Motacillidae

Anthus spragueii Photo by Gerald Romanchuk (PBase) Common name:Sprague’s pipit (en); petinha-da-pradaria (pt); pipit de Sprague (fr); bisbita llanera (es); präriepieper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MotacillidaeRange:This species is found breeding in inland areas of southern Canada and the northern United States, from British Columbia to Manitoba and south to Montana and South Dakota. They migrate south to…

Motacilla clara Photo by Morten Nilsen (Global Twitcher) Common name:mountain wagtail (en); alvéola-rabilonga (pt); bergeronnette à longe queue (fr); lavandera clara (es); langschwanzstelze (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MotacillidaeRange:This species is found is isolated patches in sub-Saharan Africa, namely in Ethiopia, from southern Nigeria to Gabon, and from Kenya, Uganda, through southern D.R. Congo and Tanzania and…

Anthus brachyurus Photo by Hugh Chittenden (Biodiversity Explorer) Common name:short-tailed pipit (en); petinha-rabicurta (pt); pipit à queue courte (fr); bisbita colicorto (es); kurzschwanzpieper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MotacillidaeRange:This African species is found from Gabon, through Congo, D.R. Congo and north-eastern Angola, and into Zambia. There are also separate populations in Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique and South Africa.Size:These birds are 12 cm…