Madagascar Cisticola
Cisticola cherina(Smith, A, 1843)
English (US) Madagascar Cisticola
The Madagascar Cisticola (Cisticola cherina) 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: grassland of Madagascar and Aldabra (southwestern Seychelles)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cisticola cherina
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Madagascar Cisticola
- Described by
- (Smith, A, 1843)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Drymoica cherina
- Described by
- (Smith, A, 1843)
- Type locality
- 'Cape Colony' = Madagascar.
- Original description
- Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836 pt.17 pl.77, fig.2,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Cisticolas and Allies
Short-winged Cisticola
Cisticola brachypterus
Rufous Cisticola
Cisticola rufus
Foxy Cisticola
Cisticola troglodytes
Tiny Cisticola
Cisticola nana
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
Socotra Cisticola
Cisticola haesitatus
Desert Cisticola
Cisticola aridulus
Cloud Cisticola
Cisticola textrix
Black-backed Cisticola
Cisticola eximius
Dambo Cisticola
Cisticola dambo
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
Cisticola brunnescens
Pale-crowned Cisticola
Cisticola cinnamomeus
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