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Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Order Passeriformes (PERCHING BIRDS) Family Calcariidae (LONGSPURS & SNOW BUNTING Longspurs, along with the Snow Bunting constitute the family Calcariidae.which was split off from the sparrow family Emberizidae in 2010. It is a small family with only 6 species worldwide. ‘Longspur’ refers to the long claw on the hind […]
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Family Polioptilidae (GNATCATCHERS) Click on the thumbnail to see more of each species. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Blue-gray Gnatcatcher California Gnatcatcher Facebook-f Chicago, IL EMAIL
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Gnatcatchers are small birds in the family Polioptilidae, and are relatives of Wrens. The California Gnatcatcher was split from the Black-tailed Gnatcatcher and ranges from southern California to Baja. The Black-tailed Gnatcatcher lives in the Sonoran and Chihuahan deserts of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Family Polioptilidae GNATCATCHERS Polioptila
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, (Polioptila caerulea) is in the family Poliptidae in the Order Passerformes. It breeds in open deciduous forest and shrublands through southern Ontario, eastern and southwest Us into Mexico. Females are less blue than the males. Polioptila caerulea BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER *gallery moved, click button below* BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER VIDEOS
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Home Subjects Covers About Contact The American Dipper, (Cinclus mexicanus) is in the family Cinclidae within the Order Passeriformes. The family is unique among Passerine birds in that it dives underwater to catch Arthropods and small fish. Its range is mountainous areas with fast-moving rivers from Alaska to Panama. They have an extra eylid, the
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The American Pipit is a member of the family Motacillidae which includes Wagtails. It breeds in the tundra of North America and Asia, but may be seen over most of the US during migration till it settles further south and into Mexico. It likes open areas and is often
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Family Bombycillidae (WAXWINGS) Waxwings constitute the family Bombycillidae in the Order Passeriformes. The red tips on some of the wing feathers, resembling sealing wax gave them their common name. There are only 3 species in the sole genus, of the family, and 2 are in North America. The Bohemian,
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Horned Lark, (Eremophila alpestris) is the sole member of the family Alaudidae in North America. The species has a large distribution though, here and in Eurasia, with 32 subspecies. It likes open ground and seashores and lake shores. HORNED LARK (Eremophila alpestris) IMAGES MOVED, CLICK BUTTON TO SEE
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Carolina Wren is in the family Troglodytidae, which is in the Order Passeriformes. It inhabits the eastern United States, with the range extending a little into Canada and Mexico. In the US family, only the Cactus Wren is larger. Their range has expanded, possibly due to climate change
Home Subjects Covers About Contact WINTER WREN (Troglodytes hiemalis) is in the family Troglodytidae of the Order Passeriformes, breeding in coniferous forests from British Columbia to the Atlantic Ocean. It migrates in winter further south and may be found in most of the US north of Florida then. It was recently decided that the Pacific
