Sylviidae

Sylvia mystacea Photo by Pekka Fågel (Kuwait Bird Sightings) Common name:Menetries’s warbler (en); toutinegra-de-Ménétries (pt); fauvette de Ménétries (fr); curruca de Ménétries (es); tamariskengrasmücke (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This species is found breeding from Israel and Turkey to Iraq, the Caucasus and around the Caspian Sea in southern Russia, northern Iran and into Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan….

Bradypterus baboecala Photo by Mike Buckham (Buckham Birding) Common name:African bush-warbler (en); felosa-dos-juncos-africana (pt); bouscarle caqueteuse (fr); zarzalero charlatán (es); sumpfbuschsänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This African species is patchily distributed from Nigeria to Ethiopia and Kenya, and has the bulk of its population from southern D.R. Congo, through Zambia and Angola, and down to South Africa….

Phyllolais pulchella Photo by Volker Sthamer (Bird Forum) Common name:buff-bellied warbler (en); felosa-das-acácias (pt); phyllolaïs à ventre fauve (fr); prinia ventripálida (es); akaziensänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This African species is found in two separate populations. One is found in northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, southern Chad and southern Niger, while the other is found further east, from southern Sudan, through…

Orthotomus ruficeps Photo by David Yeo (Flickr) Common name:ashy tailorbird (en); costureiro-de-cabeça-ruiva (pt); couturière à tête rousse (fr); sastrecillo ceniciento (es); rostwangen-schneidervogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This species is found is South-East Asia, in Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia.Size:They are 11-12 cm long and weigh 5-7 g.Habitat:The ashy tailorbird is mostly found in moist tropical forests and…

Orthotomus sutorius Photo by Allen To (Images of Birds of Hong Kong) Common name:common tailorbird (en); costureiro-rabilongo (pt); couturière à longue queue (fr); sastrecillo común (es); rotstirn-schneidervogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This species is found in southern Asia, from Pakistan and India to southern China and Indonesia.Size:These birds are 10-14 cm long and weigh 6-10 g.Habitat:The common tailor bird…

Sylvietta whytii Photo by Glen Tepke (Mango Verde) Common name:red-faced-crombec (en); rabicurta-de-faces-vermelhas (pt); crombec à face rousse (fr); sylvieta de cara roja (es); rotzügel-sylvietta (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This African species is found in East Africa, from southern Ethiopia and Sudan, through Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and into Zimbabwe and Mozambique.Size:These birds are 8-9 cm long and weigh 9-11 g.Habitat:The red-faced…

Sylvia nisoria Photo by Mateusz Matysiak (Mateusz Matysiak Fotografia) Common name:barred warbler (en); toutinegra-gavião (pt); fauvette épervière (fr); curruca gavilana (es); sperbergrasmücke (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This species is found breeding in eastern Europe and central Asia, from eastern Germany and Poland, north to southern Finland and south to the Baltic coast, Greece and Turkey. Then the species…

Phylloscopus ibericus Photo by Patrick Bergier (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Iberian chiffchaff (en); felosa-ibérica (pt); pouillot ibérique (fr); mosquitero ibérico (es); Iberienzilpzalp (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange:This species is mostly found breeding in Portugal and Spain, but also in southern France and in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. They winter in western Africa, from Senegal to Ghana and…