White-tailed cisticola

White-tailed cisticola
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cisticolidae
Genus:	Cisticola
Species:	C. anderseni
Binomial name
Cisticola anderseni Fjeldså et al., 2021 [2]

The white-tailed cisticola (Cisticola anderseni) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Tanzania. ^{[3] [4]}

It was first recognised as a new species by Éric Burnier in the 1980s. He brought this to the attention of Neil and Liz Baker, who soon confirmed the identity of this species as new. It has been formally described in 2021. ^[2]

See also

• List of bird species described in the 2020s

References

1. BirdLife International (2022). "Cisticola anderseni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T216557227A218067448. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
2. Jon Fjeldså; Lars Dinesen; Owen R. Davies; Martin Irestedt; Niels K. Krabbe; Louis A. Hansen; Rauri C. K. Bowie (17 May 2021). "Description of two new Cisticola species endemic to the marshes of the Kilombero floodplain of southwestern Tanzania". Ibis . 163 (4): 1330–1354. doi:10.1111/IBI.12971. ISSN   1474-919X. S2CID   236584599. Wikidata   Q116673432.
3. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 2021-05-28.
4. Anderson, Natali. "Two New Bird Species Identified in Tanzania". sci-news. Retrieved 19 June 2021.