Sylviidae

Cincloramphus mathewsi Photo by Deane Lewis (Australian Nature Photography) Common name:rufous songlark (en); rouxinol-de-Mathews (pt); mégalure de Mathews (fr); yerbera de Mathews (es); rostbürzel-lerchensänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This species is endemic to Australia, being found throughout the country although the northernmost areas are only used during winter.Size:These bird are 16-19 cm long and weigh 30 g.Habitat:The…

Chloropeta natalensis Photo by Chris Krog (Stellenbosch Birds) Common name:yellow flycatcher-warbler (en); felosa-amarela-africana (pt); chloropète jaune (fr); cloropeta común (es); schnäpperrohrsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, being patchily distributed from from Nigeria east to Ethiopia, south through eastern D.R. Congo, Angola and Zambia, and into north-eastern South Africa.Size:These birds are 14-15…

Acrocephalus scirpaceus Photo by Patrick Palmen (Birds of Kazakhstan) Common name:Eurasian reed-warbler (en); rouxinol-pequeno-dos-caniços (pt); rousserolle effarvatte (fr); carricero cómun (es); teichrohrsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Sylviidae Range:This species is found throughout Europe, as far north as southern Scandinavia, into central Asia as far east as Kazakhstan and also in sub-Saharan Africa as far south as South…

Urosphena squameiceps Photo by Robin Newlin (Birds Korea) Common name:Asian stubtail (en); rouxinol-rabicurto (pt); bouscarle de Swinhoe (fr); colirobusto de cabeza escamosa (es); kurzschwanz-buschsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Sylviidae Range:This species breeds in Japan, Korea and marginally into south-eastern Russia and north-eastern China. They migrate south to winter in southern China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand.Size:These…

Sylvietta rufescens Photo by Lee Hunter (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:long-billed crombec (en); rabicurta-de-bico-comprido (pt); crombec à long bec (fr); sylvieta de pico largo (es); langschnabel-sylvietta (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Sylviidae Range:This African species is found from eastern D.R. Congo, Angola and Zambia down to southern South Africa.Size:These birds are 12 cm long and weigh about 16…

Locustella naevia Photo by Andreas Gruber (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:common grasshopper warbler (en); felosa-malhada (pt); locustelle tachetée (fr); buscarla pintoja (es); feldschwirl (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange: This species is found breed across most of Europe, from the northern Iberian peninsula as far north as southern Sweden and Norway and as far east as central Asia,…

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Photo by Rinus Motmans (Flickr) Common name:sedge warbler (en); felosa-dos-juncos (pt); phragmite des joncs (fr); carricerín común (es); schilfrohrsänger (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Sylviidae Range:This species breeds throughout most of Europe and western Asia, as far south as northern Spain, northern Italy, Turkey and Kazakhstan, and as far east as central Siberia. They migrate…

Eremomela icteropygialis Photo by Volker Sthamer (Bird Forum) Common name:yellow-bellied eremomela (en); eremomela-de-barriga-amarela (pt); érémomèle à croupion jaune (fr); eremomela de vientre amarillo (es); gelbbauch-eremomela (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This species is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, occurring in two main populations. One stretches across the Sahel from Mauritania to Sudan and the other is found from…