Muscicapidae

Erithacus rubecula Photo by Olivier Baudoux (Nunda Foto) Common name:European robin (en); pisco-de-peito-ruivo (pt); rouge-gorge familier (fr); petirrojo europeo (es); rotkehlchen (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This species is found throughout Europe, with the exception if Iceland and the northernmost parts of Scandinavia and Russia. Also in North Africa, along the Mediterranean coast from Morocco to Egypt and…

Luscinia pectoralis Photo by Aurélien Audevard (Mango Verde) Common name:white-tailed rubythroat (en); rouxinol-de-garganta-vermelha (pt); rossignol à gorge rubis (fr); ruiseñor pechinegro (es); bergrubinkehlchen (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Muscicapidae Range:This species is found from central China, and along the Himalayas through Nepal, extreme north-western India and northern Pakistan and into north-eastern Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and south-eastern Kazakhstan.Size:These…

Niltava grandis Photo by Michael Gillam (Flickr) Common name:large niltava (en); papa-moscas-grande (pt); grand gobemouche (fr); papamoscas grande (es); kobaltblauschnäpper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily  MuscicapidaeRange:This species is found from Nepal and extreme north-eastern India, through Myanmar and Laos and into Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Also marginally into southern China.Size:These birds are 21…

Ficedula hypoleuca (Photo from Red Book) Common name:European pied flycatcher (en); papa-moscas-preto (pt); gobemouche noir (fr); papamoscas cerrojillo (es); trauerschnäpper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This species is found breeding throughout central and northern Europe, from France to northern Scandinavia and east to near Russia and northern Kazakhstan. There are also breeding populations in Spain, Morocco, northern Algeria…