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04/08/2023 : Photos : Batara perlé, Grallaire grisâtre, Grallaire de Whittaker, Carnifex cryptique.
Août 2023Fiche : Choco Trogon. If all trogons are beautiful and colourful, only one bears a Latin name that truly describes it: Trogon comptus, meaning 'elegant and attractive'! A l..., Fluttering Shearwater. Medium-sized Shearwater resembling a Yelkouan Shearwater or Ashy Shearwater. Upperparts (...) -
03/08/2023 : Photos : Gobemouche gris, Bergeronnette grise, Sterne pierregarin, Sterne caugek.
Août 2023Fiche : Citrine Wagtail. The species is polytypic and only the nominal race M. c. citreola is present in Europe. However, European populations are often divided into two subsp..., Calandra Lark. The Calandra Lark is a large, stocky lark with a relatively short tail. Its head is equipped with a (...) -
02/08/2023 : Fiche : Alouette cendrille. Fiche : Photos : Canard à bosse, Araçari de Humboldt.
Août 2023Fiche : Alouette cendrille. Fiche : Baird's Trogon. George Newbold Lawrence, an American ornithologist (1806-1895), discovered Baird's Trogon in 1868 in San Mateo, Costa Rica and so named it in honor of..., Malabar Trogon. The Malabar Trogon derives its name from the Indian coastline situated (...) -
01/08/2023 : Photos : Métallure de Stanley, Métallure de Baron, Xénodacnis mésange, Colibri d’El Oro.
Août 2023Green-backed Trogon. Green-backed Trogon, scientifically known as Trogon viridis, literally means Green Trogon, which has only green on its back that gives off a certain l..., Grey Teal. This species is often considered a subspecies of Grey Teal (Anas gibberifrons). It does not present any (...) -
31/07/2023 : Photos : Platyrhynque à tête d’or, Platyrhynque brun, Bergeronnette grise.
Juillet 2023Fiche : Collared Trogon. The Collared Trogon, an enigmatic name, the bird is known as Collared Trogon in nearly all languages except French! Perhaps Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot..., Brown Fish Owl. Ketupa zeylonensis, an enigmatical latin name, does Kétoupa come from indian mythology, where Ketu (...)