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…