Muscicapidae

Ficedula parva Photo by Rajneesh Suvarna (Oiseaux) Common name:red-breasted flycatcher (en); papa-moscas-pequeno (pt); gobemouche nain (fr); papamoscas papirrojo (es); zwergschnäpper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This species is found breeding in eastern and north-eastern Europe, from the Balkans and Poland to southern Finland, into Near Russia all the way to the Urals, and through northern Turkey and the Caucasus…

Pogonocichla stellata Photo by Alan Manson (Wikipedia) Common name:white-starred robin (en); pisco-estrelado (pt); rougegorge étoilé (fr); ruiseñor estrellado (es); sternrötel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This species is patchily distributed across eastern Africa, from southern Sudan down to South Africa.Size:This species is 15-16 cm long and weighs 18-25 g.Habitat:The white-starred robin is mostly found in moist evergreen mountain forests with…

Cercotrichas paena Photo by Ian White (Flickr) Common name:Kalahari scrub-robin (en); rouxinol-do-mato-do-Kalahari (pt); agrobate du Kalahari (fr); alzacola del Kalahari (es); Kalahariheckensänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This African species is found from south-western Angola, through Namibia and Botswana and into northern South Africa and Zimbabwe.Size:These birds are 14-16 cm long and weigh 20 g.Habitat:The Kalahari scrub-robin is mostly found…

Luscinia svecica Photo by Pawel Waclawik (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:bluethroat (en); pisco-de-peito-azul (pt); gorgebleue à miroir (fr); pechiazul (es); blaukehlchen (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:These birds are found breeding from northern Europe, across Russia, south to the Himalayas and there is also a population in western Alaska. They winter in southern Europe, the Middle East and southern…