Biology:Schistolais

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Short description: Genus of birds

Schistolais
SierraLeonePrinia.JPG
Sierra Leone prinia (Schistolais leontica)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Schistolais
Wolters, 1980
Type species
Drymoeca leucopogon[1]
Cabanis, 1875
Species

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Schistolais is a genus of passerine birds in the family Cisticolidae.

It contains the following species:[2]

Image Scientific Name Common Name Distribution
White-chinned Prinia - Kakamega Kenya 06 1467 (17320726175).jpg Schistolais leucopogon White-chinned prinia Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
SierraLeonePrinia.JPG Schistolais leontica Sierra Leone prinia Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.

References

  1. "Cisticolidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=164. 
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2017). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas & allies". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/grassbirds/. Retrieved 25 August 2017. 
  • Ryan, Peter (2006). Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and allies). pp. 378–492 in del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Christie D.A. (2006) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11. Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona ISBN:978-84-96553-06-4
  • Nguembock B.; Fjeldsa J.; Tillier A.; Pasquet E. (2007): A phylogeny for the Cisticolidae (Aves: Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data, and a re-interpretation of a unique nest-building specialization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 272–286.
  • Urban, E.K.; Fry, C.H. & Keith, S. (1997) The Birds of Africa, vol. 5. Academic Press, London. ISBN:0-12-137305-3

Wikidata ☰ Q2181382 entry