Calamonastes
Appearance
Calamonastes | |
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Calamonastes simplex | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cisticolidae |
Genus: | Calamonastes Sharpe,1883 |
Type species | |
Drymoica fasciolata[1] A. Smith, 1847
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Calamonastesis a genus ofbirdsin the familyCisticolidae.It contains African wren-warblers.
Species
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Barred wren-warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus | Namibia, Botswana, western Angola, northern South Africa and southwestern Zimbabwe. |
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Grey wren-warbler | Calamonastes simplex | Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. |
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Stierling's wren-warbler | Calamonastes stierlingi | southern Africa. |
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Miombo wren-warbler | Calamonastes undosus | southern Africa. |
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References
[edit]- ^"Cisticolidae".aviansystematics.org.The Trust for Avian Systematics.Retrieved2023-07-15.
Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum7 p. 94, 133
- Ryan, Peter (2006). Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and allies). pp. 378–492 in del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Christie D.A. (2006)Handbook of the Birds of the World.Volume 11. Old World Flycatchers to Old World WarblersLynx Edicions, BarcelonaISBN978-84-96553-06-4
- Nguembock B.;Fjeldsa J.; Tillier A.; Pasquet E. (2007): A phylogeny for the Cisticolidae (Aves: Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data, and a re-interpretation of a unique nest-building specialization.Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution42:272–286.