Birds

European Quail

The Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix) occurs in most of Europe's and Asia's temperate parts and less common in Scandinavia. There are also breeding populations in the tropical parts of eastern and southern Africa and Madagascar. The Palearctic populations migrate in winter to subtropical and tropical areas, but also to a few places in southern Europe, Mediterranean, and southern Tibet. The population of tropical Africa are sedentary or move north in winter just like the population in South Africa that winters in an area around Angola.

Quail

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Whimbrel

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) breed in North America, northern Europe and in Asia, mainly in Siberia.
Common breeding sites are heaths, swamps, clear cuts and steppe lands.

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Hoatzin

The hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), also known as the stinkbird, or Canje pheasant, is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riparian forests, and mangroves of the Amazon and the Orinoco Delta in South America.

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Checkered Woodpecker

The checkered woodpecker (Veniliornis mixtus) is a woodpecker found in eastern South America.

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Bar-tailed Trogon

National Bird of Malawi

The bar-tailed trogon (Apaloderma vittatum) is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

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Terek sandpiper

The Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) breeds near water in the taiga from Finland through northern Siberia to the Kolyma River, and migrate south in winter to tropical coasts in east Africa, south Asia and Australia, usually preferring muddy areas. It is a rare vagrant in western Europe.

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Yellow-billed Loon

The yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii) breed in the Arctic in Russia, Alaska and Canada and winters at sea, mostly outside of Norway and western coasts of Canada. In winter the yellow-billed loon is sometimes found in big lakes.
Like other loons the yellow-billed loon is specialized on eating fish, which it catches under water.

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Northern Cardinal

The Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) is a North American bird and it is also known as the redbird or common cardinal. The bird can be found in southern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Texas and south through Mexico.

Northern Cardinal

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