Biology:Banded parisoma

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Short description: Species of bird

Banded parisoma
Banded Warbler - Lake Manyara - Tanzania 7999 (19110072278).jpg
Near Lake Manyara, Tanzania
File:Banded Tit Warbler (Parisoma boehmi) (022A-WA03044X0004-0013M0).ogg
Song recorded in southwestern Kenya
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae
Genus: Curruca
Species:
C. boehmi
Binomial name
Curruca boehmi
(Reichenow, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Parisoma boehmi
  • Sylvia boehmi

The banded parisoma[1] (Curruca boehmi), banded tit warbler or banded warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the family Sylviidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

Measuring 4.75 in (12.1 cm)[1] in length, this bird is identified as gray on top, white below, with a dark chest band. The bird has variable spotting on the throat, white patches on his wing and outer tail, and buff coloring on the belly and undertail.[2]

Subspecies

Subspecies listed alphabetically:[3]

  • C. b. boehmi (Reichenow, 1882) – S Kenya and NE, C & SW Tanzania
  • C. b. marsabit (van Someren, 1931) – NC Kenya
  • C. b. somalica (Friedmann, 1928) – NC, E & SW Ethiopia, NW Somalia and NE Kenya

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Zimmerman, D.A.; Turner, D.A. and Pearson, D.J. (1999) Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p.482.
  2. "Banded Parisoma - eBird" (in en). https://ebird.org/species/banwar2. 
  3. Banded Warbler, IBC

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q110257497 entry