Birds

Starling

The starling (Sturnus vulgaris) was originally a palearktisk spread mostly south of the Circle and it is widely spread in Europe and in Central Asia east to China.

Common Tern

The Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) is a migratory bird that breeds in the northern hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.

Clay-colored thrush

The clay-colored thrush (Turdus grayi) is a common Middle American bird of the thrush family. It is the national bird of Costa Rica, where it is well known as the yigüirro. Other common names include clay-colored robin.

Clay-colored thrush

Costa Rica's National Bird

Rufous-bellied thrush

Brazil's national bird.

The rufous-bellied thrush (Turdus rufiventris) occurs in most of east and southeast Brazil from Maranhão south to Rio Grande do Sul states, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern regions of Argentina.

Grey-headed kingfisher

National bird of Cape Verde

The grey-headed kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) has a wide distribution from the Cape Verde Islands off the north-west coast of Africa to Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia, east to Ethiopia, Somalia and southern Arabia and south to South Africa.

Dark-eyed Junco

The dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) is common across much of temperate North America and in summer ranges far into the Arctic

Cuban Tody

The Cuban tody (Todus multicolor) is restricted to Cuba and adjacent islands.

Horned Lark

The Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) nests in northern Europe, in the mountains of south-eastern Europe, in Morocco in northwest Africa, in Asia and in North America from the High Arctic regions to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the south.