Sylviidae

Acrocephalus stentoreus Photo by Lior Kislev (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:clamorous reed-warbler (en); rouxinol-retumbante (pt); rousserolle stentor (fr); carricero estentóreo (es); stentorrohrsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Sylviidae Range:This species is found from eastern Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, through the Arabian Peninsula and Iran in to Pakistan, Afghanistan and Kazakhstan. Also in northern India, Sri Lanka, from southern…

Sylvia subcaerulea Photo by Marco Valentini (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:rufous-vented warbler (en); toutinegra-dos-bosques (pt); fauvette grignette (fr); curruca sureña (es); meisengrasmücke (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Sylviidae Range:This African species is found from southern Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe to South Africa.Size:These birds are 14-15 cm long and weigh 16 g.Habitat:The rufous-vented warbler is mostly found in…

Phylloscopus trochilus Photo by Arend Wassink (Birds of Kazakhstan) Common name:willow warbler (en); felosa-musical (pt); pouillot fitis (fr); mosquitero musical (es); fitis (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This species throughout most of Europe and northern Asia, from the northern Iberian Peninsula and the British Isles to northern Scandinavia and east through Poland and the Ukraine into most of…

Cettia diphone Photo by Mathew Poll (Birds Korea) Common name:Japanese bush-warbler (en); rouxinol-bravo-japonês (pt); bouscarle chanteuse (fr); ruiseñor bastardo japonés (es); Japanbuschsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This species is found throughout Japan, and also in Korea, north-eastern and eastern China, extreme south-eastern Russia, Taiwan and in the northern Philippines. There is also an introduced population in Hawaii.Size:These…

Sphenoeacus afer Photo by Carmelo López (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Cape grass-warbler (en); felosa-do-Cabo (pt); sphénoèque du Cap (fr); yerbera de El Cabo (es); Kapgrassänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This species is found in southern eastern and north-eastern South Africa and also along the border between Zimbabwe and Mozambique.Size:These birds are 17-19 cm long and weigh 30…

Stenostira scita Photo by Trevor Hardaker (Trevor and Margaret Hardaker) Common name:fairy warbler (en); papa-moscas-d’asa-branca (pt); mignard enchanteur (fr); papamoscas duende (es); elfenschnäpper (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This African species breeds in southern South Africa and Lesotho. Part of the population migrates north to winter as far as southern Namibia and southern Botswana.Size:These small birds are 11-12…

Phylloscopus fuscatus Photo by Sergey Pisarevskiy (Flickr) Common name:dusky warbler (en); felosa-sombria (pt); pouillot brun (fr); mosquitero sombrío (es); dunkellaubsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Sylviidae Range:This species breeds in northern Asia, from Siberia to eastern Russia, Mongolia, northern and central China, Korea and the eastern parts of the Himalayas. They migrate south to winter in south-east Asia….

Acrocephalus sechellensis Photo by Terje Kolaas (Flickr) Common name:Seychelles warbler (en); felosa-das-Seychelles (pt); rousserolle des Seychelles (fr); carricero de Seychelles (es); Seychellen-rohrsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This species is endemic to the Seychelles archipelago. At present they are only found in the islands of Cousin, Aride, Cousine and Denis.Size:These birds are 14 cm long and weigh 15-17…