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Cisticolidae

59 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Passeriformes › Cisticolidae

Orthotomus atrogularis Temminck, 1836

Dark-necked tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis) is a Cisticolidae songbird found in South and Southeast Asia, often kept as a pet.

Eremomela usticollis Sundevall, 1850

Eremomela usticollis, the burnt-necked eremomela, is a Cisticolidae bird found across multiple southern African countries.

Eremomela scotops Sundevall, 1850

Eremomela scotops, the green-capped eremomela, is a Cisticolidae bird found across multiple southern and central African countries.

Eremomela gregalis (A.Smith, 1829)

Eremomela gregalis, the Karoo/yellow-rumped eremomela, is a Cisticolidae bird found in Namibia and South Africa in dry shrubland.

Eremomela pusilla Hartlaub, 1857

Eremomela pusilla Hartlaub, 1857, the Senegal eremomela, is a small insectivorous bird found in Western African open wooded habitats.

Eremomela icteropygialis (Lafresnaye, 1839)

Eremomela icteropygialis, the yellow-bellied eremomela, is a very small African bird with distinctive grey upperparts and yellow belly.

Neomixis tenella (Hartlaub, 1866)

Common jery (Neomixis tenella) is a Cisticolidae bird species endemic to Madagascar, described in 1866.

Phyllolais pulchella (Cretzschmar, 1830)

The buff-bellied warbler is a small Cisticolidae bird, the only species in its genus, found across multiple African countries.

Calamonastes fasciolatus (A.Smith, 1847)

Calamonastes fasciolatus, the barred wren-warbler, is a Cisticolidae bird found in southern African dry savanna.

Calamonastes stierlingi Reichenow, 1901

Stierling's wren-warbler (Calamonastes stierlingi) is a Cisticolidae bird from southern Africa sometimes treated as a miombo wren-warbler subspecies.

Schistolais leucopogon (Cabanis, 1875)

Schistolais leucopogon, the white-chinned prinia, is a Cisticolidae bird species found across multiple African countries in various forest and shrubland habitats.

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