Cisticola Pipiens Bird
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Cisticola Pipiens Bird
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Latin Name:
Protonym: Cisticola pipiens Ibis CisticolaSuppl. p.404 pl.14 fig.58
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Cisticola
Taxonomy Code: chicis1
Type Locality: Huambo, Benguela, Angola; altitude 5,500 feet.
Author: Lynes
Publish Year: 1930
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CISTICOLA
(Cisticolidae; † Zitting Cisticola C. juncidis cisticola) Gr. κιστις kistis little basket < dim. κιστη kistē basket; L. -cola dweller < colere to dwell (cf. specific name Sylvia cisticola Temminck, 1820 (= subsp. Cisticola juncidis)); the Zitting Cisticola, formerly known as Fan-tailed Warbler, is the only European member of this wide-ranging Old World, predominantly Afrotropical, genus of small monomorphic warblers; “2. Sylvia cisticola. ... 2. Zistensänger. Cisticola. E[ntwickelung]. Wie gewöhnlich. Ch[arakter]. Kleine Oleandersänger mit hellrostfarbigem, schwarz geflecktem Rücken. L[ebensart]. Sie leben wie die übrigen Rohrsänger, bauen aber ein trichterförmiges Nest ins hohe Gras.” (Kaup 1829); "Cisticola Kaup, 1829, Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte Europäisch. Thierwelt, p. 119. Type, by tautonymy, Sylvia cisticola Temminck." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 84).
Var. Cisiticola.
Synon. Calamanthella, Cistodyta, Drymodyta, Drymodytops, Dryodromas, Hemipteryx, Merion, Neocisticola, Nephelicola, Pseudhemipteryx, Rhathymodyta, Tachydyta, Threnetes, Threnodyta, Threnodytops, Threnolais.
cisticola
Gr. κιστις kistis little basket < dim. κιστη kistē basket; L. -cola dweller < colere to dwell.
pipiens
L. pipiens, pipientis chirping < pipare to chirp.
● ex “Grivetin” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 118 (syn. Erythropygia leucophrys).
SUBSPECIES
Chirping Cisticola (pipiens)
Latin Name: Cisticola pipiens pipiens
pipiens
L. pipiens, pipientis chirping < pipare to chirp.
● ex “Grivetin” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 118 (syn. Erythropygia leucophrys).
Chirping Cisticola (congo)
Latin Name: Cisticola pipiens congo
congica / congicus / congo / congoensis
Congo or Belgian Congo / DR Congo.
Chirping Cisticola (arundicola)
Latin Name: Cisticola pipiens arundicola
arundicola
L. arundo, arundinis reed; -cola -dweller < colere to dwell.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
