Huambo cisticola

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Huambo cisticola
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
Species:
C. bailunduensis
Binomial name
Cisticola bailunduensis
Neumann, 1931

The Huambo cisticola (Cisticola bailunduensis) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae that is endemic to western Angola in southern Central Africa. It is found in savanna and rocky areas. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the rock-loving cisticola.

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Taxonomy

The Huambo cisticola was formally described in 1931 by the German ornithologist Oscar Neumann based on specimens collected near the town of Bailundo in the province of Huambo in central Angola. He considered his specimens to be from a subspecies of Cisticola emini that had been described by [[Anton Reichenow]] in 1892 and coined the trinomial name Cisticola emini bailunduensis. [2] [3] The taxa Cisticola emini is now treated as a subspecies of the rock-loving cisticola but the Huambo cisticola is considered to be a separate species and is monotypic. [4] [5]

Description

It is a medium-sized cisticola with an overall length of 13–14 cm (5.1–5.5 in). It has a rufous face, whitish supercilium and rufous crown . The upperparts are dark brown and the underparts are buffish. [6]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2024). "Cisticola bailunduensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  2. Neumann, Oscar (1931). "Beschreibungen neuer Volgelformen aus Afrika" (PDF). Journal für Ornithologie (in German). 79: 547-551 [551].
  3. Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 92.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, tetrakas, cisticolas, allies". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  5. Clements, J.F.; Rasmussen, P.C.; Schulenberg, T.S.; Iliff, M.J.; Fredericks, T.A.; Gerbracht, J.A.; Lepage, D.; Spencer, A.; Billerman, S.M.; Sullivan, B.L.; Smith, M.; Wood, C.L. (2024). "The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Updates and Corrections—October 2024" . Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  6. Ryan, P.; del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N.; Dean, R.; Kirwan, G.M.; Boesman, P.F.D. (2024). Billerman, S.M.; Keeney, B.K.; Rodewald, P.G.; Schulenberg, T.S. (eds.). "Huambo Cisticola (Cisticola bailunduensis), version 1.0". Birds of the World. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.rolcis4.01.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)