Miombo wren-warbler | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cisticolidae |
Genus: | Calamonastes |
Species: | C. undosus |
Binomial name | |
Calamonastes undosus (Reichenow, 1882) | |
Synonyms | |
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The miombo wren-warbler (Calamonastes undosus), also known as the miombo barred warbler or pale wren-warbler, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae found in southern Africa.
Some authorities have also included Stierling's wren-warbler in this species.
It is an insectivore. [2]
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