Black-tailed Cisticola
Cisticola melanurusCabanis, JL, 1882
English (US) Black-tailed Cisticola
The Black-tailed Cisticola (Cisticola melanurus) 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: locally in northeastern Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and far western ZambiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cisticola melanurus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Data Deficient
- English (US)
- Black-tailed Cisticola
- Described by
- Cabanis, JL, 1882
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Dryodromas melanurus
- Described by
- Cabanis, JL, 1882
- Type locality
- Angola.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 30, no.159 p.349
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Aberdare Cisticola
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Long-tailed Cisticola
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Short-winged Cisticola
Cisticola brachypterus
Rufous Cisticola
Cisticola rufus
Foxy Cisticola
Cisticola troglodytes
Tiny Cisticola
Cisticola nana
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
Socotra Cisticola
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