[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Mimidae | [latin] Oreoscoptes montanus | [UK] Sage Thrasher | [FR] Moqueur des armoises | [DE] Berg-Spottdrossel | [ES] Cuitlacoche de Artemesia | [NL] Bergspotlijster Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Toxostoma montanus Oreoscoptes montanus NA w, sw USA c Mexico Physical charateristics A bit […]
Category: Passeriformes
Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata)
[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Sylviidae | [latin] Chamaea fasciata | [UK] Wrentit | [FR] Cama brune | [DE] Chaparraltimalie | [ES] Camea | [NL] Winterkoningmees Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Conostoma fasciata Chamaea fasciata NA Oregon, California Chamaea fasciata fasciata Chamaea fasciata henshawi Chamaea fasciata margra Chamaea fasciata […]
Greyish Saltator (Saltator coerulescens)
[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Cardinalidae | [latin] Saltator coerulescens | [UK] Greyish Saltator | [FR] Saltator grisatre | [DE] Grausaltator | [ES] Saltador Ajicero | [NL] Grijze Saltator Subspecies Monotypic species Genus Physical charateristics The Greyish Saltator is 20 cm long and weighs 52 g. The plumage depends on age and subspecies, but in general […]
Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus)
[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Emberizidae | [latin] Ammodramus caudacutus | [UK] Saltmarsh Sparrow | [FR] Pinson a queue aigue | [DE] Spitzschwanz-Ammer | [ES] Sabanero de Cola Aguda | [NL] Spitsstaartgors Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Ammodramus caudacutus NA e, ne USA se USA Ammodramus caudacutus caudacutus Ammodramus […]
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Hirundinidae | [latin] Tachycineta bicolor | [UK] Tree Swallow | [FR] Hirondelle bicolore | [DE] Sumpfschwalbe | [ES] | [NL] Boomzwaluw Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Region Range Tachycineta bicolor NA widespread Genus Tachycineta is a genus of birds in the swallow family. There are nine described species. Its members are restricted […]
Virginias Warbler (Oreothlypis virginiae)
[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Parulidae | [latin] Oreothlypis virginiae | [UK] Virginias Warbler | [FR] Sylvette de Virginia | [DE] Virginia-Waldsanger | [ES] Reinita de Virginia | [NL] Virginia-zanger Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Male: A small gray warbler, with a yellowish rump and undertail coverts, narrow white eye-ring, rufous spot on the crown (usually […]
Bachmans Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii)
The story This tiny species divided its time between the south-eastern USA and Cuba, where it wintered. It was first identified by the Reverend John Bachman, a close personal friend of the famous painter and writer John James Audubon. Bachman was a resident of Charleston, and in July 1833 he found, in a local swamp, […]
Piopio (Turnagra capensis)
The story The Piopio, or New Zealand Thrush, may have been two species rather than one. Two quite distinct kinds existed, and they are usually regarded as races of the same species: nominate capensis of the South Island; and race tanagra of the North Island. There are good reasons for supposing that they should be […]
Robust White-eye (Zosterops strenuus)
The story So impressed was he by the comparatively large size of this species, for a white-eye, that the famous nineteenth century ornithologist and writer John Gould felt inclined to give this bird the common name of “Robust Zosterops”, and this same sensation is perhaps recalled somewhat in the scientific name that he gave it. […]
Bay Thrush (Turdus ulietensis)
The story This is another of those species known today only from a painting by Georg Forster. This painting, now in the Forster portfolio at the Natural History Museum, London, was produced on 1st June 1774 at Raiatea in the South Pacific, and according to an inscription it shows a female. Although no actual specimen […]