Tinkling Cisticola
Cisticola rufilatus(Hartlaub, KJG, 1870)
English (US) Tinkling Cisticola
The Tinkling Cisticola (Cisticola rufilatus) 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 rufilatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Tinkling Cisticola
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1870)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Cisticola rufilatus ansorgei
- Cisticola rufilatus vicinior
- Cisticola rufilatus rufilatus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Drymoica rufilata
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1870)
- Type locality
- Damaraland, South West Africa. Type, in Stadtisches Museum Bremen, from Elephant Vlei, fide Lynes, 1930, Ibis, Cisticola Suppl., p. 659.
- Original description
- Die Vögel Ost-Afrikas p.238
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Coastal Cisticola
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