Red-pate Cisticola
Cisticola ruficeps(Cretzschmar, PJ, 1830)
English (US) Red-pate Cisticola
The Red-pate Cisticola (Cisticola ruficeps) 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 ruficeps
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-pate Cisticola
- Described by
- (Cretzschmar, PJ, 1830)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Cisticola ruficeps ruficeps
- Cisticola ruficeps scotopterus
- Cisticola ruficeps mongalla
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Malurus ruficeps
- Described by
- (Cretzschmar, PJ, 1830)
- Type locality
- Kordofan.
- Original description
- Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. Erste Abtheilung. Zoologie. Vögel (1826) p.54 pl.36 fig.a
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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