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…