Muscicapidae

Oenanthe leucura Photo by Marco Valentini (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:black wheatear (en); chasco-preto (pt); traquet rieur (fr); collalba negra (es); trauersteinschmätzer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This species is found in south-western Europe, in Spain, and marginally into Portugal and France. Also in north-west Africa, in Morocco, northern Algeria, Tunisia, Western Sahara and northern Mauritania.Size:These birds are…

Copsychus saularis Photo by J.M. Garg (Wikipedia) Common name:oriental magpie-robin (en); pisco-daial (pt); shama dayal (fr); shama oriental (es); dajaldrossel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Muscicapidae Range:These birds are found in southern Asia, from eastern Pakistan, throughout India and Bangladesh and through Indochina into Indonesia, the Philippines and southern and south-eastern China.Size:The oriental magpie-robin is 19-23 cm long…

Chaimarrornis leucocephalus Photo by Yeshev Dorji (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:white-capped water-redstart (en); rabirruivo-de-coroa-branca (pt); torrentaire à calotte blanche (fr); colirrojo de capa blanca (es); weißkopfschmätzer (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This species is found in central Asia, from eastern Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan, through the Himalayas and into central and southern China, and northern Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.Size:These…

Bradornis infuscatus Photo by Aleix Comas (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:chat flycatcher (en); papa-moscas-chasco (pt); gobemouche traquet (fr); papamoscas africano (es); drosselschnäpper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This species is found in southern Africa, along the coast of southern Angola, in Namibia, Botswana and western South Africa.Size:These birds are 20 cm long and weigh 30-35 g. Habitat:The chat…