Singing Cisticola
Cisticola cantans(Heuglin, MT, 1869)
English (US) Singing Cisticola
The Singing Cisticola (Cisticola cantans) 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.
- Scientific name
- Cisticola cantans
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Singing Cisticola
- Described by
- (Heuglin, MT, 1869)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 7 subspecies for this species.
- Cisticola cantans swanzii
- Cisticola cantans concolor
- Cisticola cantans adamauae
- Cisticola cantans cantans
- Cisticola cantans belli
- Cisticola cantans pictipennis
- Cisticola cantans muenzneri
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Drymoeca cantans
- Described by
- (Heuglin, MT, 1869)
- Type locality
- Abyssinia. Type, in Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, from Gondar, fide Lynes, 1930, Ibis, Cisticola Suppl., p. 623.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.2, vol.5 p.96
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Cisticolas and Allies
Rufous-eared Warbler
Malcorus pectoralis
Oriole Warbler
Hypergerus atriceps
Grey-capped Warbler
Eminia lepida
Black-headed Rufous Warbler
Bathmocercus cerviniventris
Black-faced Rufous Warbler
Bathmocercus rufus
Red-faced Cisticola
Cisticola erythrops
Whistling Cisticola
Cisticola lateralis
Chattering Cisticola
Cisticola anonymus
Trilling Cisticola
Cisticola woosnami
Bubbling Cisticola
Cisticola bulliens
Chubb's Cisticola
Cisticola chubbi
Hunter's Cisticola
Cisticola hunteri
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