Rufous-tailed scrub-robin

Cercotrichas galactotes Photo by Yoram Shpirer (Oiseaux) Common name:rufous-tailed scrub-robin (en); rouxinol-do-mato (pt); agrobate roux (fr); alzacola (es); heckensänger (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MuscicapidaeRange:This species breeds in southern Europe, in the southern Iberian Peninsula, and from the Balkans to Turkey, also in North Africa from Morocco to Egypt, and in western Asia, through the Middle East and…

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Great-billed hermit

Phaetornis malaris Photo by Maxime Dechelle (GEPOG) Common name:great-billed hermit (en); besourão-de-bico-grande (pt); ermite à long bec (fr); ermitaño piquigrande (es); langschnabeleremit (de)Taxonomy:Order ApodiformesFamily TrochilidaeRange:This species occurs in three disjunct populations. One is found in Suriname, French Guyana and marginally into Amapá in northern Brazil. A second one is found from from southern Colombia and…

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Ruddy-tailed flycatcher

Terenotriccus erythrurus Photo by Anselmo d’Affonseca (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:ruddy-tailed flycatcher (en); papa-moscas-uirapuru (pt); moucherolle rougequeue (fr); mosquerito colirrufo (es); rotschwanztyrann (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TyrannidaeRange:This species is found from southernmost Mexico, Guatemala and Belize south to central Bolivia and brazil down to Mato Grosso, Tocantins and Maranhão.Size:These tiny flycatchers are 9-10 cm long and weigh…

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Southern emuwren

Stipiturus malachurus Photo by C. Tzaros (Birds in Backyards) Common name:southern emuwren (en);  carriça-australiana-meridional (pt); queue-de-gaze du sud (fr); maluro meridional (es); rotstirn-borstenschwanz (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily MaluridaeRange:This species is endemic to Australia, being found along the southern coasts of the country from southern Queensland to south-eastern South Australia and in south-western Western Australia. It is also…

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Square-tailed kite

Lophoictinia isura (Photo from Flickr) Common name:square-tailed kite (en); milhafre-de-rabo-quadrado (pt); milan à queue carrée (fr); milano colicuadrado (es); schopfmilan (de)Taxonomy:Order FalconiformesFamily AccipitridaeRange:This species is endemic to Australia, breeding from northern Queensland south to Victoria but being found throughout most of the country outside the breeding season, with the exceptions of northern South Australia and…

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Ferruginous babbler

Trichastoma bicolor Photo by James Chong (Oriental Bird Images) Common name:ferruginous babbler (en); zaragateiro-ruivo (pt); akalat ferrugineux (fr); tordina bicolor (es); weißwangen-maustimalie (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily TimaliidaeRange:This species is found in southern Thailand and extreme southern Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo.Size:These birds are 16,5-18 cm long and weigh about 30…

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