Tiger shrike

Lanius tigrinus (Photo from Hunan Forestry) Common name:tiger shrike (en); picanço-tigre (pt); pie-grièche tigrine (fr); alcaudón tigre (es); tigerwürger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily LaniidaeRange:This species breeds in eastern China from Guizhou, Hunan and Zhejiang north to Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang, in Korea, in the Japanese islands of Honshu and Kyushu and marginally in extreme south-eastern Russia. They…

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Red-faced spinetail

Cranioleuca erythrops Photo by Eduardo Letort (PBase) Common name:red-faced spinetail (en); arredio-de-faces-vermelhas (pt); synallaxe à face rouge (fr); curutié carirrojo (es); rotgesicht-baumschlüpfer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily FurnariidaeRange:This species occurs in three disjunct subspecies. C.e. rufigenis is found in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama, C.e. griseigularis is found in extreme eastern Panama and along the…

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Jack snipe

Lymnocryptes mininus Photo by Dûrzan Cîrano (Wikipedia) Common name:jack snipe (en); narceja-galega (pt); bécassine sourde (fr); agachadiza chica (es); zwergschnepfe (de)Taxonomy:Order CharadriiformesFamily ScolopacidaeRange:This species breeds in Scandinavia, northern Belarus and in northern Russia as far east as Cherskly. They migrate south to winter in western Europe, around the Mediterranean, in sub-Saharan Africa as far south…

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Black-naped oriole

Oriolus chinensis Photo by Nick Dean (Flickr) Common name:black-naped oriole (en); papa-figos-de-nuca-preta (pt); loriot de Chine (fr); oropéndola china (es); schwarznackenpirol (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily OriolidaeRange:This species is found throughout eastern China, marginally into south-eastern Russia, in Korea, and also through the Philippines into Indonesia and Singapore. Population breeding in China, Russia and Korea migrate south and…

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