Motacillidae

Anthus novaeseelandiae Photo by David Cook (Flickr) Common name:Australasian pipit (en); petinha-austral (pt); pipit austral (fr); bisbita austral (es); Australspornpieper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MotacillidaeRange:This species is found throughout most of Australia, including Tasmania, in eastern Papua-New Guinea, throughout mainland New Zealand and also in the offshore archipelagos of Chatham, Aukland and Antipodes.Size:These birds are 16-19 cm…

Motacilla aguimp Photo by Ken Havard (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:African pied wagtail (en); alvéola-preta-e-branca (pt); bergeronnette pie (fr); lavandera africana (es); witwenstelze (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MotacillidaeRange:This species is found throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa, from Guinea to Ethiopia and south to South Africa, as well as along the Nile valley north to southern Egypt. They…

Dendronanthus indicus Photo by P. Supat (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:forest wagtail (en); alvéola-dos-bosques (pt); bergeronnette de forêt (fr); lavandera forestal (es); baumstelze (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MotacillidaeRange:This species breeds from extreme south-eastern Russia and northern Japan, through Korea and north-eastern China and into south-eastern China. They migrate south to winter in southern China, Indochina, Indonesia and…

Anthus furcatus Photo by Roberto Maisonnave (Aves Uruguay) Common name:short-billed pipit (en); caminheiro-de-unha-curta (pt); pipit à plastron (fr); bisbita piquicorto (es); weißbauchpieper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MotacillidaeRange:This species is found in Peru, Bolivia, northern and central Argentina, Uruguay and marginally into south-eastern Brazil.Size:These birds are 14-14,5 cm long and weigh 20 g.Habitat:The short-billed pipit is found in…