Muscicapidae

Rhinomyias gularis (Photo from Flickr) Common name:eyebrowed jungle-flycatcher (en); papa-moscas-de-bridão (pt); gobemouche bridé (fr); papamoscas embridado (es); weißbrauen-dschungelschnäpper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This species is endemic to the island of Borneo, being found in the northern mountains of the island, along the borders between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.Size:These birds are 15 cm long and weigh 15-20 g.Habitat:The…

Cichladusa arquata Photo by Ian White (Flickr) Common name:collared palm-thrush (en); tordo-das-palmeiras-de-colar (pt); cichladuse à collier (fr); zorzal-palmero acollarado (es); morgenrötel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This species is found from south-eastern D.R. Congo, northern Tanzania and south-eastern Kenya, through Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique and into north-eastern South Africa, northern Botswana and south-eastern Angola.Size:These birds are 17-18 cm…

Pinarornis plumosus Photo by Adam Riley (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:boulder chat (en); chasco-das-rochas (pt); rochassier des éboulis (fr); zorzal roquero (es); steindroßling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This species is found in eastern Botswana, Zimbabwe, marginally into western Mozambique and north to south-eastern Zambia and southern Malawi.Size:These birds are 23-27 cm long and weigh around 65 g.Habitat:The…

Ficedula albicollis Photo by Andrej Chudy (Flickr) Common name:collared flycatcher (en); papa-moscas-de-colar (pt); gobemouche à collier (fr); papamoscas collarino (es); halsbandschnäpper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This species breeds in eastern Europe, as far west as north-eastern France and Italy, as far north as Lithuania and Belarus, and south to Bulgaria and east into near Russia as far…