Avibase: Sylvia [abyssinica or atriceps] (Abyssinian or Ruwenzori Hill-Babbler)

Abyssinian or Ruwenzori Hill-Babbler

Sylvia [abyssinica or atriceps] (= Sylvia abyssinica) (Rüppell, WPES 1840)

The African hill babbler is a species of bird in the family Sylviidae. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Sylviidae
Genus:
   Sylvia
Scientific:
  Sylvia abyssinica

Original description

Citation:
(Rüppell, WPES 1840)

Reference:
Neue Wirbelth. Fauna Abyss. Vög. lief 13 p.108 pl.40 fig.2

Protonym:
Drymophila abyssinica

Type locality:
Simen Mountains, Begemdir Province, northern Ethiopia.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114234#page/188/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
12FA71A7123655AF

Avibase ID:
avibase-12FA71A7

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/12FA71A7

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 915903

Geographic range:

Sylvia atriceps: Nigeria to Cameroon, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and western Uganda
Sylvia abyssinica: patchy in montane forest understory in western Cameroon and Bioko (Gulf of Guinea), and northern and western Angola, and from central Ethiopia and southern South Sudan southward through eastern Uganda and western Kenya, to southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique
Sylvia abyssinica abyssinica: Ethiopia and Sudan to eastern Uganda, southwestern Tanzania, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Angola
Sylvia abyssinica stictigula: Malawi and northern Mozambique
Sylvia abyssinica monachus: Mount Cameroon
Sylvia abyssinica claudei: Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)
Sylvia abyssinica stierlingi: eastern and southern Tanzania
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Abyssinian or Ruwenzori Hill-Babbler
French:
Fauvette d'Abyssinie ou F. du Rwenzori

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004: African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Abyssinian or Ruwenzori Hill-Babbler ( Sylvia [abyssinica or atriceps])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Abyssinian or Ruwenzori Hill-Babbler ( Sylvia [abyssinica or atriceps])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Abyssinian or Ruwenzori Hill-Babbler ( Sylvia [abyssinica or atriceps])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Abyssinian or Ruwenzori Hill-Babbler ( Sylvia [abyssinica or atriceps])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Abyssinian or Ruwenzori Hill-Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe [abyssinica or atriceps])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Abyssinian or Ruwenzori Hill-Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe [abyssinica or atriceps])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Abyssinian or Ruwenzori Hill-Babbler ( Sylvia [abyssinica or atriceps])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Abyssinian or Ruwenzori Hill-Babbler ( Sylvia [abyssinica or atriceps])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Abyssinian or Ruwenzori Hill-Babbler ( Sylvia [abyssinica or atriceps])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Abyssinian or Ruwenzori Hill-Babbler ( Sylvia [abyssinica or atriceps])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Abyssinian or Ruwenzori Hill-Babbler ( Sylvia [abyssinica or atriceps])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Abyssinian or Ruwenzori Hill-Babbler ( Sylvia [abyssinica or atriceps])
Birdlife checklist version 00: African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01: African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02: African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03: African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04: African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Akalat à tête sombre ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition: Abyssinian Hill Babbler ( Alcippe abyssinicus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published): African Hill Babbler ( Illadopsis abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): African Hill Babbler ( Illadopsis abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): African Hill Babbler ( Illadopsis abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): African Hill Babbler ( Illadopsis abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): African Hill Babbler ( Illadopsis abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): African Hill Babbler ( Illadopsis abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): African Hill Babbler ( Illadopsis abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition: African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): African Hill Babbler ( Sylvia abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): African Hill Babbler ( Sylvia abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015: African Hill Babbler ( Sylvia abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: African Hill Babbler ( Sylvia abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: African Hill Babbler ( Sylvia abyssinica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: African Hill Babbler ( Sylvia abyssinica) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50: African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52: African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53: African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54: African Hill Babbler ( Sylvia abyssinica) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55: African Hill Babbler ( Sylvia abyssinica) [version 1]
eBird version 2015: African Hill Babbler ( Sylvia abyssinica) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: African Hill Babbler ( Sylvia abyssinica) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: African Hill Babbler ( Sylvia abyssinica) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: African Hill Babbler ( Sylvia abyssinica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: African Hill Babbler ( Illadopsis abyssinicus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): African Hill Babbler ( Sylvia abyssinica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): African Hill Babbler ( Sylvia abyssinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: African Hill Babbler ( Pseudoalcippe abyssinica) [version 1]

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