wader in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae. Both parts of the scientific name derive from Latin cursor, "runner", from currere, "to run"which describes their usual
#describes #derive

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Resplendent quetzal

The resplendent quetzal is a bird in the trogon family. It is found from Chiapas, Mexico to western Panama (unlike the other quetzals of the genus Pharomachrus, which are found in South America and eastern Panama). 
#panama #western

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African citril

The African citril (Crithagra citrinelloides), also known as the Abyssinian citril, is a species of finch. It is found from Ethiopia, Eritrea to western Kenya. 
#western #kenya #Eritrea

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Glistening_grren tanager

The glistening-green tanager (Chlorochrysa phoenicotis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
#Ecuador #species

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Grote bonte specht

De grote bonte specht (Dendrocopos major) is een vogel die tot de familie spechten (Picidae) behoort. Het is een talrijke en wijdverbreide standvogel in een groot deel van het Palearctisch gebied.
#gebied #picidae

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Plumbeous rail

The plumbeous rail (Pardirallus sanguinolentus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, and is a vagrant to the Falkland Islands. 
#falkland #vargrant

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Snacking egret

The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa.
#africa #wading #native

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Sula pitta

The Sula pitta (Erythropitta dohertyi) is a species of the pitta. It was considered a subspecies of the red-bellied pitta. It is endemic to Indonesia where it occurs in the Sula and Banggai Islands.
#island #pitta #species

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Eurasian blue tit

The Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)is a small passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae. It is easily recognisable by its blue and yellow plumage and small size.
#easily #plumage

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Rose_faced parrot

The rosy-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis), also known as the rosy-collared or peach-faced lovebird, is a species of lovebird native to arid regions in southwestern Africa such as the Namib Desert. 
#namib #desert #species

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Black winged kite

The black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus), also known as the black-shouldered kite (not to be confused with the closely related Australian species with the same name), is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae
#accipitridae #closely

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Chestnut backed chickadee

The chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens, formerly Parus rufescens) is a small passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae
#paridae #chickadee

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Grandala (male)

The grandala (Grandala coelicolor) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Grandala.
#genus #Grandala #placed

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Todirostrum poliocephalum

The yellow-lored tody-flycatcher or grey-headed tody-flycatcher (Todirostrum poliocephalum) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to Brazil, occurring from Southern Bahia southwards to Santa Catarina. 
#catarina #occurring

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Masked trogon

The masked trogon (Trogon personatus) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. It is fairly common in humid highland forests in South America, mainly the Andes and tepuis
#tepuis #humid

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Shining honeycreeper

The shining honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus) is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical New World in Central America from southern Mexico to Panama and northwest Colombia.
#colombia #found #tanager

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Resplendent quetzal

The resplendent quetzal is a bird in the trogon family. It is found from Chiapas, Mexico to western Panama (unlike the other quetzals of the genus Pharomachrus, which are found in South America and eastern Panama).
#genus #america

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Great hornbill

The great hornbill (Buceros bicornis), also known as the concave-casqued hornbill, great Indian hornbill or great pied hornbill, is one of the larger members of the hornbill family. 
#great #hornbill

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Rotekehlchen

Das Rotkehlchen (Erithacus rubecula) ist eine Vogelart aus der Familie der Fliegenschnäpper (Muscicapidae). Es besiedelt Nordafrika, Europa und Kleinasien sowie die Mittelmeerinseln. 
#sowie #europa #kleinasien

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The Great barbet

The great barbet (Psilopogon virens) is an Asian barbet native to the Indian sub-continent and Southeast Asia, where it inhabits foremost forests up to 3,000 m (9,800 ft) altitude.
#altitude #indian

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Scarlet_and_white tanager

The scarlet-and-white tanager (Chrysothlypis salmoni) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia and northern Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.
#forest #tropical

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