Grey-backed Cisticola
Cisticola subruficapilla(Smith, A, 1843)
English (US) Gray-backed Cisticola
UK name: Grey-backed Cisticola
The Grey-backed Cisticola (Cisticola subruficapilla) 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 subruficapilla
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-backed Cisticola
- English (UK)
- Grey-backed Cisticola
- Described by
- (Smith, A, 1843)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.
- Cisticola subruficapilla newtoni
- Cisticola subruficapilla windhoekensis
- Cisticola subruficapilla karasensis
- Cisticola subruficapilla namaqua
- Cisticola subruficapilla subruficapilla
- Cisticola subruficapilla jamesi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Drymoica subruficapilla
- Described by
- (Smith, A, 1843)
- Type locality
- western Cape Colony; here restricted to Cape Town district.
- 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.76, 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
Boran Cisticola
Cisticola bodessa
Rattling Cisticola
Cisticola chiniana
Ashy Cisticola
Cisticola cinereolus
Red-pate Cisticola
Cisticola ruficeps
Dorst's Cisticola
Cisticola guinea
Tinkling Cisticola
Cisticola rufilatus
Lynes's Cisticola
Cisticola distinctus
Wailing Cisticola
Cisticola lais
Tana River Cisticola
Cisticola restrictus
Churring Cisticola
Cisticola njombe
Coastal Cisticola
Cisticola haematocephalus
White-tailed Cisticola
Cisticola anderseni
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