Grey Wren-Warbler
Calamonastes simplex(Cabanis, JL, 1878)
English (US) Gray Wren-Warbler
UK name: Grey Wren-Warbler
The Grey Wren-Warbler (Calamonastes simplex) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southeastern South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, northeastern Uganda, Kenya, and northeastern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calamonastes simplex
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray Wren-Warbler
- English (UK)
- Grey Wren-Warbler
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1878)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Thamnobia simplex
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1878)
- Type locality
- Ndi, Taita, Kenya.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 26, no.142 p.205,221
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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