Schistolais

Schistolais
Sierra Leone prinia (Schistolais leontica)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cisticolidae
Genus:	Schistolais Wolters, 1980
Type species
Drymoeca leucopogon [1] Cabanis, 1875
Species
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Schistolais is a genus of passerine birds in the family Cisticolidae.

It contains the following species: ^[2]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Schistolais leucopogon	White-chinned prinia	Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
	Schistolais leontica	Sierra Leone prinia	Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.

References

1. "Cisticolidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas & allies". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

• 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 Warblers. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona ISBN   978-84-96553-06-4
• 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.
• Urban, E.K.; Fry, C.H. & Keith, S. (1997) The Birds of Africa , vol. 5. Academic Press, London. ISBN   0-12-137305-3